This is super cool!

[GoLfMan]

Exactly my point.

There's no way in hell i could do a mould contour program etc like what i do at work. Waaaay too much maths and way too many command lines. Some of the simpler stuff i write in code is bad enough. Especially when you start doing mid program tool changes etc. First dry run is always hairy. haha.

first run always is hairy, especially with a one off part!

Love the 5 axis machining! Something I havent done yet, still getting my head around 3 axis

what CAD/CAM software do you run at work???

I know we'd be pretty lost without Powermill. Such a capable software, rarely gets it wrong!

[mk3pete]

that was truly awesome
hehe and i thought i was good with my 1980s bridgeport with auto feed at work

[Preen59]

first run always is hairy, especially with a one off part!

Love the 5 axis machining! Something I havent done yet, still getting my head around 3 axis

what CAD/CAM software do you run at work???

I know we'd be pretty lost without Powermill. Such a capable software, rarely gets it wrong!

Yes it's quite the art form really. Because our big Cincinnati CNC machining centre is only 3 axis i've had to do 4 setups on before on parts that had to be machined on all 4 sides. This creates it's own problems, especially when some of them are like 1400mm long..

We use Fidia Himill. To be honest it's pretty old, quite limited and pretty crap. You really need to know what you are doing and have your wits about you or it will do some funky stuff with programs. I snapped the odd cutter working that out.

The other problem is that the big girl has so much grunt, if you screw something up it doesn't slow down. It machines whatever is in the way!

I can take 15mm cuts with a 40mm diameter 2 tipped cutter at ~5500rpm, 3500mm/min feed in aluminium. That makes a huge mess and a lot of noise. The engineers are too scared to come near the machine! hahahahahaha!




That little gap in the chips on the floor behind the controller is where i was standing.

[Peter Jones]

Love it.

I was just reading about the Pama Speedram 4000 (Floor type boring/milling machine) in the trade press.

x-travel of 10,000mm and y travels of 6500mm. 25t capacity

You could mill up a Golf! Hell you could probably knock out a Crafter!

THe M150 Millturn is pretty cool too - 6 NC axes, bed length of 8m with a working diameter of 1.5m.

Think I missed my calling.

For the record, I also like pick and place robots and NC waterjet cutters.

EDM machines are way cool and any pneumatic stuff by Festo is bordering on voodoo.

Of course I can't use any of it, but I can't fly fighter jets either and they're cool too.

Pete

[GoLfMan]

I can take 15mm cuts with a 40mm diameter 2 tipped cutter at ~5500rpm, 3500mm/min feed in aluminium. That makes a huge mess and a lot of noise. The engineers are too scared to come near the machine! hahahahahaha!

Man I wound up our lill' Cin Cin to 7000rpm (8000rpm limit!), 3000mm/min, 7mm cuts with a 3 tipped 50mm cutter... man it was humming! The teacher in the next room asked when the racket was going to stop! haha

[mikepologti]

wholly crap that was awsome.

[static1800]

Veyron block
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU32Q...eature=related

[noone]

Same video as first post...

[Preen59]

Love it.

I was just reading about the Pama Speedram 4000 (Floor type boring/milling machine) in the trade press.

x-travel of 10,000mm and y travels of 6500mm. 25t capacity

You could mill up a Golf! Hell you could probably knock out a Crafter!

THe M150 Millturn is pretty cool too - 6 NC axes, bed length of 8m with a working diameter of 1.5m.

Think I missed my calling.

For the record, I also like pick and place robots and NC waterjet cutters.

EDM machines are way cool and any pneumatic stuff by Festo is bordering on voodoo.

Of course I can't use any of it, but I can't fly fighter jets either and they're cool too.

Pete

Yeah i've played around with most of that stuff. Not mills of that size though. Really cool stuff.

[Spyda]

Same video as first post...

Read what it says in the in the watermark of the video. Its a w16 block.

I was going to post the same video in response to Rockets comment.

Its bloody awsome stuff IMO. Bloody amazing