Can I remove nickel without using electricity?

Build one for me. How much will you charge me?

Well done Curt as always a great video very informative....

I'd rather draw them digitally. What a sick joke.

Heya Curt! I'm now at the point in my journey where I need a tumbler for small ti parts, too:). How did this one work out for you? Is it still what you're using?

seems pretty sturdy

CURT is this you ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mN2oiqVj2dLGYWg.html

the founder/owner personally lapped each machine by hand..i have a picture from about 78 of Forrest at the work bench where he did it ..(original location in the city of industry, California) . i probably did machining on most of the components on the original micro lathe 2 ... it may sound funny and antiquated now ,but the scroll for the 3 jaw chuck was done on a 2 spindle head punched tape controlled Bridgeport ...

How does a diamond lapidary circular saw do bet you haven't tried .3 mm thickness?

Hello dear sir good idea you make it work 😊😅

Take my money!

Shipping list? Links?

Awesome work...I see this video is about 3 years ago, it feasible to use laser to cut titanium now?

You missed using a vibrator, to remove those undesirable "air spaces", or "bubbles" which weakens structure

not sure how you only have 17k subs, nice project very well done. have you thought of doing this again, with epoxycrete?

And lose all the aluminum. Still can’t understand why people go so far then use such a weak and heat sensitive material.

😂 I thought I was the only person who would conceive of such an outlandish idea. Hats off to you sir. If I may; you need a bit more fluidity for self leveling co-planing multiple surfaces, polymer additive, and a vibration compactor, but seriously who cares? It’s rad AF.

Do you make one that can fit a 22 long rifle cartridge? Asking for a friend.

Sure u figured out the light situation in 6 years but out door LED strip. Put the remote in a plastic bag. I think Their Really low voltage.

Aside from the “NASA” shirt… It’s great.! (So many people have no clue as to how nefarious and pseudo intellectual NASA is… It’s all marketing, propaganda and “ staged events”/Trickery… Seriously. I Had Family there (My Opa) from The very beginning and it’s a Deception!. Stop blindly taking their Manufactured science on Faith..(how many of their equations and postulations have YOU personally tested?.. That’s Faith in “theory”..That’s a religion !

Could you please tell me the exact abrasive you used? Url would be really thankful. Or particles size also be great.

If you were building it in 2024 how would you do it?

Missed out on this batch. Looking forward to owning one in the future.

Making my solution with 5% acidic white vinegar with or without salt and it only turns cloudy. Afterwards the green cloud settles on the bottom of the container. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

May I ask a question about Tarig micro lathe ii? I plan to do some wood turning on metal lathe due to some woods are very hard to cut with woodturning lathe. The Taig micro lathe with riser block can have 6.5” swing. Is that save to mount a 6” diameter fixture( sphere jig) on the Taig micro lathe? Thanks.

It's weird, you look like Dr. Who.

Suk pimme boo dunka lathe du concrete meeno. Fuume dinka dinka. 👍👍👍

Nice video! Been pulled this morning and paid immediately haha. Not sure if mine is the first one to OZ?

small work..Not my thing . But great job. I would like to try making this Pen.. Cool ..

THANKS!! NI'M LOOKING FO GOO "QUALITY, ACCURACY, AND VERSATILITY, "MANUAL" LATHE, OR MILL BUT, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN "CNC" MASS PRODUCTION, COMPUTERIZED CRAP!... I HATE COMPUTERS!!... (PAIN IN THE AS S...

Creative video,thanks :)

Great video put ideas in my head .well done with your care in packaging.Wayne fro sunny SA.

So what TPI and blade did you go with for optimizing cutting titanium on the portaband?

Good job bro. I’m inspired. Thank you

If you read this you'll probably get a laugh out of it. I used your video at the 4:00 to explain in a climate debate forum how the Earth's surface (your tumbler) transfers kinetic energy to the atmosphere (media). I've worked in machine shops and now you can ask yourself if a drum spinning at 1,000 mph/1,600kmh on the outside and weighing 5.972 × 10^24 kg could deburr anything like a mountain? Seems to be similar processes without the continental drift creating barriers in your drum.

Great upgrades. Is it possible to know where you got the metal bellow for your machine? Thx!

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Is there a Chinese version of the 5c taig headstock and please tell me a decent large 3 jaw chuck?

is bt 30 thru chuck like a taig 5c?

What a bummer. Got to the website to purchase the pen a couple minutes early play the refresh game. Had the pen in the cart and went to pay for it only to tell me the pen is no longer in stock. All this happened in less then 30sec from start to finish. I'll have to wait for the next pen drop to try again. Can't wait to get my hands on one of these and add it to my collection.

That Nebula finish looks amazing, keep up the good work

"How Much Money I Make Building Pens in my Garage Shop"..... so, how much DO you actually make ? becasue unless I missed something, I didn;t really hear any numbers.

Just a little tip, take it or leave it. At 5:20 when you have 2 ops in one machine, set up one vise to do op1 always and one vise to do op2 always. The first run is a little inefficient because you'll only have parts in op1 vise but on run 2 and after you take the op2 parts out, move the op1 parts to op2 position, and put new parts in the op1 position. This way you never have to change setups, and every run finished parts come out of the machine. It means less fussing about with parts and with soft jaws and setups. This can be extended to 2 and 3 ops if you have enough space.

Those bolt slots at 6:40 remind me of dickbutt, excellent feature.

What inserts did you end up using? I work with titanium a lot and am looking for something new to try.

Ok, seriously... I've gotta know how you do it. Your work is obviously exceptional, but life is expensive and that shop is $$... I've gone to your website multiple times and have never seen pens available, and your etsy shop says 61 sales since 2010. From one genuinely curious creator to another... how do you pull this off full time? Is it the KZfaq $ that helps? Are your pen sales that fast and insane? Is it a dual household income? Is there an investor? Free housing? Drug deals? Onlyfans? I'd love to do my own thing at some point, but it's overwhelming to think about how to clear the $ needed... let alone afford a setup like this without selling hundreds/thousands of pens worth of revenue per month. It would be FASCINATING to hear how you've pulled it off... there's not many people breaking down how they've ditched the corporate world for their passion. I'm sure many would love to hear your strategy from the money perspective. Sorry... I know it's rude to ask... but it's all a guy can do

Very nice setup! I have a similar lathe in my toolroom and I would highly advice using CBN insert (mcmaster: 5536N115). They are expensive, but you'll get an incredible mirror finish (including titanium). Trust me, there are worth a try. Also, have you tried turning the OD of your pen in 1 pass instead of doing it by section? You might get a 0.003-4" taper over your 5", but it won't be that bad in Titanium. Alternatively, you could keep doing it in sections, but have a final singular finishing pass.

can you extend the drop tray on the parts catcher to grab the pen bodies? I can't tell what constraints you're dealing with, but it looks like you might have the room... Still enjoying the details!

Great space, Curt! How big is your shop (area)? I'm gradually setting up something a bit similar and its good to know how much equipment other people manage to fit into a given space.

Glad to hear the fume extractor is working. We need you healthy to create those "confounded machines" you had spoken about, haha!!! Take care!