Monthly Archives: December 2012

Some Little tweaks.

Ok.. Nothing too interesting..  I tried some freecad utilities for the first time, placement and alignment.  I had some issues with alignment.   I was trying to use it to align my table to the saddle.  It wasn’t really working for … Continue reading

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Getting solid models of my ball nuts.

[Edit I was looking at my 7820827 ball nut and comparing it to the 8106-448-022 solid I downloaded.. It seems that the wall thickness is not uniform. The side with the return tubes appears thinner than the opposite side.] My … Continue reading

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Contemplating the next step on the Sherline Mill CNC retrofit.

I would say that I have partially accomplished one of my goals, insofar as that I’ve gotten a little Freecad practise under my belt. Freecad has come a long way, and still has a ways to go, but from my … Continue reading

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D3 Stopped working on Ubuntu 10.04 Firefox Ver 17.0

I just got done vacuuming the heat exchanger in the fridge and the drier vent as part of the periodic maintenance.  Anyway my tiddly wiki won’t save all of a sudden which sort of sucks…   Anyway I think I … Continue reading

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