After sleeping on this, I'm very torn here, in two ways.

I enjoy machining projects. On the other hand, machining stainless is less fun than many other metals, and this project would end up actually taking a couple of hours. Probably the smart thing is to take the replacements that GigaParts is […]

Their response was interesting:

> Generally, the reviews are processed every couple week or so. Reviews are posted once reviewed/resolved. If the customer has concerns/issues with a product it may take longer as the issue is reviewed and investigated.

As far as I can tell, that means in […]

The 21mm x 25mm stainless "capillary" tube is indeed a close match. It's a tighter fit than the finished base but it's within lapping range. This plan has legs.

Meanwhile, GigaParts **still** haven't approved my review (nor told me that they have rejected it), and today spammed me with a CTA […]

This evening, Brad KK4PWJ presented Open Ham Prep at our local ham club, where he's currently the education director. One of the things I heard afterwards from someone was that Hamstudy got annoying because it focused deeply on weak areas, to the point that it did not show the whole question set […]

@redjives FreeCAD 1.1RC now has direct modeling in Part Design, where you can click and drag things like lengths and angles. I'm a fairly enthusiastic FreeCAD user myself.

It's probably good to work with something with proper constraints and STEP output to have something CNCed, and FreeCAD […]