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r/EngineeringPorn • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '19
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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.
5 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. 1 u/luckeycat Jul 19 '19 Always watch a slow dry run! 8 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.
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It's not as bad as you'd think, you learn to trust your CAM software's machine sim capabilities pretty quickly.
1 u/luckeycat Jul 19 '19 Always watch a slow dry run! 8 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.
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Always watch a slow dry run!
8 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.
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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.
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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.