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Thin walled U238 tubes are mostly used as radiation shielding.

But I guess, with the right "crush" factor, a creative mind can get a nice mushroom cloud.

Unfortunatly, the first part would be storing those tubes a while in a graphite pile, catching neutrons.

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Saw this pop up on HaD and thought a few people on here might enjoy it.

http://hackaday.com/2015/08/19/steam-powered-machine-shop/#more-166044
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Question to Nick mainly but if anyone knows what I'm on about feel free to answer Razz But do you know where the ebay knock off tormach TTS tool holders can be had now?

I recall they could be had for $150 for 10 but the chinese name for them I've long since forgotten Sad
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Sorry, no can help on that one. All the Tormach stuff is Chinese in the first place, so maybe the same factory is grey-marketing the holders? $15 each is an amazing price; I'd definitely get a box for that price.
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Got the CNC ready so time to load up on tooling.

Anyone uses the high helix aluminium 3 flute end mills? How do they compare with your standard 2 flute?
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They scrape your wallet out much faster Laughing I tried one out a few years ago and it left a good finish until it broke - my fault.
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Hahaha this machine has been a fine wallet scraping device so far. Not worth the premium over normal 2 flutes then?
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From memory, it left a smoother finish and might make sense for CNC. I suspect they are best for commercial shops pushing their feed rates to the max to make the most money.

Keen to see how your conversion performs!
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Fair enough then. Should have some videos of it cutting this weekend, just waiting on the last of the parts to show up and work out how to cnc the spindle control then its robot bui.. relaxing time Rolling Eyes
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U mean turbo bike building, right? Wink
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The cheap chinese carbides seem to not suck, particularly for the smaller sizes, Russell got a box of like 50 for $100 in 1-3mm sizes from one of the ali's
We have a few SEI carbide ones as well, they do a better job in terms of finish and the like but too scary to use them at first lol.
We use the sei carbide standard with good coating generally for the 6mm stuff, they break, you cry, you continue.
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