Winston’s spindle takes the wheel. Eddie makes little holes and big plans. Winston is on ‘board’ for Maker Faire and Eddie talks turning. Oh, and flappy drones too.

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Hummingdrones Campaign on Indiegogo - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/robo-firefly-the-first-insect-like-consumer-drone/

Winston machines away seven pounds of aluminum to roll out his latest big project. Eddie works through some issues with chatter and long reach stub tooling. Winston discovers that copper can always use a little pinch of tellurium. And both of the guys are happy with some new work holding ideas they put to use on recent projects.

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145 Copper at McMaster-Carr - https://www.mcmaster.com/copper-alloy-145

Straight Shank ER25 Collet Chucks - https://www.maritool.com/Tool-Holders-Straight-Shank-ER25-Straight-Shank/c23_28_177/index.html

Winston makes progress on the mystery project he is taking to Bay Area Maker Faire. Eddie finds Pocket NC small piece workholding success with a new collet chuck. The guys talk shop and Winston's invite to Atlanta for the Home Depot ProSpective event.

The guys talk about the tension between creating unique designs, sharing and the temptation to simply copy the work of others.

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Helical Fresh (@helical_fresh on IG) - https://www.instagram.com/helical_fresh/

Eddie makes a trip out to Bozeman Montana to talk with Matt and Michelle Hertel, founders of Pocket NC.

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SparkFun - https://www.sparkfun.com/

Pocket NC FR4 CNC Milling Machine Photos

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Eddie tests the hot new machine from Pocket NC. But his upcoming visit to their new shop in snowy Montana will surely cool him down. Winston recaps his WorkbenchCon experience and decompresses after his hectic run at the annual Autodesk CAM Challenge.

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We talk with Chris Lee, fellow instamachinist and Injection Mold Design Engineer at MR Molds. Chris recently made a career pivot from a job in the medical field to a big move into manufacturing. We'll talk about the origins of that change and his introduction to design, CNC and digital manufacturing technologies and much more on this week's episode.

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DFX16 show notes

Eddie and Winston explore where additive fits in their world of team subtractive. Edde talks about his latest production job. Winston is heading to WORKBENCHcon this month. Both co-hosts are excited about sharp objects heading their way. Shop updates and other thoughts on small-time maker life.

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Winston finishes his Shapeoko enclosure with only minor regrets. Eddie tests some speeds and feeds for dry Titanium machining. Both guys see some good improvements in surface finish strategies for aluminum. Winston gets wacko with macro and Eddie gives his vise a lift.

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Winston and Eddie close out the year and talk about their plans for 2019. Both guys make progress on their Shapeoko enclosures. Eddie talks surface finishing and Winston updates us on his plans for expanding the content on the Carbide 3D YouTube channel.

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