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Don't waste your money buying sink tubing for bending. It's chrome plated brass and doesn't bend all that well with that plating (at least in my experiments).

To answer your question though, the...

I wouldn't use the combination bits for material of a decent thickness. They're only rated for "up to 10 gauge." http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gauge-sheet-d_915.html They probably do fine "up...

Also this. Build up a cart full of stuff, then once one of the high demand items comes back into stock, order up!

This. Personally I'm biding my time by doing more CAD work.

Thankfully I design automation and do CAD support for mold+die repairs and corrections (some part design, but not much), so I don't have anyone like you making my job more difficult ;). 3D native...

On your bladeholder, make sure you plan out what features you machine first, because you need to keep your workpiece holding in mind. Personally I'd do the milling first and get the slot and...

Pretty much. My first thoughts were either a shim or using an epoxy in a similar way that you would bed a rifle stock, using a release agent on one side. I want it to be removable later for...

Only provides me with a starting point, I have 2 1.25" adapers already. I need to adapt the adapters basically.

Hi guys, so quick question with a long explanation.

I'm building a curved hilt lightsaber, so I ended up just buying a 3' 6061 Aluminum tube so that I can bend it. Whats the best way to take that...

Thanks, glad to be here and finally taking the plunge into sabers!

Ok, assuming the pictures are up-to-date, then that answers my question, thanks for the quick reply!

So in my day job I design automation and as a part of that, I designed a custom diffused on axis light for our vision systems and we happen to use Luxeon LEDs for that setup. That said, I know that...