CNC thread

[Clio_fool]

 

[Andy_con]

datron, the thing dreams are made of.

like I said they start at 60k and that's with no extras, but amazing machines

 

[Sj1782]

I've been studying at Huddersfield college for 2 years learning the programming side of milling and turning and also 3D programming with edge cam and visi, I made these 2 for my assignments... nothing to exciting

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[Andy_con]

Look ace.

3d milling is not something I've really got into or tried, most of the stuff I do is just standard milling.

My cam program is only really designed for 2d stuff

 

[Tails_]

I'm currently going through CNC training and getting to grips with at work, been on a course with TEBIS and maybe heading out to Germany for a week for a little more training. Once i'm out of my apprenticeship in 6 months time they'll probably be looking at making me a full time programmer.

I knocked this up this week since we always have tours for kids, we can just vac form them and let them take home souvenirs

 

[bozothenutter]

guys....the stuff you're doing is awesome!
I have a sherline lathe and mill (manual).....but only use it for simple stuff (scalemodelling)

who do I have to pay to design a gearstick insert for a Ph2 ?

 

[Andy_con]

I'm currently going through CNC training and getting to grips with at work, been on a course with TEBIS and maybe heading out to Germany for a week for a little more training. Once i'm out of my apprenticeship in 6 months time they'll probably be looking at making me a full time programmer.

I knocked this up this week since we always have tours for kids, we can just vac form them and let them take home souvenirs

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any code going free?

I'm guessing theres no decent free software going on the web is there?

 

[Andy_con]

guys....the stuff you're doing is awesome!
I have a sherline lathe and mill (manual).....but only use it for simple stuff (scalemodelling)

who do I have to pay to design a gearstick insert for a Ph2 ?

post of photos of you machines.

this is my machine, I don't have any video of my denford cnc router.

 

[Knuckles]

Not a pic of the whole machine but here's what I'm on today. A dahlih somethingorother

guys....the stuff you're doing is awesome!
I have a sherline lathe and mill (manual).....but only use it for simple stuff (scalemodelling)

who do I have to pay to design a gearstick insert for a Ph2 ?

If I had access to software at home I'd have a go for you.

I need to get my laptop fixed so I can do stuff like this at home

 

[Andy_con]

Not a pic of the whole machine but here's what I'm on today. A dahlih somethingorother

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If I had access to software at home I'd have a go for you.

I need to get my laptop fixed so I can do stuff like this at home 😧

Glad I was sitting down, semi

Looks ace

 

[Knuckles]

Glad I was sitting down, semi :wink:

Looks ace

I'll take a pic when the jobs are finished. Both faces are contoured to fit to a wing. I think you'll like that.

And here's a quick pic of something we made on the 5 axis Mazak a while back

 

[Andy_con]

I'll take a pic when the jobs are finished. Both faces are contoured to fit to a wing. I think you'll like that.

And here's a quick pic of something we made on the 5 axis Mazak a while back

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5 axis, drawl...

 

[Sj1782]

This is the 3 axis we use at work nothing special she's pretty old!

And we've just had this installed this week, new trumpf fibre laser, cost the owner a few quid

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[Knuckles]

Here's a full pic of what I've been lumbered with in work.

Contouring the back face before putting in the vectored holes.

You can just see in the last pic where the ball nose touched the fixed jaw... Whoops.

I had to make soft jaws for the front of the vice which sit lower than the hard jaws on the back. The cutter isn't too fucked thankfully.

 

[Andy_con]

This is the 3 axis we use at work nothing special she's pretty old!

And we've just had this installed this week, new trumpf fibre laser, cost the owner a few quid

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f**k me!!! ace....

as we say in Essex wel gel

 

[Andy_con]

Here's a full pic of what I've been lumbered with in work.

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Contouring the back face before putting in the vectored holes.

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You can just see in the last pic where the ball nose touched the fixed jaw... Whoops.

I had to make soft jaws for the front of the vice which sit lower than the hard jaws on the back. The cutter isn't too fucked thankfully.

your all gay!!!

proper wanting a bigger machine after seeing all these. ill post what I did on my router earlier

 

[Sj1782]

f**k me!!! ace....

as we say in Essex wel gel

The owner has a finger in every pie I reckon! He turned up yesterday in his brand new DB 11 [emoji7]


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[Knuckles]

your all gay!!!

proper wanting a bigger machine after seeing all these. ill post what I did on my router earlier

I think you'd need a big extension to get one of those in your house lol!

