Re: Are there CNC-only jobs, or is it only for duplicates?
Posted by
beer@s...
on 2000-09-08 12:00:24 UTC
On 7 Sep, CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com wrote:
you'd solve a problem.
I started on a home-brew rotary table, before CNCing my 3in1. That
project will likely sit forever, because I truly can't see a need for
one any more.
I bought a boring head for my mill. I've never used it, and may never
use it. ( Except POSSIBLY to bore a cylinder on one of my bikes ) Need
a pretty darn round hole ? Program one !
A ball turning tool for the lathe ? No need.
There's more, and you really don't see them all until you have a CNC
machine.
The fact that I have a 3in1 machine certainly limits the size of my
cuts. Another major advantage of CNC for me has been the ability to let
the machine slowly but surely carve away at things until it's done. For
example, boring wide holes on the lathe in deep stock from a small pilot
is LOTS of passes .. or just a few lines of code, a press of the EXECUTE
key and away I go to do something else ( like clean up ).
Now, I'm not as bad as SOME guys - I DO still turn the cranks SOMETIMES
at least <G> ( but admittedly, not often ) !
But in kinda the same way that I don't a hacksaw much any more - firing
up the bandsaw just makes so much more sense, so too CNC makes more
sense for even a single item.
Hope this helps.
Alan
--
Alan Rothenbush | The Spartans do not ask the number of the
Academic Computing Services | enemy, only where they are.
Simon Fraser University |
Burnaby, B.C., Canada | Agix of Sparta
> Message: 6CNC changes the way you look at problems, and certainly changes the way
> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:06:47 -0700
> From: "James Owens" <wotisname@...>
> Subject: Re: Are there CNC-only jobs, or is it only for duplicates?
you'd solve a problem.
I started on a home-brew rotary table, before CNCing my 3in1. That
project will likely sit forever, because I truly can't see a need for
one any more.
I bought a boring head for my mill. I've never used it, and may never
use it. ( Except POSSIBLY to bore a cylinder on one of my bikes ) Need
a pretty darn round hole ? Program one !
A ball turning tool for the lathe ? No need.
There's more, and you really don't see them all until you have a CNC
machine.
The fact that I have a 3in1 machine certainly limits the size of my
cuts. Another major advantage of CNC for me has been the ability to let
the machine slowly but surely carve away at things until it's done. For
example, boring wide holes on the lathe in deep stock from a small pilot
is LOTS of passes .. or just a few lines of code, a press of the EXECUTE
key and away I go to do something else ( like clean up ).
Now, I'm not as bad as SOME guys - I DO still turn the cranks SOMETIMES
at least <G> ( but admittedly, not often ) !
But in kinda the same way that I don't a hacksaw much any more - firing
up the bandsaw just makes so much more sense, so too CNC makes more
sense for even a single item.
Hope this helps.
Alan
--
Alan Rothenbush | The Spartans do not ask the number of the
Academic Computing Services | enemy, only where they are.
Simon Fraser University |
Burnaby, B.C., Canada | Agix of Sparta