True unobtanium! Done on the Mazak V5 with well used cutters. Material is 8620 and will eventually be hardened and nitrided. Naturally running under EMC. Still at 2.0 ... need to upgrade. I finally have cat5 to the shop but not connected .... yet.
<http://web.mac.com/bengvall/iWeb/EngvallMachine/Photos.html> At Boeing Surplus the other day I ran into a guy that had been at 'fest last year. He asked me what I did for workholding on this piece and I said with as straight a face as possible I just suspend it in a VERY strong magnetic field and start making chips. ;-) Dave On Mar 28, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Dean Hedin wrote: > I need to start cnc'ing metal. > > Anders, how long (machine time) did it take to cut the mould in the > first > picture? > Also, were there tool changes used, i.e., roughing, finishing? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anders Wallin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> aluminium rudder mould (rudder is made with carbon fiber skins + >> balsa >> or epoxy/microballoon core: >> http://www.anderswallin.net/wp-content/2005_12/formar.jpg >> >> MDF deck plug (painted and sanded and then a mould in glassfiber is >> laminated on top of this) >> http://www.anderswallin.net/wp-content/2006_04deck/adeck2.jpg >> >> aluminium keel bulb mould (bulb is cast in lead) >> http://www.anderswallin.net/wp-content/2003_05/cncmoldst.jpg >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
