any machinists in here?

Aryan15

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I just got my first experience with a cnc machine(Haas VF-2 three axis $80,000 machine). It was awesome. So many possibilities. I was making some custom hardware for my motorcycle but plan on doing stuff for the stang. Here are some pics.
The carbide endmill cuts through steel like butter.

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I used mastercam version X to program the hex on the screws for my brake calipers.

 

mustangjoe87

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May 13, 2007

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I miss having a machine shop to play in.

 

Chuckman

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im actually certified on those haas controls, there decent little machines, though mazaks and cincinatis are built better (never have gotten to work on those, all we have at work are a couple old fadals and two pos hurcos). i will tell you though that those haas controls out shine all of em in g-code, some of the easiest to program machines out there.

 

90_Red_LX

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Going to school right now to be a machinist. We have a similar mill, but it's a little more dated and smaller than that one. Ours is a Haas VF-0, but we got one of the baby tool room mills, along with several conversationals for our manual mills.

 

Jaswir

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i have worked on Mazaks and cincinaties... but most of the time i worked on CNC landus gringers... i use to grind the pings on the crankshaft to make cranks for CAT

 

Chuckman

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the tech school i graduated from had a deal with haas, they owned i think 4 minimills, an sl10, and a barfeeder, and haas used the school as a working showroom so we also had a vf1, vf2, vf3, tool room mill, sl20, a small horizontal, and 4 tool room lathes. the loaned ones would get sold occasinally and wed get brand new machines to abuse (and crash for some people, i know someone who was squaring a block and ran a 3" facemill vertically into the vise at 100ipm)