Sweet Christmas Gifts
 

Post up some sweet christmas gifts, for yourself or others, put a link and price if possible. Help others make a wishlist or find a gift for others.
these are a few thing I am wanting.
http://www.benchmade.com/products/mo...p?model=635-60
http://www.suunto.com/suunto/Worlds/outdoor/main/Product.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673986857& FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302757932&bmUID=11959 15706367

Benchmade makes some of the best knives commercially available...sweet.

I personally would like to get myself a CNC machine for Christmas...anybody have any recommendations? I am not sure what brand/model is appropriate for small applications like we need/use for the RC industry....

I would get a manual mill with a rotery table instead of a cnc unless you are cranking out a lot of parts, cnc takes a while to learn. A cnc would definately be a sweet gift though. I am sure Mike could help you pick out a mill.

I also want a Bulldog
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet.../bulldog74.jpg

My guess is that learning the software and design side of it would be the hardest part...but then again I have no idea. I wonder what brand/model of CNC machine Mike uses?

Cool, I like dogs...I gotta Greyhound...actually its an Italian Greyhound (fancy name for Miniature Greyhound).

My thoughts are the same.. my puppy and I are wanting a manual mill from harbourfreight for Christmas. We already got ourselves a lathe.... now we need a mill :party:

http://www.geocities.com/aqwut/2006N..._01_resize.JPG

Thats It.
 

Yeah I was going to suggest Harbor Freight:diablo:. They usually have fairly decent milling machines and tables available, and even if they are not the best on the market they are great for anyone who wants to try out there virgin skills without breaking the bank. Anyway they are perfect for just making little stuff for the RC junkie plus you can be pretty creative making your own stuff. Also if you come up with a really useful part you might end up showing it on here and find that there is a market for selling your ideas. Good luck with that SSSPconcepts.:lol:

wow lol that has got to be the CUTEST puppy i have ever seen!! HAHAH it cracks me up looking at it!!

i took a picture of it and sent it to my g/f shes going to love it!

my xmas present to myself is my XT8 +DDDD

where can i get a set of drill bits that WILL NOT break? are there any?

lookin to get that for my dad..... and me =)

Xmas
 

Anyway for Xmas I have been checking out the XTM MMT by Global Hobbies. For the money I think I may have to try one of them out. It is big, but very well built and nimble for its size, and I will work on converting it to an electric Monster. I have already given my wife and family copies of several items off the internet that I want/need:whistle:. The Quark 125B, the MGM 160 amp ESC, 4.5 HV Maxx system, some Fuiego and Neu motors, and a slew of UE and FLM parts to help with my collection of 4 Maxx trucks. So we will see what shows up on Christmas day:party:.

I am working on having a collection of cool trucks to race and for the family to bash on Holidays at our place in NC when we retire. I have plans on building a backyard track for something to do in my retirement days. Hopefully in 2012, Not soon enough of course, but there are plenty of Christmases between now and then:lol:.

I want a Revo roller for conversion, a dark impact for racing at the little track (2 hours away) tires for my XXXT and a couple for Neu motors. A cellshield liposaver and another CC BEC, a few 11.1v lipo packs for reciever batteries on the nitro cars and the MMM's for when I can convert them all. Would be nice if the z9100s servo I ordered over a month ago would show up...

I already got the puppy, 5 week old pit/lab mix, just like the one had before but female.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...w65/puppy1.jpg

I am looking to get my dad a welder. Any suggestions? My brother some camera stuff like lenses, etc. and i have no idea what to get for the rest of my family. :lol: Still thinking.

But for me... :smile: I am mainly hoping for some money, because nobody else in my family knows anything about rc cars, except for my brother, but he just got out of rc's. However, I'll definitely finish my Revo with this money and buy it a Neu 1515/1y, Hitec HS-5955TG servo, RCM hybrid diff cases and probably a lot mroe stuff.

I am very excited. :yes:

jnev, you propable should list some of the stuff he will use the welder for, so we could help you chose something to fit the application.

1/16" to 1/4" mild steel seems to be the most common building material. If this is the primary thing to be welded you'll want a mig (wire fed welder).

1/4" to 1/2" you'll want a stick welder.

1/16 and down or super nice quality welds (1/16 to 1/4") you'll want a tig (heli-arc). But they are expensive!!!

I would recomend a Lincoln or Miller welder, mig-tig-or stick.

If you get an economy mig welder just make sure you get a "gas kit" for it as the flux coated wire SUCKS!

I should have put a $3600 Miller Syncrowave 250DX on my wish list, hehehe.

Good Name Brand Quality Cobalt is about the best you're going to get. Even they are not unbreakable, but they are made of some really hard stuff. They are alot harder/more durable than the cheaper titanium. You will find there is some really hard material that's almost impossible to drill, like motor shaft material. These should hold up really well for almost everything else.

For the thread:

I would like to see our troops come home. If only those who are raised after generations of fighting would realize there is a better way.

I would like to see Gas get back down to a reasonable $1 a gallon. I think our government needs to see how much hardship current gas prices are putting on Americans, especially compared to "minimum wage".

I know this is asking alot, so I think instead I'll just settle for a Chevy Volt. A plug in Hybrid that will go 40 miles without a drop of gas.

Thanks wildman...

Sounds like a great idea...but ya know the Myan Indians believed that its all going to end in 2012:lol: Just ask ZeroPoint.:lol:

12/12/2012 to be exact (ZPB do I have that right?) IIRC there are 4 events that mark the end of the Myan calander that are not found written anywhere else in what we have from them... freeeekkkkyyyy hehehe

I personally am a Christian and go with what Christ said "it is not for man to know the times the Father has apointed" and "the end will come like a theif in the night" that kind of thing. I must say however that my parents thought it nwould be in their time and so did my grand parents (cold war, nukes, that stuff) Anyone go with the Atomic Clock thinking?

