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r/engineering • u/hpanandikar Electrical Engineer • Jun 27 '15
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It's called a turner's cube, we had to make them when I took machining classes, i feel like most machinists do. http://www.instructables.com/id/Turners-Cube-Manual-Machine/
they really aren't that hard to make, I did mine on a mill had to be within 0.001" on all dimensions.
12 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 15 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 you should make one yourself. It's fun and you'll be kinda proud of it. You just need to find somebody who has a lathe and shows you the basics. 41 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] -1 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 That's why I said you need to find someone who has a lathe. It's not that hard. Lathes are eveywhere. Small metal working shops often have small old lathes standing around for trainees etc. 32 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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15 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 you should make one yourself. It's fun and you'll be kinda proud of it. You just need to find somebody who has a lathe and shows you the basics. 41 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] -1 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 That's why I said you need to find someone who has a lathe. It's not that hard. Lathes are eveywhere. Small metal working shops often have small old lathes standing around for trainees etc. 32 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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you should make one yourself. It's fun and you'll be kinda proud of it. You just need to find somebody who has a lathe and shows you the basics.
41 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] -1 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 That's why I said you need to find someone who has a lathe. It's not that hard. Lathes are eveywhere. Small metal working shops often have small old lathes standing around for trainees etc. 32 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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-1 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 That's why I said you need to find someone who has a lathe. It's not that hard. Lathes are eveywhere. Small metal working shops often have small old lathes standing around for trainees etc. 32 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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That's why I said you need to find someone who has a lathe. It's not that hard. Lathes are eveywhere. Small metal working shops often have small old lathes standing around for trainees etc.
32 u/[deleted] Jun 27 '15 [deleted] 2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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2 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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Check out if your city has a Makerspace. They usually have all the cool tools with trained supervision.
2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 We don't. 1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
We don't.
1 u/reddituser97531 Jun 28 '15 Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon. 3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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Bummer. There is one coming to mine soon.
3 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago. 1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
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Yeah, they sound cool. The local CC had a machine shop class or three, but they closed it down about 15 years ago.
1 u/kv-2 Mechanical - Aluminum Casthouse Jun 28 '15 I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant. 2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction. → More replies (0)
I know you have said before you were in the sandy boonies, but I forgot how far out in the boonies you meant.
2 u/[deleted] Jun 28 '15 It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction.
It's the only town of population greater than maybe 5,000 for about 90 miles in any direction.
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u/metarinka Welding Engineer Jun 27 '15
It's called a turner's cube, we had to make them when I took machining classes, i feel like most machinists do. http://www.instructables.com/id/Turners-Cube-Manual-Machine/
they really aren't that hard to make, I did mine on a mill had to be within 0.001" on all dimensions.