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Does anyone know of any good machining/machinist forums on the web?  Something like this, broken down into categories, would be great.
Reply:Try cnczone.com. Lots of great stuff over there.Ironman
Reply:Home Shop Machinist, Home Machine Shop, and Practical Machinist.
Reply:rec.crafts.metalworking is the oldest web based group out there, it is a USENET group and unmoderated. You can read posts & threads and also post through google groups but it is difficult to make sense of it without a true newsreader. And most the old school guys have all posts coming from google groups filtered out.There are many thousands of posts (including spam) daily with at least 70% off topic. Sooo, if you get a newsreader (there's FreeAgent out there), you may try it. Pretty rough and tumble if you don't spend the time to set filters though. There didn't used to be much NC stuff unless someone was building one from a box of junk and old electronics.www.metalworking.com is the repository for the above group (called the dropbox)and contains pictures and interesting things dating back many years.Matt
Reply:A second on rec.crafts.metalworking. Strikes midway between the hobby guys with their micro mills and lathes and the job shop owners over on Practical Machinist. Seems to have quite a bit of photo how-tos archived in the dropbox for projects worth spending the time and effort on to obtain usable substantial tools and tooling.
Reply:This page right here is full of helpers, Welders and lathes, mills, ect....all go together.
Reply:Link to one of the best  http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/
Reply:Been a member at PM and HSM for quite a while now.  At Home Shop Machinist, all topics seem to be welcome concerning machine type/origin, just no for sale threads.Practical Machinist forum is geared towards professionals and not hobby type guys or smaller hobby type machines (foreign and domestic). If you post about a small Harbor Freight lathe, it will be locked.However, both sites have plenty of talented and helpful members. Just ignore the a$$hats. I enjoy both places a lot.
Reply:You may find something in here:http://www.angelfire.com/ks/mcguirk/metalworklinks.htmlIf you don't want to stand behind our Troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
Reply:Without a doubt, practicalmachinist.com  As mentioned, read the rules but you will not find more knowledge in one place than that site. Wealth of information.Granthttp://jackalopefab.com/MM210Synchrowave 200DXMiller XMT350 w/60series feederMiller Bobcat 250 with SGA 100 and spoolgunHTP PlasmaFull Machine shop with everything
Reply:Frank Ford's site is always a good read. Lot's of interesting ideas.http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/hstpages.htmlIf your interesting in making your own tooling then this is an interesting site:http://homepage3.nifty.com/amigos/index-e.htmlAs for a forums... I lurk on cnczone.com
Reply:I hang out at home shop machinist.