Suppose a sweet christmas gift would be a few more people saved before the end :) or a few more years to enjoy my toys :)

Good Point.
 

I'm with you. If the end does come during my lifetime I will only wish that I am asleep, and most of all that it may be some time after I have lived a full life (say 90 or100 years old):intello:. No matter what the end is, or when it may come I am going to enjoy the life that I have left to the fullest extent that is humanly possible. I have seen much pain and suffering in my lifetime, and it took a long time for me to feel like I am finally free:yipi:. No debt, nobody holding me back, and no contracts which prevent me from doing what I want to do:na:. I am not rich by any means $$$$ wise, but my life is full, and everything is coming into play just the way that I have always hoped that it would:party:.

So believe what you will about who, what, where, and why. Myans, Jews, Christians, Muslems, or whatever. We are all just HUMAN beings. War is all about jealousy:diablo:. "I want what you have", and I doubt that this will ever change in the human existance. I for one am going to have some fun while I am still able to. My christmas list is growing every day, both in materialistic wise and for wishes of happiness for those that I love. My wife tells me that in reference to my list, I should know by now that I will probably get it all. Maybe not all at one time, but that I will be happy. That is all that I need to know. Life is good, but you have to find your own happiness in this world. I pray that we all find ours without hurting ourselves and/or each other along the way. Just be happy:mdr:. That is the only thing that really matters:lol:.

Unfortunately, there is sometimes no alternative to fighting.

Do you really think the government is jacking up the price of gas $2 a gallon?

On a lighter note, I'm getting my 6-year-old daughters these boats for Christmas.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=LXMPG3**&P=7

I agree with cart213...further....I don't see an alternative in this case. For Christmas, I want our troops to shoot straighter, jump higher, run faster, land flatter, and live longer than the enemy they are fighting. I want this because they want this-if you haven't been there its okay...we can't possibly expect you to understand. Rest easy, there are those very brave souls that will go forth and do the ugly things that keep us safe-God bless them and their families. I apologize to the masses that find this offensive, but it is my view...and probably the view of the majority of our troops and the families of our troops.

As for fuel prices...If we did not have a military presence in the Middle East, our gas would be $3+ per liter, which as you mathematicians well know, is a lot more than we currently pay per gallon.

Thanks for the help DrKnow65. :smile: I'll take a look at those welders you mentioned. My dad will only be doing small stuff... probably 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch, maybe more, maybe less.

I also forgot to mention that I would like some new tools as well. :yes:

ive been looking at this one
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39743
think its good? i mean a mill/drill/lathe for $530 is very nice. :intello:

I like it.

me too, hope its under the tree this year!

bl_revo
 

That is a really nice machine for the price. For anything close to that in the big quality rigs you would easily pay thousands of $$$$$:diablo:. For that kind of money you would only have to turn out a few pieces of RC hop-up gear for it to have paid for itself:gasp:. Plus you can write it off as a business expense and later as a monitary loss. So it is totally worht the gamble. Plus I bet it would be a blast to play with making your own parts and customizing your own gear. Think of the possibiities???:yipi:

i asked the wife for a nice soldering station, since my toys and their parts are a bit too specific for her to find on her own. after seeing that mill, i may throw that out for her. i can easily give her directions to harborfreight and that way i can have a gift under the tree instead of a gift card or budget.

Internet Add
 

Just print out exactly what you want from the internet adds, from the sites you want to do business with, and give them to her. If she shops on line for her girly stuff then she should be able to order them just like you would. With a copy of exactly what it is that you want anyone can do it. I ran off adds with photos, item #'s, and prices to make it easy. That way there is not questions about which one, or how many. She knows exactly what I would buy for myself. If the item is not in stock, then move on to the next item. Easy peezy Japaneasey.:lol:

yea, i plan to start a little biz with my little mill
any ideas for stuff to make?

yeah, don't buy one if this is for real.. What to do with a mill i don't have..

Sounds a bit off to me.

serum, I'm just brainstorming, why do you need to flame?

I'd love a little mill like that but I'd want to know how to use it first. I'd have to go do a course first then maybe I'd have some idea of what features the mill would need to be able to make the parts I want. It would be really cool to be able to make my own parts. Damn you Mike.

well i think hes just saying that you have no idea about anything that has to do with a mill so why buy one?

but the only way you can learn is to experiment.

so idk

Best gift ever=Penguins.......IN A SUPRA TT!:surprised:

:lol:

I"d say... that's my 2nd favourite car.. next to the 300zx TT

Think about the tooling you will need for it, might not be as cheap as one would expect all things said and done. Also lord forbid you should have to have it shipped to you...

Also the capacity v.s. cost of producing parts with something like this might make you a few dollars an hour, after you pay for the machine at a few dollars and hour.

Don't forget no working on hardened parts, that takes a precision griner for it, oh yah and theres having things heat treated after you've made them...

Good tool for making "one of those for my car"

i'm sure i could really get into machining. i really like wood working, and i'm always looking for doing something different with my rc's, that usually needs custom parts. i'm not sure it would fit the budget though. we spent alooooot on black friday, and that price with some bits for it and some stock to work with quickly gets expensive. maybe just an ok drillpress and harbors milling clamps for that. it might be good enough for a rookie.

If I won the lotto I would get a couple 5 axis cnc mills a big one and a little one, a bunch of steel, aluminum, titanum and get an expert to live in my garage to show me how to use it

If it had penguins in it, I'd respect it. Without them: :slap: then :whistle: then :lol:

Just kidding, lol ;)