AJ Made A Mistake -- Ep. 86
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- In the 86th episode of "Taps and Patience," AJ and Harrison kick off with a humorous recount of AJ's recent mishap involving his phone. AJ describes how he accidentally bent his phone while setting up parts for machining, turning it into a "taco" shape. The incident happened while he was watching RUclips videos and setting a tool on his mill, which led to an unexpected rapid movement that crushed his phone. This leads to a discussion about AJ's plans to replace his phone and his temporary enjoyment of being phone-free.
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The conversation shifts to Harrison, who updates listeners on the sudden interest in his Tormach machine. Harrison shares that he has received inquiries from three potential buyers in one day, a significant change from the previous lack of interest. He also mentions the challenges of balancing his current workload, as his shop went from having no work to being overloaded with jobs. Harrison discusses his preference for a Speedio machine over a Doosan, despite his cousin's preference for a 40-taper machine, due to the Speedio's capabilities for light, fast cuts.
Towards the end of the episode, Harrison talks about the implications of a local shop closing down. This closure could lead to more work for his business in the long term but has temporarily reduced their workload as their main customer acquired a large inventory of parts. Harrison also shares exciting news about a new customer who has given him a substantial order, with the potential for an ongoing high-volume contract. This development underscores the need for diverse machining equipment to handle both small, high-volume parts and larger, more complex components.
I use several Haas machines every day at work and have a SVM4100 at home, if you would like to chat about the differences between the two or pros and cons, feel free to reach out.
I left a lot of drool on the floor of the Hermle booth at the last IMTS
I'm sure Harrison and I will be doing that this year 😂
would you be able to project those lines of the flat and radius's turn the 5th axis 90 degrees and use the projected lines as an open contour following those line?
What about using a spherical endmill? Like a ball mill with an undercut.
I heard him reference a SVM 4100 and thought I would throw in my 2 cents after owning one for over a year. I have 2 DNM 4500's and 1 SVM 4100. The SVM is nice because it rapids fast and the servos accelerate and decelerate much faster, but the rigidity is severely less than the DNM. If I could go back in time I would buy another DNM and spend the little bit extra money. The machine is also so low to the ground which is a bummer for me being 6'2". I guess it all depends on what you need it to do but I much prefer my DNMS. Also, the coolant tank design sucks and the coolant lines get clogged if you look at them wrong. Both issues I really don't have on the DNM's.
I'll pass it on to Harrison!
It is more fun to watch this starting scene that 2 guys are shaking their heads, without turning the audio on... FYI
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Maybe you could scale parts and print them to make it easier to take to IMTS.
That's probably more for harrison, I would have to scale up my parts 🤣
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Hi guys, just remembered is not the machine is the operator (programmer)
To some extent this is true. I assure you that I am very capable of making bad parts on a good machine 😅. But we are both also hitting the limits of our equipment. No matter how good I am, my machine is still limited to 8x14" travels, for example.
@@AudacityMicro you are right about that. you can't compete
I like the real image thumbnail a lot better than the AI one 😁👍
yeahhh, I just got access AB testing on thumbnails, and I just wanted to play with it. I should have just stuck with the actual picture on this one. I normally like the AI generated thumnnails for the podcast because it differentiates them from my normal videos, but I think the real deal is better here
@@AudacityMicrothat was just my personal preference, but does the data lean that way also?
@@thoughtbombdesign the test pretty clearly shows that the non-AI thumbnail was better
After hearing you talk about xometry jobs I thought I’d check it out and the demo part they gave me for a mill sourced out a 16 micro inch Ra. How did you hit that surface roughness without a surface grinder and how did you measure it for the inspection? I really only have a manual horizontal bandsaw and a vmc in my garage.
Back when I did it, it didn't have that call out. I think your best bet without spending a lot of money is to get one of those physical reference charts. it won't give you an exact roughness number, but you will be able to see if it is better or worse than 16Ra. It's aluminum so if you go slow with a sharp tool, you will be fine.
At the end of the day I really only have a bandsaw and a VMC as well, so I believe in you 🙂. I have some miscellaneous support equipment, but other than measuring stuff, it almost never touches the final parts
Speedio! Speedio!
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