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The metal business cards could be made by chemical milling using Ammonium persulfate or ferric chloride with resist pattern printed using a laser printer.

twocik, I don't think that it would be a successful job for a Tormach. There are a couple of challenges. To mill the lettering, you will want to use a simplified, "pen plotter" type of font and a very small cutter to keep the stroke width proportional to the font height. I'm attaching a picture of a toolrack I made the other day for my Proxxon tools. I used the Proxxon to do the lettering with my Tormach. The font...

Originally Posted by BobWarfield Neat cards! 300sniper, are you going to mount the engraving spindle at right angles to get enough clearance to engrave the muzzle end? Cheers, BW you're a genius! i was asked if i could do this on the muzzle of a rifle barrel and i automatically said no without putting anymore thought into it. the right angle mount for a high speed spindle is great! thanks!

Thanks Mike, I didn't know about the Yahoo Group. I'll have a look. Greg

I posted some of my experiences at a recent workshop in a thread on this forum here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91814 . Originally Posted by Greg Riach I am very interested in learning more about the "CNC Fundamentals Workshop" that Tormach runs. Has anyone here attended one of their workshops? I want to purchase the "Deluxe PCNC Package". I will only use it for hobby needs no production...

Originally Posted by TMashino I then bought some Dupli-Color Professional Unercoat and Sound Eliminator. This comes in a 17 oz aerosol can that I bought from O'reily Autoparts. I sparyed this on the inside of my base. I was amazed at how well this quieted the machine. There still is some vibration, but it is significantly reduced. I am considering spraying the outside of the base as well. Tom I was looking at that stuff a few months ago...

We do a lot of engraving of our machine panels and the appearance would be not as nice, although engraving works well. There is a minimum size for the fonts and the variety of fonts is limited. The business card that you show was probably Photo-etched (as described in the other comments) or laser-cut, then polished or anodized (surface treatment), then imprinted (white letters) or deep-etched and color filled. Laser marking does not work,...

I use up to 8 tools to make some of my parts. I could not imagine how to do that efficiently without the TTS holders and a tool library. I agree that when the Power drawbar becomes available the ease of changing tools will be eased a bit. At least until the tool carousel comes out?

Originally Posted by Don Clement TTS quick change tools was a real help. Don Clement A lot of the success behind Tormach machining is the music it listens to while working, and I'd say you have a happy Tormach.

Originally Posted by BlueFin I was and still would be interested in using hydraulic force rather than air pressure, but that is just a matter of personal preference. I didn't understand pancake cylinders until now, so I may change my ways soon. Those are pretty cool. You will see in the post that I changed my idea from the drawing to something else that is more compact (even more than Tormach's) but a single OEM part in my design...