You'd have to stick it in the garden and build a gazebo over it

 

[Andy_con]

I think you'd need a big extension to get one of those in your house lol!

You'd have to stick it in the garden and build a gazebo over it

lol plus get 3 phase

 

[Knuckles]

lol plus get 3 phase

That's a thought. How much has your electricity bill gone up since getting machines in your garage lol?!

 

[Andy_con]

That's a thought. How much has your electricity bill gone up since getting machines in your garage lol?!

well according to eon I use a third more electricity than others with eon in my street

 

[Knuckles]

well according to eon I use a third more electricity than others with eon in my street

Hahahaha brilliant.

 

[Clio_fool]

Look at all the cute little machines! I prefer the big stuff myself. Here's my current machine

Well that's not my one, but if mine was clean and in a bright factory and in one piece, that's what it would look like. This is what mine looks like this week

Motor and gearbox missing, suspected seized. Bit pissed off as I reported it was noisey a couple of months ago.
Anyway, my previous charge at Cameron:

That one was brand spanking new when I got on it.:smile:
And without the box it looks like:

But may fave was a Skoda at Forge Masters. Similar to this one but it had a massive rotary table at one end. The specs from Forge Masters Web site are:
Skoda W225 CNC Floor Type Milling and Boring Machine - Siemens 840D control, Spindle size = 225mm, Column travel (X) = 17000mm, Headstock travel (Y) = 6000mm, Spindle travel (Z) = 1600mm, Ram travel (W) = 1250mm, Spindle speed = 1.6 – 980 r/min

That was a good machine, shame the pay was s**t.

 

[Knuckles]

Love it. But I would not want to run any of those without the guards lol!

Or are the guards off just to take the pics?

 

[Clio_fool]

The skoda has a enclosed cabin to ride in, the others are all boxed in. I've been hit by hot cuttings, it's not fun.

 

[Andy_con]

had an amazing day today at southern manufacturing and electronics, so so many stands and things to look at. far bigger and busier than I expected.

the best stand was the has cnc one, there was just something about their machines that seem a touch better than the others there. a little bit more polished.
but all the machines were amazing

I would highly recommend the northern one

http://10times.com/northern-manufacturing-electronics

what I liked about today was, when people asked what company I was from and I said I wasn't I just made stuff in my workshop they were still more than happy to just talk to me and explain what they did. really friendly but the odd pushy sales man

 

[Knuckles]

So many axises!

 

[Mr R.]

So many axises!

So much to go wrong.

 

[Clio_fool]

Yay my machine is fixed!
Another good video for you, minus the cnc part.

 

[Clio_fool]

And another.
Who said "why do I need to learn on a manual first?" you can't learn those skills on a cnc.

 

[Andy_con]

seen both before and both are ace

 

[Clio_fool]

seen both before and both are ace

This isn't just for your personal titillation you know Andy! [emoji38]

 

[Andy_con]

really...

 

[Stevef175]

Here's a image on my other woman, dry run into the depths of an M5 wheel.

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[Knuckles]

What are you doing to the wheel?

 

[Stevef175]

What are you doing to the wheel?

Honestly officer, it's not as painful as it looks!

The wheel was a M5/M6 BMW wheels, with a diamond cut face, deep centres, require a dry run to check if a tool adjust is required.

This is the finished wheel!

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[Knuckles]

Sorry, were you boring out the centres?

 

[HarvB]

Refinishing the face, no?

Anyone using the metal sintering stuff yet? Very cool.

 

[Knuckles]

Refinishing the face, no?

Anyone using the metal sintering stuff yet? Very cool.

The spindle looks to be going into the back of the wheel and the face looks turned so I wouldn't have thought so.

What sintering stuff? Actually sintering material or is this a new process?

 

[HarvB]

DMLS - Direct Metal LASER Sintering
Basically fill a bed with powdered steel/steel alloy/alu/bronze/Ti and fire a potent laser at it (Nd:YAG I believe) to melt the top surface, re-cover with powder, next layer etc etc.