Nikon 16mm f/3.5 AI Lens Cap

[Erik Lund]

Very nice work

[brent_e]

thanks, guys!

We don't have a CNC (yet)....so....i might have to use a sharpie!  haha!

[richardHaw]

i would love to have a mini lathe at home 

[Hugh_3170]

Richard, you would simply love such a mini lathe.  I can even visualise you at work using it.   

The Japanese made Toyo lathe is a very good one and I am sure that a good second hand copy would not be too hard to find and nor should it break the bank.  IIRC, they are made by the same outfit that built the quite decent Topcon film cameras a few decades back.

i would love to have a mini lathe at home 

[richardHaw]

unfortunately, I am not allowed to own "heavy machinery" under my house contract 

If i own my own house, I would certainly buy one! I can now fabricate my own converters

[Macro_Cosmos]

I had an hour to kill today (I didn't, really, but it's nice to check something off the to do list).

EDIT:  looks like the photos came in upside down.....?  same for everyone else???

Nice shiny cap! Just need to laser print a Nikon logo and "Best Fish Ever" on it 

I'll try make one out of plastic or something.

[Hugh_3170]

Why not use a 3D printer?

Can even put the Nikon Logo on it if you wish.

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I'll try make one out of plastic or something.

[Hugh_3170]

The Toyo, and the Sherline lathes, are similar in size to a domestic sewing machine.  Could still do a lot with them.

unfortunately, I am not allowed to own "heavy machinery" under my house contract 

If i own my own house, I would certainly buy one! I can now fabricate my own converters

[richardHaw]

The Toyo, and the Sherline lathes, are similar in size to a domestic sewing machine.  Could still do a lot with them.

yes, those are considered "heavy machinery" 

the dremel is on the border of it 

[Bjørn Rørslett]

You are allowed to have a computer ?? Bigger than the borderline Dremel it is.

[Hugh_3170]

My wife would kill the landlords if she were to be separated from her sewing machine and overlocker.  And large screen TVs and computer displays are out, as Bjørn has surmised.

You have my sympathies my friend.

[richardHaw]

wait, i think "heavy machinery" is the wrong translation. I think "industrial machinery" should be better

Japanese contracts for homes is very strict.