This is super cool!

[mk3pete]

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.

haha thats gota take some balls
what were you wearing? a face mask and holding a riot shield

[Treza360]

Pffft...
Someone bring me some billet, a chisel and a mallet and I'll do the same thing in half the time.

Seriously though that's pretty damn cool. I had a quick look around the Matsuura website but didn't delve too far. It has perked my interest and I had a look into G-Code etc and learning about something new (to me) is always fun.
I'll stick to my PLCs though, much more fun and flexible in the programming by the looks of things. Plus they have a lot more uses over a wider variety of industries.
Making the toys function and/or processes happen is much more fun than fabricating I reckon.

Cheers,
Trent

[Preen59]

haha thats gota take some balls
what were you wearing? a face mask and holding a riot shield

Hahaha, no just bib and brace overalls and safety glasses. You just have to make sure the chips don't go down your shirt. Then they stick to you and burn. If they hit you arms or what ever you just have to shake them off quickly. Not that bad really.

Pffft...
Someone bring me some billet, a chisel and a mallet and I'll do the same thing in half the time.

Seriously though that's pretty damn cool. I had a quick look around the Matsuura website but didn't delve too far. It has perked my interest and I had a look into G-Code etc and learning about something new (to me) is always fun.
I'll stick to my PLCs though, much more fun and flexible in the programming by the looks of things. Plus they have a lot more uses over a wider variety of industries.
Making the toys function and/or processes happen is much more fun than fabricating I reckon.

Cheers,
Trent

Yeah you're quite right, but it's horses for courses. I get a kick out of the finished product equally or more so than the programming, so the job satisfaction for me is sitting about and saying to myself "I made that", rather than "i made that do that".

[Steve88]

thats seriously cool, i am at tafe learning how to program CNC's atm pretty sweet