The Home Machinist!

In another thread gtxkid wrote:

"Also has a Mach 3 Cnc control on it."


I'm not so sure gtxkid is diving into the CNC end of the pool, at least not right away.
I thought it was sort of an aside when he mentioned the above.

gtx, let us know your plans so we can better control, a, er, guide you.

Yes i agree safety first.
I am 52 years old and lucky to have had year in machine shop/ long time ago.

I have had mostly a lot of shop experience over the years so hopefully that will help.
I have a good selection of dial indicators and mic's.
Prety savy on the computer but do not know CAD.
CAD is my week point but this 2d is become comfortable to me, i have not done anything other than on computer.
I like the idea of books, and internet, i have been watching video's on youTube.

I am going to find that book you suggest Turret Mill Operation

I understand climbing and as a good reminder have made a mental not of it.

If it's CNC, you would want to climb mill as long as it has proper ball screws and is not just a converted Acme screw knee mill. It's also better for cutter wear.

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Glenn

Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!

It looks to have an air IN / OUT Switch mounted on it with black unit on top, i assume it is an air type chuck for holding bits in place.
Ordered Book $35.96 free shipping from:

http://www.deepdiscount.com/book/Turret ... ductSearch

GTX,
Smart move. I think you'll see what I mean once you go thru that book. There are a lot of items that may not be all that obvious before you read it. For learning on? Then maybe a cheap set of endmills would be the best to start out with. After that, There is no substitute for quality cutting tools. In the long run they are worth the money. LOL, You've got far larger cojones than I have jumping in at the deep end of CNC. No guts, No glory.

But in the area your going into, I'd also highly reccomend buying all the back issues that are avalible from Village Press for their Digital Machinist magazine. A lot isn't and won't be needed by yourself. But there's a huge amount that is.

Pete

He decided to sell me the mill afterall so I will start to read the book now.
The guy I am working with has some knowledge on MACH III.
He is going to be a huge help on geting it set up.

He hooked me up with some tooling.
A real nice Kurt vice
R- collets
A tool for taping, have not quite understood how it works yet.
Rotery index unit with three hand crank knobs.
There are some type bf boring and also some fly cutting stuff as well.
Guy i am in the shop with knows a lot about Mach III and CNC work, he runs bobcad on routers every day.
He is also very excited.

Let the fun begin!
Post pictures, we love pictures!

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Pat P in the Great NW.

Photo's here: viewtopic.php?f=43&t=92347&start=15

I am excited.
I have it fired up today for the first time.
It only took me 5 months to get it wired up and get it going.
And now thank to you guys i have a good list of tooling to get started on.

I have also gone thew that book and almost complete it, This was another good idea Thanks