What are you machining?

[Jelly_Sheffield]

The problem is time.

The company I'm working at twice a week the work is stacked up, i'm looking to buy sleeves in to save time.

That makes sense, if there's a commercial product that's mass manufactured, it will probably be cheaper than putting you own time into it, as well as more efficient.

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Exactly.

It's time consuming drilling and boring big holes. We do have a Spade drill for the big semi cnc lathe but i haven't figured out any of the programming side yet

When you get to it, that probably will make something of a difference.

The BTA type (with carbide "cheeks" to register on the wall of the hole like a gun drill) in particular can give crazy fast MRR if there's enough power to support it, but the more recent designs of "conventional" spade drill aren't far behind now.

 

[minimutly]

When I worked in the machine shop one job was 6” diameter locking rings, 5 1/2” bore, acme thread, from 316 stainless. I used a trepanning tool, like a parting off tool but curved for clearance, and cut the centre out of each piece. They were maybe an inch thick and it cut okay.

First dozen or so I went halfway in from each side, but it was time consuming, so I tried a single cut straight through from one side, until I could feel it getting towards the end, compound slide would suddenly get easier to turn, and I’d back out before it came loose and locked up. Then I’d knock the centre out with a hammer. Then we had freebie chunks of 316 stainless for some other jobs.

One of the model engineering suppliers used to sell cast iron bar - 17ton iron I think it was called, some years ago mind. I can't remember the supplier though..

 

[Tigman]

Putting edge prep on weld test plates , clamping down with confidence with new set of clamps !

 

[Woody.v8]

Some handles for my cnc mill as it came with none.
This is part one as I'd like to put in some folding handles.

 

[Maker]

Only after brazing the two pieces together did I realise the bore had closed up when I split it.

 

[fizzy]

Had a go on the vertical borer

Just because the borer is vertical doesn't mean the video has to be - does anyone know you turn your phone sideways to get fullscreen?

 

[Jelly_Sheffield]

Just because the borer is vertical doesn't mean the video has to be - does anyone know you turn your phone sideways to get fullscreen?

It is full-screen, just the other way up.

Even if you're not down with the kids enough to view on you phone, there's no excuse...

 

[fizzy]

It is full-screen, just the other way up.

Even if you're not down with the kids enough to view on you phone, there's no excuse...

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Perhaps they should change all the cinemas and widescreen tvs

 

[Hood]

Made some Alu parts and some acetal isolating top hats, did them on the CNC, a lot quicker than on the manual but would have been much better if I had a bar puller.

 

[fizzy]

It's a youtube short fizzy it's designed to be watched on a phone vertical

I guessed as much. Just like tiktok.
Ruins it on a laptop or desktop though.
You should do a longer video looks very interesting!

 

[Maker]

I guessed as much. Just like tiktok.
Ruins it on a laptop or desktop though.
You should do a longer video looks very interesting!

I use a Chrome extension to block them on my laptop, saves me getting tempted to click a stupid thumbnail.

 

[fizzy]

There's loads on my channel

Brilliant just been having a look. Loads of proper videos
I see you doing work on a js540. Mine will operate one way but then refuses to self feed the other. Turning the lever by hand doesn't work either but sometimes it does if you catch it right. Any ideas?

 

[fizzy]

Either the hydraulic system needs looking at or you've not depressed the knock off pad on the right hand side and the table is going back to park position.

Or the table has been lifted at some point in its life and bent the hydraulic rams.

I think it's down to that knock off pad. How is it supposed to work? Basically I can initiate the action manually but it won't repeate. Keeps resetting itself.