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CNC thread
- Thread starter Andy_con
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In my place we have a bellotti 5 axis, a CMS five axis and next door in the design department a Huge 5 axis used for milling full sized car models. Not allowed to take photos at work though
We've just had metal sintering installed in our place too. I'm doing my training course in a fortnight, I'll report back at let you know the deal with it.
We've just had metal sintering installed in our place too. I'm doing my training course in a fortnight, I'll report back at let you know the deal with it.
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Diamond cutting the face. (Sorry for the delayed reply, it moved way down my feed)
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Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Cool!
Sorry for going annorak but how did you get the 'turned' finish with what I assume is a ball nose?
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If you find yourself in Manchester, I'll show you round the plant. We are near the Trafford Ctr. [emoji1303]
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Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Andy_con
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
take her with you, educate her
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
She'd be as bored as I'd be in the Trafford centre lol
Andy_con
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
yes another take on 3d printing.
MD at work last night "we should have bought another TC110 the other year". No s**t sherlock, 5 out of 6 machines we have are basically scrap metal. Now we've got 600 hours on 1 job that's supposed to be done by April and they can't even find anywhere to sub it out to. #runbyidiots
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Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
No longer machining but here's a little update on the jobs I've been doing. Dat lacquer. Mmmmm
Pray tell?
We may be able to help.
Pray tell?
We may be able to help.
F that, I'm keeping my overtime to myself [emoji1]. Finally got some inserts for the biring bars I persuaded them to buy 2 months ago so that's saved 1.5 hours off every part. 2 week break down hasn't helped, and I'm expecting them to try and cancel my week off at easter.
I like turtles
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Grabbing b*****d
We've just got a boring bar set after asking for ages. I've not been able to use it though, my machine interpolates everything lol
Yep, me too [emoji23]
Our top 2 gaffer's are platers by trade so they think you can machine everything with just one tool. Yes we can interpolate bores, but it takes a lot longer which I've just proven to them now they've bought some tooling.
I like turtles
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
I've had bosses like that. "Can't you take bigger cuts?!"
"...on this surface grinder?! No."
Oh yeah, I wasn't saying interpolating was better, just that I never get to do it the quicker and better way lol
Is that turtle thing a signature you've left on or are you typing it each time lol?
Training on metal sintering this week. Is pretty interesting, but the powdered metal seems pretty harmful. Fine enough to penetrate skin and explosive with static. Fun.
I've got a video of the machine working I'll get up in time but in the mean time here's a part sintered from aluminium
I've got a video of the machine working I'll get up in time but in the mean time here's a part sintered from aluminium
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bozothenutter
ClioSport Club Member
make some front wishbones!
The part above is almost the size of the build platform
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Andy_con
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
im well aware this isn't in the same league as other stuff in this thread, but it is a project ive been working on for my 5 year old daughter.
I got given some American dark walnut wood
I glued some oak to it to give it the required depth and put it in the cnc router
due to speed and feed rate, machine size and stability, it took just over an hour to do one pocket with an 8mm end mill. there were a number of pockets
put the other half in for the lid
rounded
engraved the required design by my daughter
flipped over and machined under side of lid
started putting together to check everything
each part got 6 coats of clear lacquer
coloured the engraving, red is perfect the gold hasn't come out well at all.
flocked the inside
and about 25 hours of work later...
I need to have another go at the gold
I got given some American dark walnut wood
I glued some oak to it to give it the required depth and put it in the cnc router
due to speed and feed rate, machine size and stability, it took just over an hour to do one pocket with an 8mm end mill. there were a number of pockets
put the other half in for the lid
rounded
engraved the required design by my daughter
flipped over and machined under side of lid
started putting together to check everything
each part got 6 coats of clear lacquer
coloured the engraving, red is perfect the gold hasn't come out well at all.
flocked the inside
and about 25 hours of work later...
I need to have another go at the gold
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im well aware this isn't in the same league as other stuff in this thread, but it is a project ive been working on for my 5 year old daughter.
I got given some American dark walnut wood
I glued some oak to it to give it the required depth and put it in the cnc router
due to speed and feed rate, machine size and stability, it took just over an hour to do one pocket with an 8mm end mill. there were a number of pockets
put the other half in for the lid
rounded
engraved the required design by my daughter
flipped over and machined under side of lid
started putting together to check everything
each part got 6 coats of clear lacquer
coloured the engraving, red is perfect the gold hasn't come out well at all.
flocked the inside
and about 25 hours of work later...
I need to have another go at the gold
That's amazing... You've just won this thread Andy....
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Andy_con
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
It's 375mm by 200mm so a big jewellery box
Andy_con
ClioSport Club Member
clio 182
She's 5 so probably not, but she does love it
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
I was working with the datum at the bottom of the job for the first time in ages the other day. Machining to +41mm or something.
I put a rapid to z25 in out of habit. Bricks were shat but luckily I was on the feed hold and rapid knob lol
f**king miracles do happen! My tool changer is fixed. We've been hand loading tools for nearly 6 months but now all the tools are back in the magazine and I can stay at on my arse for longer [emoji4]. Not only is it fixed, it's fixed fully. It only had one gripper so had to remove the tool and then load the next one. Efficiency you say? Not here! Well now we have both grippers working. It's only taken 7 years [emoji15]. I'm at work and I'm very nearly hsppy[emoji16].
Matt e
ClioSport Club Member
is anyone able to draw a 2d file in dwg or dxf for me?
