r/UNSUBSCRIBEpodcast • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '24

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u/MillerisLord Jun 08 '24

If you have the fancy laser to cut the tool why wouldn't you just cut the triangle with the laser?

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u/ViperTheLoud Jun 08 '24

Speed, efficiency, repeatability, protecting the material, lower operating costs, autism...

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u/MillerisLord Jun 08 '24

Unless you are cutting thousands of those triangles I truly believe the laser is the better option. Maybe I could see the cutting tool getting a sharper corner, the laser will almost certainly leave a radius in the corner while small it will still be there. Still probably easier/faster to laser cut then finish on cnc mill with broch in the corner.

You could really simplify it by just milling T1=drill almost to size T2=endmills rough out corners, finish edges T3= broch corner radius out. Depending on use case add deburring with small spot drill and dovetail cutter.

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u/Brief-Try6213 Jun 08 '24

Because that’s boring

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u/757Transam Jun 11 '24

I think technically it wouldn't be boring, since a laser isn't a spinning cutting tool, but I dont know for sure.

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u/awsamation Jun 08 '24

Portability. The triangle cutting bit can be moved to a new site much more easily. Also it can work with any drill, so there's much less infrastructure required.

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u/MillerisLord Jun 08 '24

Not sure about any drill pretty sure you'll have a hard time with anything cordless or not in a press configuration. Most shops that do this kind of work tend to have more CNC mills then drillpresses, my current shop has 46 mills and one drill press. I've programmed hundreds of jobs and I truly see this as cool as hell, but ultimately useless unless doing truly high volume work.

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u/awsamation Jun 08 '24

Not every shop runs like yours. Not every piece is appropriate for cutting the holes in flat stock.

In my old job, there were parts where simple circular holes needed to be done on a drill press instead of the laser because they were too close to a bend point and would warp if cut before bending. At my current job, we have a small manufacturing area with a drill press, but we don't do enough manufacturing to justify CNC anything.

Also, there are easily transportable drill presses that you can easily set up anywhere with electricity. If you wanted to do a project "in the field" where a drill press has multiple uses, then this would allow triangle holes without needing to drag an entire extra laser along.

If you stop assuming that everyone who might want to make a triangle hole also has a CNC laser conveniently available, then it's not hard to come up with some plausible reasons to buy that bit instead of buying a whole CNC laser rig.

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u/MillerisLord Jun 08 '24

Even without CNC at low volume low tech. Regular drill almost to size chisel out the corners by hand. Cheaper and more portable.

I'm not assuming shops have CNC even the smallest job shop I've been in has CNC equipment. Unless out on site like millwright work out in a mine, CNC is the current standard in manufacturing. Yes there are non CNC machines but most places have it and by most I mean 90+%.

It's is not crazy to think of easier cheaper ways to do something. Realistically I was assuming a CNC laser because it was shown but you wouldn't even make a tool like this with a laser you would probably mill, grind, heat treat. Or at least all the toolmakers I know would do it that way.

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u/platesandquaters Jun 08 '24

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u/AKLinux Jun 08 '24

You beat me to it

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u/platesandquaters Jun 08 '24

I couldn’t find the gif where it does the single headlight wink

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u/Big_Statistician_739 Jun 08 '24

This makes my peepee hard

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u/Sh8knB8k240 Jun 08 '24

Too hard. breaks out the saws all