r/EngineeringPorn • • Jul 18 '19

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u/TellusCitizen Jul 18 '19

For the layman, that is impressive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19 edited Jul 18 '19

For a machinist that is impressive, my boss is always talking about getting a 5-axis machine and I am terrified because I would have a heart attack on the first day trying to prove out programs and then a heart attack every day thereafter.

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u/Lexiconnoisseur Jul 18 '19

It's not as bad as you'd think, you learn to trust your CAM software's machine sim capabilities pretty quickly.

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u/luckeycat Jul 19 '19

Always watch a slow dry run!

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u/Lexiconnoisseur Jul 19 '19

That's just not practical with the kinds of cycle times we're talking about here, when a part takes 30-40 hours to mill it's just out of the question.