What did you make this week?

[Jack Mitchell]

Rekd,

 

Gerradi abuse will not be tolerated under any circumstances, please refrain from such blasphemy – punch up a couple of the cheap wanna-be machine tool vices (I won’t mention any names).

 

On another note: I admit to the forementioned abuse and it is true that 60 Rc is possible to machine (I have the vices to prove this).

 

Is there truth to the fact that Gerradi are now manufactured in China?

 

 

Regards, Jack

 

[ 03-08-2003, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: Jack Mitchell ]

[Guest]

I wrote some programs for flow diverters on wire coating equipment.

[Mick from CNC Software Inc.]

bryan314

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You gonna share?

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I'll upload my script after I make a few subtle changes, in the meantime there are a number of examples included with v9.1, you will find one that shows how to batch import a folder full of DXF files, and another that shows how to toolpath. Those should get going in the right direction.

[Salahuddin]

this week I finished a Mold for juice bottle, look like coca cola bottle, but mini

[Joe6Pack]

Just finished up on some vent rings for the G-Force IndyCar fuel cells.

I us smartcam though, looking into Mastercam

[Fig sign]

All the stuff for molds (inserts ,electrodes and so on )

Molds all the way !

[Marty A]

just profileing form steels nothing as exciting as what everyone else does.......motty

[Zero]

Lets see... just finished some plexi housings for some large medical equipment, a miter saw motor housing and handle on Friday. Today I'm machining, get this, Victoria Falls and modeling the miter saw table.

 

 

Did I hear someone say 9.1 ?!?!?!?!?!?

 

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[Oppiz]

lighters!!!!!

[MACHINEMASTERG]

im reworking the job i did last week love them enginers they keep us in overtime

[Greg McKay]

I made a ski jump in my backyard and made a Tech guy cry.

[ROB]

finished an aluminum table for my boss's

new boat

[biss03]

created a CNC program to machine the arms that raise and lower the convertible top on the 2003/2004 Cadillac Convertibles.

[ScottyB]

Parts for the space shuttle, parts for human heart valves, parts for smart bombs for the military.

 

OK, not really...

I had to make something up to compete with you guys. AMAZING!!

 

Really, I wrote programs for store fixtures we make, and for applied RP doors for high end refrigrators.

 

ScottyB.

 

 

Not too much demand for heart valves out of wood.

[Rekd™]

Jack,

 

Abuse is not the way I see it. It's an improvement over an already fine piece of equipment. Fortunately, we have an extra that we can almost afford to booger up, though I don't think that will be an issue.

 

So tell me, Jack... did you make some mods to yours? If so, will you share your expertise on cutting it? We will be drilling a < .500 hole a couple inches deep in one end, and a cross hole to intersect it.

 

I've considered many other alternitives, including a spool and many configurations of a "service loop", but it always seems to bind up the vacuum lines, and limits the amount of rotation. Especially with lines on 4 fixtures, from 2 sides of the Gerardi. I came up with the idea of integrating the vacuum into the Gerardi from a guy that does a lot of wood turning. He adapted a vacuum to his chuck and it seemed to work well.

 

Other suggestions, as always, are welcome.

 

China?!?!?! (Figures)

 

'Rekd

 

[ 03-10-2003, 03:05 PM: Message edited by: Rekd ]

[TheePres]

Not exactly under "What you make this week" but..."What did you use to make what you made this week"...V9.1

[TREV]

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what did you use to make what you made this week

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(1) mcv8.1

(2) my mind

(3) a few hundred mouse clicks

(4) a handful of cutters

(5) 3 diffrent makino vmc's

(6) and last but not least the forum to keep me sane

all the best

trevor

[Jack Mitchell]

Rekd,

 

I believe the only way to machine the jaws will require electrodes, I cannot be sure but I think the rest of the vice is case hardened rather deep. I have nineteen machine vices, three are Geradi’s the rest are Kirt knockoffs - I often do extensive set-ups utilizing soft jaw inserts for many different jobs.

 

I can upload a Mechanical Desktop ver6 of the classic Geradi for you if you like, I did this many years ago converting metric to inch (there is a minor problem with a mated surface but the vice as a whole is very accurate) if you are going to machine these then perhaps the model will help.

 

Which is correct, Vise or Vice?

 

Regards, Jack

[Jack Mitchell]

Rekd & Forum members.

 

I uploaded the file to Jayson's Ftp.

 

All PicturesJpg,Gif,Bmp'sMitchellGeradiBase29.zip

 

Perhaps somebody could tidy this up and convert to solids.

 

Regards, Jack

[Philcott]

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Which is correct, Vise or Vice?

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Jack, I think this depends what street corner one is standing on.

 

Phil

[Rekd™]

Some would say it's a vice to machine a machine vise.

 

The Gerardi's I have are for rotabs. They're basically horizontal tombstones, not vises. We do have independant jaws we can mount to them via large T-Slots in the tombstones. I would imagine the hardening would be similar though.

 

I'm making a surface model of one, I'll put up a pict when it's done.

 

 

'Rekd

[Rekd™]

Heres' a skinned picture of one of the Gerardis we're using. I want to drill thru the dia on the right side, past the mounting flange, then intersect-drill to connect the vacuum lines. The line going thru the end will be on a swivel, allowing full 360 rotation while still using the vacuum.

 

 

 

'Rekd

[jeff]

I've been making everything!

Most of my guys have a tummy ache this week and left me with all the empty machines!

[Dan Bedore]

Cut a mold for a 48" 1/4 bowl Scateboard ramp about 22"*8'*10'

[chris m]

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