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Some BAD ASS machining of a helmet out of a solid block of aluminum
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mtnman210
1/2 ton status
that is FREAKING SWEET!! I'd probably just drop it when it came out of the machine and put a nice ding in it
seriously though thats a pretty cool
seriously though thats a pretty cool
offroadblazer764x4
1/2 ton status
thats insane I wonder how many pounds of scrap aluminum shards they get in a year lol
thealien
1/2 ton status
Wow
The skill of a bad ass machinist right there. Hence the reason I'm a proud machinist and LOVE my trade. I have never made a part to that level of difficulty, but I have machined some bad ass parts myself. Machinists should make more money then they do.
sixb
1/2 ton status
You mean programmer with the aid off a bad a$$ cam software. I doubt he or she could even run a manual machine. Most of my employees can't.
I hear people say that. cnc guys don't know conventional machining. That may be true in some cases to some degree. All I can say is ALL the machinists I know who run insanely complicated multi axis machined parts just like this helmet out of Kovar, inconel, Titanium, Aluminum, Nitronic 60, all the stainless 300 and 400 series stainless's can run and DO know conventional machines. The guys also exclusively do all their own programming. We have all kinds of support conventional machines they use all the time.
Considering the highly complex parts that are machined for Satelites, conventional machines are still used in our shops, but cnc is king and always will be. My one friend who is an amazing cnc mill guy who spent close to 10 years running conventional machines before he got into cnc could program that helmet too. I would have total confidence he could. He's been a cnc guy for close to 20 years now. Put him on a Conventional mill and he would still kick ass.
How long would that thing take to machine?
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
that is insane
now how much would that cost to do right there. like if I called up that place and said i need a helmet machined as a trophy. get 'er done........
$$$ ?
I have no idea a cost relation to that. I'm curious
now how much would that cost to do right there. like if I called up that place and said i need a helmet machined as a trophy. get 'er done........
$$$ ?
I have no idea a cost relation to that. I'm curious
y5mgisi
1 ton status
One hell of a programmer for sure! I work at Boeing and we do some pretty wicked stuff here but nothing that "bling" although some of the parts are multi hundred thousand dollar parts.
It's hard to say. Thay are hogging at it with the big cutter but there is ALOT of intricate profile machining with very small ball endmills too. It's obviously Aluminum so it's probably shorter then you might think. This is a total guess but I would say 15 to 20 solid hours of maching only.
I'll definitely agree with this much anyway. To do a part like that and punch the program in manually... I just don't think so.
The block of aluminum would be 500, 600 bucks. Programming could be as high as 3 to 5K for a part that complex. Machine time, I'm totally guessing say 15 to 20 solid hours of machining. Shop rate 100 to 200 an hour. Or part price for something like that could be 20K. Hard to say really. 15 to 20 might seen low as far as hours go but it is Aluminum, you can hog the hell out of it where you can to get the materian off quick. Then the time consuming profile machining begins.
My friend has programmed and ran plenty of Titanium jobs where one single block cost 80K before it was even put in the cnc mill. Programmed probably a dozen or more machining operations, and a month or more of solid machine time of machining on one single piece. In the end part cost was near or more of half a million dollars.
sixb
1/2 ton status
My commet is from my experience as a machinist since 1985 and a shop owner since 1994. Of course I'm just guessing cause I have no idea who programmed that and my manuals are for mainely deburring and beer jobs
100% IMPOSSIBLE. Yeah, awesome softwear for sure, but a good programmer will know how to use it. Not everyone who can program 2D work can program 3D. Takes a long time to learn to program 3D.
How many axis that machine have?
The head looks like it has 3, Up and down(z), side to side(x), and the head rotate(C?)
and the table has three, back and forth
, side to side(x agian?), the table rotates(c?)My brain is fried.
Edit, the table only have 2 axis. So it is a 5 axis machine.
How many axis that machine have?
The head looks like it has 3, Up and down(z), side to side(x), and the head rotate(C?)
and the table has three, back and forth
My brain is fried.
I didn't count, but it has ALOT! That machine would be soooo easy to crash! One little thing done wrong and you would be in a world of hurt.
