cl72wagon Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I guess I am weird, I enjoy the set ups. They keep me busy all day. But that being said, there are some days when it would be nice to load a part in the vise by hand. Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 at my shop its weird, but that's because pushing a 50000lb part around by hand is not fun. :lol: Quote Link to comment
cl72wagon Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 That does not sound like any fun to me. I would rather run a small machine also.... Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Production has begun. This is the first side of the bracket spacer. There's 80+ of these to make. I've been extremely pleased with the lathe's performance on these. I've done this op about 40 times already and with one DRO tweak, they're all within a thou of each other. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 John.....this is how production happens in my shop! LOL Thankfully, I don't have to work like this at work!!!! Quote Link to comment
gcmustang Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 That looks like you are keeping busy. I am glad to see you got the CNC going well. Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Thanks for selling it to me!!!! :) Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I never get to make cool shit like this. I just don't have the equipment for it. But dang that's a cool looking part. That part almost gave me a heart attack. It was an unrealistic deadline and a very complex part. I scrapped it 3 times and they still bought it... Made 12 of them. 20hr cycle time. Its the end piece for an airline seat assembly. Its the end facing the isle. Josh- 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Here's some finished oics... Me after working a few too many 18hr days.... Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 all of that for a seat bracket.... Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Wow that's a nice piece. It's no wonder why it's so expensive to fly. Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 certified parts are big $$$$ would be nice to score a couple PO's for a airline manufacturer. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 We do all the 787 Dreamliner door hinges on one of our Horizontal Machining Center and the Latches on our Vari-Axis 500-II 5 Axis. We'll hopefully be picking up a new Haas CNC Router and a 2004 Matsuura 5 Axis next week. Anyone need a job in Bellingham we need to hire 9 people asap.... -Josh Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 shit, if it was closer.... Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 Yeah if it was a local offer I would give it a try. I am running an Okuma Multus 6 axis at the current place. Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Here we are milling the slot and the nose in this part. This is what it looks like before the mill work. After the mill We metal spray carbide in the ID of this part, Then grind the carbide to size. It's a really high wear part. The parts this thing is sitting on are sleeves for a coil over set up for Z cars. 2 Quote Link to comment
dr.feltersnatch Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 nothing too complicated but this is what i was working on today. 2 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 that's a lots a little holes Quote Link to comment
dr.feltersnatch Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 pain in the ass litlle holes. .375/.3753 and most have a true position of .020 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 that's pretty good, the part ive been working on has every surface as a datum, true position from the "origin" bore of .015.....and the datums go from A to ww, fucking hate this part.... Quote Link to comment
dr.feltersnatch Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 god damn son..... Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 yeah, and I'm the only guy in the shop that gets to work on it, at least on the finish work. oh and the finish call outs are √125 down to √63. and the newest machine we use for the part was built in 81, and converted from a tape CNC to a Siemens controller, from the mid 90's......god I hate this part..... 2 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Q-tip you are working with a boat anchor to make parts. TP of .015" is not bad. Very difficult with a sloppy machine though. All rapid and approach moves better come from the same axial moves ha ha ha ha. I machine hydrolic piston heads that have some retarded TP and Concentricity call outs. All need a finish of 32 or less. Have to diamond burnish most of this stuff. Makes for lots of ass time though Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I wish I could post a picture of the part and the machines I have to do it on. it would be "really that's it that's not bad, oh man that's a piece of shit, wow that one is bad too....they make parts with that thing!!!". I have to do a +.002-.001 set of blind line bores on a manual machine that says it was made in Czechoslovakia, and its the newest manual machine we have.... that to of .015 is on all six sides in 5 different setups on 3 different machines Quote Link to comment
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