I found a good deal through craiglist on a woodworking drum sander.  It was a long trip from Michigan to Indiana to pick it up, but well worth it.  The sander was being sold by a really nice lady whose husband had passed away.  I was surprised to see that his main hobby was machining (my passion as well).  His shop was the most amazing home machinist shop I have ever seen (that includes the web).  As you can see by these photos… he spent quite a bit of money on his hobby, but he was able to pay for it all by doing paid machining jobs. I wish I had known him.  Enjoy!

Huge automated bandsaw, makes my $200 bandsaw look tiny.

I wish I had brought a wide angle lense to get better shots of the shop. I had to use image stitching software to combine multiple images so that I could show complete images of some of the machines.

This chuck was massive!

The amount of tooling and such was astounding to me.

A Fadal VMC 3016 CNC machine.

Okuma LB15 CNC machine.

I went to the North American Model Engineering Society Expo in Southgate, Michigan on April 24, 2010. I took my cameras and captured some of the awesome models created by some really talented people.  I wish I had 1/10 of the knowledge/experience of the folks there.

Part 2 of 3 in a video series on the build of a motorized bicycle.

This second video covers:

1. Installing the sprocket on the rear wheel
2. Installing the carburetor
3. Installing the chain

Watch Part 3 on building a motorized bicycle.

This is the second video of my Sherline mill CNC conversion (12 minutes).