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LOL! I left that little teaser in for people browsing the site. More info to come. @Maisonvi makes the subframe bushings for the MS6. I know he has a batch coming up if you'd rather just buy them. They're...complicated because of the centering rings located on several of them, and several...

I originally made these for the MS6 about 12 years ago. Steering feel on slicks is notoriously numb, so I was trying to help that out. These are still my favorite mod I've ever done to the MS6. Steering feel went from totally numb to feeling the slightest changes in grip levels through the...

Well, in proper MS3/6 owner fashion, we threw a rod. I have the new rotary screw compressor piped and wired, and am approaching 50 hours of run time on it. I'll get some pictures of it and update here.

It's rated at 50% duty cycle, and that's where it was almost always running. So prob not heavy duty enough. The company that's doing the repair said they've had a ton of warranty claims on these pumps made by MAT over the past year, so maybe they're having some quality issues, too.

Had some woes recently. A couple weeks ago my little Harbor Freight bandsaw died, so I replaced it with a larger unit. Until you get into some pretty large bandsaws, they're all pretty much from the same shop or two in either China or Taiwan. So I ended up with this Kaka brand (lol) 9x12"...

I ended up getting a plug in thermostat switch thing. I did test that today and it's pretty spot on for temp reading, and it's dead easy to set up. And a single powered vent fan. If one doesn't do it, I'll probably just add another. Yeah, you can definitely hear the mill whine at high RPM's...

I went with side vents so I could minimize water intrusion.

So the compressor shed gets pretty warm when it's closed. I've been running it with the door open, but that's pretty loud and I want to fix that. So, I got a log to see just how warm it gets: Started everything at 1pm, ambient was ~70°F. 90 minutes later the interior of the compressor...

Now that I have some hours running the DMG, there's a couple minor things that are going to change in the future. Air wise, it consumes more air than expected. That's in part due to a couple small internal leaks, and there's a couple features above the base model that require air. So the...

Doing some testing of the first program. The post processor seems to need some updates to change a few behaviors, but things are going well. https://youtube.com/shorts/T8Tk5tJF8lQ?si=6Ay0_6LlGqI9sBOD

Update for the mill - it's been function tested and re-certified! It's well within factory allowance on all parameters (it is ridiculously good). The mill has a tool measurement system inside the cabinet that was an option, so it wasn't in the machine model I had. I updated my machine CAD...

So all of this has been to land a CNC mill. I've been wanting to get one for a long time, but several months ago I made the decision to go all in on this and do it 'right'. I knew I wanted a 5-axis machine, and my biggest constraint is my shop's threshold height for actually getting a machine...

Lol yeah. It's showing overload even when there's no wire in the clamp. I used this as an excuse to upgrade, of course - I bought the old one primarily for DC testing when I built my LiFePO4 battery for the 6 many years ago, so it was bare bones and wasn't true RMS for AC current. I ordered a...

Electrical! Good update here - It's finished! And boy was it a lot of work. I just had one minor issue with the enclosed contactor and everything else went smoothly. As a reminder of what's going on (it's a lot) from the previous post: I pulled 4/0 to the big manual disconnect, and...

I looked at them but couldn't find one that seemed reliable enough to last. I do have two 10"x10" vents in it that should circulate the air pretty well while running. For winter, they're blocked off with some interior panels, but I'll pull them off once it's regularly above freezing. I will...

Back to work!

Air! Finished! I ran the conduit and wire for a 240V and 120V outlet. It's even quieter with the door on and sealed. 10/10, would do again. The 120V outlet is just in case it needs a heater or heated wire. No use for it right now. I've only run the compressor at ~30°F, so I'll post up...

All in good time. I'm headed to Australia/NZ for a couple weeks, so this project gets paused after tomorrow.

Electrical! The power company came out and pulled the new lines in today! With the compressed air system close to being wrapped up, it's time to think about all of the different panels, conduit, and wires I'll be running soon. Conceptually, this is what I have going on: *The distances have...