Fazzman Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 Its a prototype. All 5th axis 3d machined. Made out of aluminum. The real deal is gonna be made from some type of steel alloy.Had to show customer we could do it ☺ 5 Quote
JimboS1ice Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 Pretty cool lookingJimboSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Justin Hernandez Posted December 13, 2015 Report Posted December 13, 2015 That's awesome!! how long did it take to make?? Quote
Fazzman Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Posted December 14, 2015 That's awesome!! how long did it take to make??About 5hrs. Quote
Justin Hernandez Posted December 14, 2015 Report Posted December 14, 2015 About 5hrs.That doesn't sound to bad but I know nothing about machining so I don't know how long it is suppose to take..lol Quote
Fazzman Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Posted December 14, 2015 Well it was only aluminum so material removal is much faster. The next time around im sure there will be changes and revisions since this is only the first run. 1 Quote
comp56 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 what tolerances do you have to play with, we made a couple things similar but from stainless +/- 0.002" Quote
Fazzman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Posted December 15, 2015 We do alot of stainless,titanium and other wierd alloys hastelloy .002 is a machinists mile We often get tolerances of .0001 - .0005 and +/- .001- .002 Depending of course what type of part it is. We do alot of govt,military,aerospace, type of work. Quote
comp56 Posted December 15, 2015 Report Posted December 15, 2015 lol 2 under ...put in the sun 2 over put it in the fridge.... Quote
Fazzman Posted December 15, 2015 Author Report Posted December 15, 2015 Yeah isnt that the truth,you know how engineers are. Nothing simple can be designed simple for some reason. I see them make all sorts of improper callouts on thngs. you only need .0002 - .0005 press if you dont get junk bearings for example. Last year we did some rocket nozzles for a new type of ICBM interceptor,that was an over engineered nightmare but it was a fun project. I prefer doing the smaller more intricate stuff, I think its just more fun. about ten years ago I worked at a place that all they had was large Kuraki horizontal mills, and a few lathes.it was all big huge weldments for medical xray machines and things of that nature. Big stuff gets boring just takes so long. 1 Quote
chadlanthier Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Wow that looks good. Nice job 1 Quote
comp56 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Yeah isnt that the truth,you know how engineers are. Nothing simple can be designed simple for some reason. I see them make all sorts of improper callouts on thngs. you only need .0002 - .0005 press if you dont get junk bearings for example. Last year we did some rocket nozzles for a new type of ICBM interceptor,that was an over engineered nightmare but it was a fun project. I prefer doing the smaller more intricate stuff, I think its just more fun. about ten years ago I worked at a place that all they had was large Kuraki horizontal mills, and a few lathes.it was all big huge weldments for medical xray machines and things of that nature. Big stuff gets boring just takes so long.back in 1988 I had a run in with a dial indicator on a milling machine, i was truing something up with a 3/4" end mill running and my sleeve was sucked into the end mill.....it ran up my right forearm and tore my shirt off at the shoulders.....cut into my arm but I was lucky the shirt wrapped the end mill so it did less damage than it could have still ended up with 14 stitches and a good scar.... it is hard to see now 27yrs ago...... Quote
Atlas2000 Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Yeah Comp56, machine tools aren't particular about what they machine. Glad it was not worse. Used to work at a Parker-Hannifin plant and had a guy on a large lathe accidentally expand an internal collet for big hydraulic cylinders with no cylinder over it. It came apart explosively and sent him to the hospital. Fortunately he eventually recovered. No real room for error when it comes to safety around such things. Fazzman: it looks like a rough machined impeller of some sort. Did they just want to see if you could get the tooling in all the right places before committing? Worst things we ever dealt with (material wise) were 310 stainless and its polar opposite oxygen free pure copper, both for use in a plasma reactor at a research company. Quote
Fazzman Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Posted December 23, 2015 yeah it wasnt polished or anything like that. You're lucky Comp,Ive seen some people get nasty bites from endmills. Stainless isnt bad really depends what you are making from it Just gotta go about things a little different from the start. especially if the piece has windows and such.. I love machining 400 series stainless. Yeah pure copper can be a pain for sure. Try Magnolia Bronze sometime Alot of Intel jobs we get involve Aluminum,Stainless and Titanium. I make all sorts of chip testing equipment for them. With todays tooling technology if you have the machinery to push the limits you can do anything. CNC technology is insanely awesome nowadays if you have the dough. Alot of shops around here still have a bunch of older slower machines,Of course there are a few really big places here like Aerojet RocketDyne. They build rockets and all sorts of Space and aircraft stuff. They have one of the largest CNC mills in the world. its a 7 axis machine,they had to build the building around the machine. This machine is for the machining of F-22 Raptor titanium Airframes Quote
Justin Hernandez Posted December 24, 2015 Report Posted December 24, 2015 Wow that's crazy Comp glad it was nothing worse. All the scars on are body's have a story behind them and will live with us forever Quote
Mondo1310 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 Dan is printing one of those out of grey pla. Quote
Millerzconstruction Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 Its a prototype. All 5th axis 3d machined. Made out of aluminum. The real deal is gonna be made from some type of steel alloy.20121214_105415.jpegHad to show customer we could do it ☺Yea Dan is 3d printing the same thing. It looks like the fins are shorter on the prototype you made. But almost identical. LolMillerz Quote
WigWagWorkshop Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 Metal CNC/Milling is something I want to add to my long list of hobbies and stuff to learn. Looking good so far, do you shoot any videos of your work? Quote
comp56 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Posted January 24, 2016 ya I been out of the machining world for a few years now, and was in it way before CNC and a little time with it. we had many old school tips for example clear vinegar and most aluminum while cutting or drilling leaves the aluminum shiny...... Quote
Fazzman Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Posted January 25, 2016 I used to be able to take vids and such when I worked on night shift. Sadly on other shifts they watch you like a hawk. Quote
WeldfabNeil Posted January 27, 2016 Report Posted January 27, 2016 Man that's sweet. I am always amazed by what can be made with cnc equitment. Quote
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