What did you make this week? 4-11-03

[bryan314]

Somewhat boring week this week.

 

Some medium sized square blocks with a few surfaces. Couldn't tell you for what kind of part. With all the jobs I've been bouncing around on lately I lost track.

 

Wednesday, I swear must have been a full moon or everybody had spring feaver. I must have got only an hour of work done. Everyone decided today was the day they needed new software installed. Old software unistalled. My computer won't start. How do I open excell(Don't ask he's ONLY been using the program for over a year? ) My email doesn't work. Oh, can you install that new software for me next. And on and on. After ten hours of this I thought I'd have to shoot someone.

 

The rest of the week was fun, got to work on chooks. Upgraded a couple of interal ones. Work really sweeeet now. Of course my beta tester at work (hi kevin) is already asking for more Improvements.

 

Wrote my 3rd wirepath today. Now everybody repeat after me. Ooooooooooooooooooooooh. No one started yelling so I assume it ran fine.

 

And, of course, had to end the week with a bunch of trim steels That have to be run tonight! So, I expect that they will be run across the mill on Tuesday.

 

They're re-wiring the office this weekend. First weekend off in along time. Yeah for me.

 

Now I'm waiting for my son to wake up from his nap so we can have dinner and go play trucks!!

 

Bryan

[Guest]

I did more 4 axis work on multi-layer tubing and wire extrusion equipment. What the heck it helps pay the bills. I answered a few tech. questions. The best part of my job is helping to shape, make, and mold two wonderful little boys (one 18 months and the other 3 yrs.) so I took them to Sea World, I am teaching one how to use a spoon instead of his fists to eat, and toilet training the other. Oh the bennies of parenting.

[BernieT]

This week I cut a Renshape model of a new Triad tennis racquet (two piece graphite with a rubber spacer), now starting a mold for it.

 

[Thad]

Programmed and cut some 3D form on a Hummer rear bumper die.

 

Thad

[skeetboy25]

did the cam on the colorado state VICA championship part (1st place [hell ya] ), thing looked like a cresent wrench upper and had some funky text contoured in the handel, done in butterboard, 2hrs from print to part.

[Brian G Scullion]

Aircraft seat legs for refitting of Boeing 747 on a matsuura horizontal .Lots of holes at all sorts of angles 18 min cycle times stock size 20" * 14" 1.5" thick roughing cuts 25mm wide 25mm deep feedrate 5000mm/min .( scary !!! )

 

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[cadcam]

Well I mad a few Boeing parts on the 5 axis that I spent time getting used to.

But I am haveing fun.

 

Oh and a program for a 5" pump mold size 8.

(womens shows that is )

 

[ 04-12-2003, 09:37 AM: Message edited by: cadcam ]

[HEAVY METAL]

I made program for s some cavity die cast dies for Daimler-Chrysler .Hardened h13 46-48 rc

 

 

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heavy

[HEAVY METAL]

I made some cavity die cast dies for Daimler-Chrysler hardened h13

 

 

heavy

[TheePres]

JAY,

5-Axis in Gardena???

[Rekd™]

What'd you make heavy?

 

'Rekd teh laughing and pointing at heavy..

[Rick Damiani]

This week I was at the California VICA state championships in Riverside as a vendor. I helped one of the teams (their school's first time) figure out how to correctly locate the second side of a part using a test indicator. This was more difficult than it sounds, as the CNC they were using was equipped with a vice that was square in no direciton. That the other mesauring tools they had were of the stamped steel variety wasn't very helpful, either.

 

The kids did good though. Managed to make a good set of parts anyway, and (more importantly) learned how to do something entirely new and got to apply it right away. I gave them some suggusitons on measuring tools, too.

[cadcam]

Theepres you sound surprised?

But yes sir,out that way every company is called __________ Aerospace. it cracks me up.

It,s a lttile bit of a drive but I for sure have done worse.

 

[ 04-13-2003, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: cadcam ]

[tm311]

Machined a mold for a cover for the javelin missle

and designed the tool to trim them out of the sheet.

[Rick Damiani]

Just found out that the kids I helped on Friday took third place. Fantastic showing for a team that had never been to one of these before.

[TheePres]

Jay,

No not surprised, just curious as to where. Seems ive done most of these "Aerospace" companys out this way. and wondering where?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Still making tombstones...

 

Each one takes about 8 hours to make. 56 holes per side all are thread milled, and some holes will get a bushing. It's taking forever to threadmill.

[Trevor Bailey]

James,

 

Excuse my ignorance here, but why do you have to thread mill them all. Are the tolerances that tight? I have not worked with set ups like yours personally .

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Well I should have said "I'm trying to threadmill" these.

 

Trevor, the tombstones are brand new, blank faces so I'm putting in the grid now. Then we will mount spacer plates onto the tombstone then the fixtures will mount to the spacer plates.

[Bill Cronkhite]

A set of odd shaped punches and buttons which used to have to be wire cut.. big savings. Also trying to get some replacement steels programmed for our bumper dies.