looks like i am not like most machinist here... i run a cnc laser i have ran lasers for about 8+ years now

heres a pic of me getting ready to cutting my jcr armor down to fit with my aftermarket fender flares

 

Missed this thread so decided to revive it before it get so buried deep.

Was working on this lathe yesterday.

 

I didn't really know where to ask this but here goes. I just bought a used pipe bender for 60$ barely used.Is this capable of bending the material thickness needed for bumpers sliders or even cages ? Ive never bent any pipe before (besides conduit) but would like to play around and learn.Was it a good purchase or should it go to the scrap pile.lol. Its a well bilt 12 ton pipe bender with 6 dies.Thanks

 

I have exact same, don't expect it to bend anything else other than pipe because it's of different diameters.

To bend stuff for cages and stuff, u would need tube benders

 

If u try bending tubes on it, u ll end up kinking the bends.

 

It seem a lot of people on pirate have built cages with it.Some have modded it alittle to reduce kinking.some say no some say yes. So it would bend pipe for a roof rack or something pretty much non structural?

 

if u use pipe sized diameters then yes u can bend it without kinking.

 

what do you think of this? I watched it but couldn't hear it well in my room at work.I ask you cause ..Well you are metal man. Thanks

 

1st year machinist straight since out of highschool. Run mill/CNC and manual.

Was bored yesterday so i turned some sway bar disco pins on the lathe . Made from 110 yield

 

We just got in a brand new Okuma Genos M560 VMC. The Ferrari of CNCs. Had a nice week of factory training and two weeks to get her going good. Super fast machine. 15k spindle 1250 ipm feeds 1000 psi coolant thru. Renishaw tool setter and probe setup. Way cool. Never have to use an edge finder or touch a tool off again with this. Glad I have the opportunity to work with something of this caliber. We are a job shop doing mostly prototypes and small run for a handful of robotics and automation companies.

 

such a different set up from the haas cnc and mills that im used too. 15k spindle is nuts, good thing the tc coolant is upgraded lol

 

We have an older mori that runs 20k ss. Then our newest holds 300 tools.

 

Decided to resurrect this thread.

Currently running a HAAS SL-30 CNC lathe

 

Awesome thread! Thanks for bringing it back XJW. I've been manual machining since I was a kid ( around 20 yrs now). Started out running my dad's table top South Bend, then went to work as a machinist in an electric motor repair shop in 2000. Was full time machining untill 2014 when I took over the servo department and stepped in as assistant shop manager. I pretty much only machine personal stuff and help out when the MS is buried now days. I'll get some pics of projects up soon.

 

WOW! I just was doing some exploring and found this thread. I'm a retired toolmaker with about 50 years of experience building plastic injection molds. Most of our cavities were manually machined and/or ram EDM burned. The shop I retired from had just gotten a Haas CNC vertical mill, but the boss decided I was too old to bother teaching me. I'm basically an old Bridgeport guy with a lot of Cincinnati vertical mill time. I've made or modified lots of speed parts in my day, especially manifold adapters for carburetors.

I'd love to teach basic metalworking, but nobody cares anymore. I'd be perfect for the high school shop classes. I don't have any machines of my own and I get very frustrated using a hand drill and sawzall to do what would take me 10 minutes on a Bridgeport! The most sophisticated equipment I ever used was a DRO! OH...wait! Ram EDM, small 40 watt table-top machine.

There is one thing I'd like to make. That's a fixture for a floor jack to lift the front of a jeep by the D30 so it's balanced. If I ever get the time, I'll post a drawing.