What do you do when you’ve got a computer-controlled mill, a pencil that needs to be sharpened, and a bit of free time on your hands? You program the mill to be the world’s most powerful pencil sharpener — then you grab a camera and put your extremely cool video on YouTube to prove it. Though it probably took a little time to figure this out, it sure beats the little plastic-box, hand-turning kind we have in the shop.
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April 17th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I am going home to do that on my wood lathe!
April 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
And I thought using my bench grinder for that was overkill…
April 17th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Umm…that’s a lathe, not a mill. Sorry to be pedantic but the toolmonger should know better!
April 17th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I came in here to say what Rich said.
April 18th, 2008 at 4:20 am
Cool lathe trick.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am
here here on the mill/lathe front. seriously.
fun trick.
just wait till i start making toast on my schools pair of x-660 laser cutters!
….exactly what expensive cnc machines are for.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:08 am
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