New toys to play with
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So cool! I wonder if the CNC lathe can do an offset mushroom in one go :-)
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We have yet to find out, have to go to the manufacturers (Hurco) for training on the lathe and the 5 axis mill oh dear a week away all expenses paid.
Arfon |
The mill will be able to do them in one go then. The lathe would need to feed the X axis back and forth in time with the speed of the spindle to be able to do them which I would think is unlikely but would be fun to watch if it can!
Cheers Stot |
Once you get into cnc programming you'll love it, I used to use a Harrison 454 lathe with a Fanuc OT controller. The amount of jimmy jobs I did on that was unreal :D
I must be honest though, I'd avoid the XYZ mill like the plague. |
I havn't paid for them the uni that i now work for has so hey i will use anything thats free
Arfon |
we have one metal lathe at the school, un-used for 2.5 years since new! we used to have 10 in the old building, a 20 when I was a pupil at my school!
What does that tell you about the state of manufacturing skills in the UK... I am going to make use of the sole machine, if I can work out how the f..k to make it run as I spent 20 mins unable to find the spindle start button :confused: , there was a Jog, stop, brake , etc.. but no obvious start:( TT |
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edit: The red knobbed lever to the right of this picture. Cheers Stot |
But it works the other way round on Chinese machines, up on this is forward, also you have to pull it to the left to disengage a dowel which prevents you from accidentally operating it.
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