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Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names

Posted by Jon Elson
on 2000-05-04 12:13:35 UTC
Fred Smith wrote:

> >Then we had Fred smith pushing CAD/CAM, and even making a foolish
> statement
> >that anyone making just one or two parts shouldnt be using CNC at
> all.
> >He did get soundly shouted down on that statement!
>
> For example, Drilling and Tapping a single hole. I guarantee that I
> can do
> this faster on my Bridgeport than on any CNC machine. This is a
> quick,
> efficient process, all the tools are ALWAYS placed near my work area,
> and
> just reaching to push a button makes for a less efficient process.

Yes, this is probably true, but then I had a single piece (a fixture
plate) that needed
144 center drilled, through drilled and tapped 10-32 holes. I did the
whole job in about
30 minutes, with beautiful results, with a CNC system and a tapping
head. (First time
I did something real with the tapping head, what a back saver!)

And, I have done a number of one-off parts that couldn't be made with a
manual
machine, or would have taken days of fooling around with rotary tables
and sine
blocks. And, they would have been vastly less accurate due to having to
reposition
the part many times.

Jon

Discussion Thread

Jon Elson 2000-05-04 12:13:35 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names Tim Goldstein 2000-05-04 12:23:54 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names Jon Anderson 2000-05-04 12:37:32 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names Dan Mauch 2000-05-04 12:53:21 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names Jon Elson 2000-05-04 13:25:31 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names james owens 2000-05-04 16:14:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names Jon Elson 2000-05-04 22:02:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Names