Re: CAD experiment entry

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "William Thomas" <wthomas@...> wrote:

>
> Hi Tim and All:
>      THANKS FOR THE IMPUT OF THE CAD EXPERIMENT
>     Tim, why don't you use a set of custom soft jaws and machine the nuts out of rectangle bars?  This would eliminate the scrap from round to rectangle and half your milling with the live tools.  Just a little harder on the start of cutoff.
> Note:  I recently did this to taper turn some octagon gun barrels and it works!!!
>                                                                                       GOD'S BLESSINGS
>
>                                                                                                   Bill Thomas                                                            

Bill,

Ron nailed it. It is all about labor costs. Product quality is the same either way. Using the mill means I have to pay a machinist to stand there and load each one. Custom jaws not required, only parallels and a good vice.

In the lathe I have about 15 minutes labor for 4 hours of production. That is how we complete against Chinese parts with USA production. The scrap is meaningless in the overall scheme of things. That was a very important thing I had to learn going from hobbyist to commercial operation.

Tim Goldstein
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