Shop Time w/T.W. Friends. Torque wrench on spark plugs, we need answers so cast your vote now

Wide open we here!!!

 

I know that feeling all too well. If you have colleagues around talk with them collectively. I often struggle then ask someone with a fresh perspective to come scratch their head with me. Even if they don’t have the solution, sometimes it gets me thinking in a different direction instead of running my mind in the same circle.
Not to rub it in, but I just final fit a prototype with a customer and it went amazingly. Pretty good considering that I had 2 days to take it from conception to functional. Good way to end a crazy week!

 

I get what you're saying and thanks for the advice. We just met with the customer to talk about some problems we're having and before he got here my boss and I were talking about one of them. I said "that right there is a stupid design" (thinking it was the customers design) and my boss said "I didn't know what else to do there". I felt like crawling in the dumpster

We'll get it, it's just stressing me out a little.

Once we get this one complete and working we have to make another one to match, it should go a little smoother.

 

Looks similar to my Thursday/ Friday. Love working 4 days a week.

 

Nice! What kind of mill are you running? Campro?

 

What kind of travel do y’all have on X? We’ve got 40” on the big mill.

 

Around 40" maybe a little more on the Mori

 

This is on our YCM xv1020. It has around 40” of travel. We also have an Okuma M560 with just over 40” of travel. The okuma has a fourth axis which is awesome. Looking at replacing the YCM in the next year or so.

 

My last 2 shops had some YCMs. Decent machine but definitely lacked some balls on heavy milling. I've always been a fan of Makinos

 

You guys will probably like this. I know I can show these @six5creed

First pic was the riggers bringing in the big Campro at Rock Valley. Second was when I had to change the belts on the SKT250-ms, 3rd I was using the Campro to make spindle liner holders for a rack for the SKT21-LMS and SKT250-ms, 4th is the 4th axis rotary with pneumatic collect popper I had in the YCM they gave me to run, and the rest were from when I was rebuilding the guards putting new wipers in.

 

It’s amazing how nasty machines can get

 

Not to mention the lovely scent the coolant acquires, especially in the balmy Florida heat.
Morning guys!

 

new project time! Only 150 more parts to print and I’ll be in business.

 

That is awesome!

 

https://youtu.be/F429XELvj70

here’s what it’ll end up like hopefully. There’s a guy who makes a transfer case and a rear diff, I’m going to see if I can make a complete drive train.

 

It just got even awesomer! I made that word up by the way

 

love it!

i should mention I have done 0 design on this model, it is all available on thingiverse. The block alone took 22 hours to print, but it came out pretty well.

 

Yea that was just under the axis way covers lol

 

@Kombi I like your bumper project, got any other shop things going on?

 

Made some practice bends on some scrap tubing so I dont mess up the actual part im assembling. You only really get one shot at a bend like this and every size and thickness of tubing bends differently.

The part itself is the one that has the glass fritted disc in the larger tubing section.