hello to you all, we would like to find out if this machine would work for us, I wonder if provided some information you could confirm a few things for me and I would know if properly investing the time to learn how to use a machine is the way to go.
We have these made for us from brass round stock. they range in size from 1.5 x1.5 in to 3x3 inches tall and wide.
we know this part can be made on more than one type of machine. and currently using more than one machine to make the parts has been employed, ie some of the holes are drilled on a drill press, and not made on the lathe that cuts the radius on the top and bottom. some holes are threaded by hand not via the lathe or press.
we do have some parts that have a 1 1/4 threaded hole to accept threaded rod.
it does seem this mill machine can accomplish all of these tasks as well.
Can this machine can work on parts of this size?
could a trained operator with a properly prepared program file for the part produce at least 7 of these per hour.
we dont assume its easy to do this, or learn to do it, we assume a person will operate the machine and handle the parts/tools during operation. we have already made 3d models of the items in autodesk and freecad and are learning about making CAM files for them. we will be 3d printing our cad models soon to check if we are on the right track.
wed like to confirm after all the initial setup and training can we make at least that many parts per hour with this machine. we assume its possible to set up maybe 6 or more of these in holders and program the machine to perform the operations to all before changing the orientation of the parts? even if they were done in singles it seems im not off in thinking it could do 7 per hour.
In the last year I have been given a pair of Aero reference speakers and a classic pair of new large advents . The aero speakers are awesome, the advents need refoaming. I’m the new guy who has some experience with making stuff and using machines, I love audio equipment but I’m a total newbie at owning any of it . I certainly wouldn’t buy it. I got the aeros free and bought a Yamaha rx-v567 receiver from goodwill to run them. I listen to streaming music alot so I’m about to as far away from audiophile as you can get lol.
We need maybe 500-1000 pieces per year total. To get the machine shops to take orders
we often have to buy 1000 at a time and we want to control this better. So we want to try and have the machine time to cut the parts be close to $4 or appx 7 units per hour. Probably making 20-100 parts at a time spread all through the year.
I’m pretty sure it’s not practical to feed the bar because at 3" the machine would be enormous. We are shooting for a machine the size of the gantry mill or the tormach 8l. 26x56
