pressbrake1
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Old pressbrake is a bit of a hero I reckon
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roofman
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top shelf fellaOld pressbrake is a bit of a hero I reckon
roofman
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I often wonder the hours going into Petes machine and the machines pressbrake1 has, who the hell is going to be able to use them in the future when our generation has gone
...I dont see many young kids getting taught the skills with these none CNC machines anymore.
...I dont see many young kids getting taught the skills with these none CNC machines anymore.
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@pressbrake1 not all hero's wear capes (or smile 
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A big one is 6months full time
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NYCCNC did a tour of their site last year, they didn't look look like they were cutting back at all.
pressbrake1
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Pretend to , you’ll never know truth. When they went bankrupt a few years back they took Eric for money
There’s a septic that does them and scrapes English style… . I know Eric went out to Devlieg USA to teach scraping back in the day as Devlieg realised Herbert fitters were superior
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Gear cutters and Blanchards are the bread and butter
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and don't require half the accuracy
pressbrake1
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Still have to be very good
Main difference is they’re on linear ways so no way scraping.
Also Blanchard and gear cutting are specific machines that can’t be replaced by a vmc or even a five axis though you can skive on a 5axis who wants to do that!
Hi Pete! Could you post some images of the x-z feed shift lever mechanism?
Try being in Swansea - sea air and 95% humidity really don't go well together
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So I had a bit of time today to take a look at this table which was planed a few weeks ago. I actually have been off work since the 3rd but we have done a marathon of DIY/decorating which is only now finished.
I set up a dial gauge to measure how parallel the ways were. These are very difficult to scrape coz of the overhanging ledge, you can't get a biax in there and if you hand scrape it you can't see what you're doing, so it needed to be good.
And it is good, that is a ten-thousandths reading dial gauge so each number is just one thou. It's nice and parallel all along the length. Big thanks to @pressbrake1
I set up a dial gauge to measure how parallel the ways were. These are very difficult to scrape coz of the overhanging ledge, you can't get a biax in there and if you hand scrape it you can't see what you're doing, so it needed to be good.
And it is good, that is a ten-thousandths reading dial gauge so each number is just one thou. It's nice and parallel all along the length. Big thanks to @pressbrake1
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Your attention to detail in everything you do is just exceptional
I’d like to see how you tick, I will learn something
Try @MattH as well. I used to think I might aspire to his level, but soon realised that was pie in the sky. Lol
Some people just have it others don't. Lol
I should have known though as after 32 years of playing snooker my highest break was still 43.
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Yes i agree...his detail in getting this mill just right has been next level. Sometimes i think i have reasonable skills across the board to get by, and then i see how other guys approach stuff like Pete and many others here and realize i know nothing
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Thats not true, you know a fair bit. Just different fair bits to other folk.Yes i agree...his detail in getting this mill just right has been next level. Sometimes i think i have reasonable skills across the board to get by, and then i see how other guys approach stuff like Pete and many others here and realize i know nothing
