CNC machining

[airgunnut]

It's not just a case of punching in some co-ordinates into a computer attached to a milling machine, I did a lathe and milling corse at college, the cnc corse involved some prity advanced programming and the use of auto cad program's as well, it's the equiverlent of a nvq level 3.

[trick cyclist]

For £60 you can pick up a brand new Clarke hobby lathe from a machine discount shop and make any small part you are able. Lathe probably won't be all that precise though.

[martin bingham]

For £60 you can pick up a brand new Clarke hobby lathe from a machine discount shop and make any small part you are able. Lathe probably won't be all that precise though.

hi,thats a good price,i have tried machine mart type sites etc and cant find one near that price,could you pass on the name of a shop or details,thanks, mb

[tacfoley]

hi,thats a good price,i have tried machine mart type sites etc and cant find one near that price,could you pass on the name of a shop or details,thanks, mb

Me neither. I'm guessing that a zero was omitted from the price.

tac

[martin bingham]

Me neither. I'm guessing that a zero was omitted from the price.

tac

thanks

[1066]

Ok Tac - I don't have a ROA (do have a Rem 1858). Can you explain just what needs machining? Here's a couple of bits I've recently knocked up on my little lathe.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTW20NzZ-OA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psrfdleb7o.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pst3zeomhc.jpg

[tacfoley]

Ok Tac - I don't have a ROA (do have a Rem 1858). Can you explain just what needs machining? Here's a couple of bits I've recently knocked up on my little lathe.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTW20NzZ-OA

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...psrfdleb7o.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...pst3zeomhc.jpg

Nice work there, 1066. I can do bits like that, and do, for my small steam locos, but what I can't do is work stainless steel to the required degree of precision without a lot of expensive carbide tools.

The part in question is just a rod, basically, as you know from your Remington, but the Ruger version has a lot of extra steps in it, and a semicircular bolt cut-out [the weak part]. As the last company kept my drawings, I'll have to re-do them, and I'll PM you with the details when I get to it.

Thanks.

tac

[tacfoley]

It's not just a case of punching in some co-ordinates into a computer attached to a milling machine, I did a lathe and milling corse at college, the cnc corse involved some prity advanced programming and the use of auto cad program's as well, it's the equiverlent of a nvq level 3.

Should have done the basic English writing course instead.

tac

[airgunnut]

Should have done the basic English writing course instead.

tac

Beleve it or not, I was the only one in that class that wasn't required to do an additional English or maths course

[tacfoley]

Beleve it or not, I was the only one in that class that wasn't required to do an additional English or maths course

Hah.

tac