Dear Chuck, the Dutch are the root of all MUHAHAhaaaa. Always on the cutting edge of someone elses achievements. (pun to insert semantics on topic so I can avoid deletion while unclamping yet another topic.) The Dutch hide in plain sight, but if you look closely it will become obvious something is frighteningly wrong. In case I peaked your interest, start off by asking yourself how a country the size of a post stamp is the #2 food exporter of the world. Be careful, this borehole isn’t just deep, it loops back onto itself. It was carved by a country that has been using mills for longer than some exist.
After you did some reading into this, ask yourself why yet another cheesehead has been assigned to this forum. Spoiler: It can’t be good. That said.
Hey @CuttingTheCrapAlex ,
Welcome to this new post. I’ve been softening these boards for a while now and am pleased to announce you will land in a well made bedstee. Not too soft, not too hard, but just right to start a new assignment.
When I imported my longmill, I did so outside any corporation umbrella. Customs was not pleased and refused to send it as a hobby machine to my adress without a btw/kvk number. I had to push many shady buttons to get approval of my unusual import. Since you are importing inside an approved umbrella, you should be fine.
To answer your musings about extras. My machine is as basic as it gets. No switches/sensors on the axis, no dust extraction (though I do own a dustboot, I could never figure out how they are better than the long perfected wooden shoe.) No level nor squared table and not even a waste board flattened to the machine. I do own a xy touch block and the auto touch, but settled for centre zeroes and z touch offs, reducing the need for xy zeroing . I do recommend the simple xy zero touch block. It’s a helpfull tool, even if you only need to zero z-hight. Toolings for clamping and jiggs are made on that amazing machine you are going to play with soon. They are great starter projects.
Hope to see you post your projects soon. If you have questions or need additional intell, just read my earlier posts, or use the secret gesture, and I’ll come in and post some weird mumbo no one understands, and writes off as a dutchy being blunt.
