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[STANG KILLA SS]

Dart CNC billet block

website says "call for pricing"

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

Dart CNC billet block

website says "call for pricing"

:drool: :boner:

[Peaker]

Imagine buying a block, and also get a video of the whole milling process.
I do not like CNC machines, but man can they crank out some nice stuff.

[hpiguy]

MacAskill is back!

[59sled]

[wings_of_fire]

Originally Posted by Peaker

Imagine buying a block, and also get a video of the whole milling process.
I do not like CNC machines, but man can they crank out some nice stuff.

I love cnc machines not only because they crank out nice parts but also because I have worked on conventional machines and understand they can be PITA.

Conventional machines are unproductive and suitable for R&D work.

[mikemcE]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

Dart CNC billet block

website says "call for pricing"

If you gotta ask you can’t afford it.



Hang up and Drive

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by wings_of_fire

I love cnc machines not only because they crank out nice parts but also because I have worked on conventional machines and understand they can be PITA.

Conventional machines are unproductive and suitable for R&D work.

I disagree. I'll use a Brideport to do a back facing operation while the next part is being made in the Haas. The manual mill actually speeds up production for certain parts. As I get more proficient with the CAM software and setting up the Haas, I can appreciate it's ability to make multiple copies of a part with very good accuracy but sometimes it s just so much faster and easier to setup the manual mill and knock out some small parts.

[Peaker]

My last workplace got a 5 axis mill after i went on pension ( DMG Mori DMU 80 eVo )
https://en.dmgmori.com/products/mach...-80-evo-linear


And i have drooled over it when i have visited, and been dreaming on all those nice things i could make with it.
And thankfully nowadays CNC machines are a lot smarter then when i was schooled on them during my apprenticeship in the mid 80ties.
During my apprenticeship we was also taught on other older forms of automated machines, taking far longer to set up.


With the right lotto win i will not rule out getting CNC machines for my workshop but manual ones i will get for sure.

[4wd4ws]

Originally Posted by 59sled

Tfs.

[wings_of_fire]

Originally Posted by BigSki

I disagree. I'll use a Brideport to do a back facing operation while the next part is being made in the Haas. The manual mill actually speeds up production for certain parts. As I get more proficient with the CAM software and setting up the Haas, I can appreciate it's ability to make multiple copies of a part with very good accuracy but sometimes it s just so much faster and easier to setup the manual mill and knock out some small parts.

From a financial prespective, conventional machines cannot earn money as fast as cnc machines do. That is enough reason for me to bail out on conventional machines.

These days even roughing operations are done on cnc machines.

A friend who runs a machine shop had HCHCR plates being machined on his conventional milling machine. During second last pass the spindle stopped and the cutter dug right into the job. The job was ruined and he had to bear the cost for a new plate. Another same job was ruined because the operator milled out an extra 0.1mm material. It would have been a different story if those jobs were done on a vmc.

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by wings_of_fire

From a financial prespective, conventional machines cannot earn money as fast as cnc machines do. That is enough reason for me to bail out on conventional machines.

These days even roughing operations are done on cnc machines.

A friend who runs a machine shop had HCHCR plates being machined on his conventional milling machine. During second last pass the spindle stopped and the cutter dug right into the job. The job was ruined and he had to bear the cost for a new plate. Another same job was ruined because the operator milled out an extra 0.1mm material. It would have been a different story if those jobs were done on a vmc.

I agree that a manual machine, on it's own, is not an efficient way to make a run of parts but they still have a place as a "support" effort. When I have a 25 minute run time on a 1st operation and there's .125 that needs to come off of the back side, I can usually get that done on the manual mill in 10 minutes so that I'm staying productive while the CNC does its thing, and it saves time by not having to run a simple facing program to remove the back side.

I'm just sharing a different point of view with you.

[STANG KILLA SS]

This is the Allison X-4520 aircraft engine built in the 1920s. Its 24 cylinders were configured in an "X" arrangement,and when it was completed, there were no dynos capable of handling the expected 1,200 horsepower. Four years after its completion, it was finally able to be tested, and it made over 1,300 horsepower - an unbelievable number in 1931.

[high plains drifter]

^^^

RCC needs 'jaw-drop' & 'faint' smiley's.

[Frank211]

This is COOL and something different
A removable motorcycle???

https://youtu.be/_F8o5GyXv2c

[hpiguy]

Yee Haul!

[Frank211]

The cool us. I think most did this. My dad did it , i was cool !

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[Peaker]

I am told when i was very small ( so late 60 / early 70ties ) i was a sucker for beer, so to try and get me off that they tried to give me Snaps ( 45% )
Which i also just poured down and went,,,,,,,,,, MORE
So really me having stopped drinking alcohol regularly for over 35 years ago seem a little out of order, not least factoring in the Danes general love for the stuff.


The whole snowflake things i see not as in unique but rather just as fragile as.
So glad i don't have kids and so i can not make the same mistakes.

[Mike Flea]

Bumper sticker I recently put on the back of my truck:

[Brake Weight]

Lol.


It’s a window, not a bumper. And the clear will peel off leaving the letters behind. I make just about anything you can dream up as long as it’s 2-3 colors and fits in a 12x24” block. Nearly everyone at my work parking lot has something I’ve done.