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ArtF wrote: My knee hurts just thinking of it..

Well, 90% of people wish they would have had their knee replacements sooner   I wish I could have held out until the 3D printed cartilage got out of the lab and past it's perpetual 10 years from being usable stage.  Might arrive about the same time practical fusion power does.

I suggest an ice pack, a good TV show,  and maybe some adult beverages

Kirk

Resurrecting this topic a previously owned MDF V1.0 Rose Engine has arrived at the southern Mooselake Manor! It still needs an X-Y table (they recommend one from the Little Machine Shop), a cutting frame motor (Penn State's 3/4hp variable speed mini-lathe conversion), a paper chuck (think notepad on a 1-8 lathe faceplate, I plan a steel plate for magnets instead of taping) some belting, and undoubtedly miscellaneous bits and bobs. It was converted from a hand crank to a NEMA 23 stepper. Somewhat disassembled for travel, the reassembly time went into dealing with hurricane Ian yard cleanup instead

Rose Engines are cool... Let me see a pic or two when you get there..

Art

Will do, need to order the missing parts instead of working on new muscle aches :) . This one was used for some youtube videos a few years back. The control system is different now, a single stepper and rotary knob instead of the multi-stepper control in the videos but the base machine is the same.

Kirk

Thats nicer than I expected. Well made.

Art

it's rocking and inking! The pen (not the spring loaded holder) is flexing, this is the holder's first use. The overhead drive still needs to be assembled along with some other work, and some cutting bits ground (on an handheld angle driver, very limited shop space here) before chips start flying, but it's progressing

:)

Should make for some interesting metal plates..

Art