Tube Notching for dumb dumbs

[Roxtar]

More like photoshop lessons.

I guess I'll be boiled in oil for suggesting that all coping on a radius is easiest on a Brigdeport.

Unless you have a Hitachi Seki

--ron

Go Mazak or go home.

 

[geonicol]

A hole saw works in cases where the angle is not too radical.

 

[dirtclod]

Simple method for straight forward notches:

Notching with a Chopsaw

 

[4ward]

Go Mazak or go home.

You've both got it wrong. Klausing Kondia's will rule the earth in the milling world. As long as we're only talking knee mills though.

 

[Captain Ron]

You've both got it wrong. Klausing Kondia's will rule the earth in the milling world. As long as we're only talking knee mills though.

In terms of sales, Haas has all of them them beat by 2.4 billion. Those guys shipped 920 machines last month. Guess where most of them went?

I had 640 1.25" dia , .074 wall, 304 cres tubes with compound bends angle notched.

Took 4 hours on a VF-4. Got fixture?

--ron

 

[Roxtar]

In terms of sales, Haas has all of them them beat by 2.4 billion. Those guys shipped 920 machines last month. Guess where most of them went?

I had 640 1.25" dia , .074 wall, 304 cres tubes with compound bends angle notched.

Took 4 hours on a VF-4. Got fixture?

--ron

I'm not a big fan of Haas.
They are known to somewhat overstate their machine specs.
Even where the specs are correct they do it by using gearing, rather than stronger, better, and more expensive motors.
Don't get me wrong, they're very good for the money.
The best thing they did was create a lower priced market that the Mazaks and Okumas are now having to address.

 

[Captain Ron]

I'm not a big fan of Haas.
They are known to somewhat overstate their machine specs.
Even where the specs are correct they do it by using gearing, rather than stronger, better, and more expensive motors.
Don't get me wrong, they're very good for the money.
The best thing they did was create a lower priced market that the Mazaks and Okumas are now having to address.

All true.

We have Fadal to thank for all of that. If you want to hear a great story of biz payback, Haas is it, and don't ever piss Gene off if you intend to compete in a market with him.

Still, for production tube notching, It'll do.

--ron

 

[4ward]

Oh, so you want to step into machining centers now. We picked up a Hurco VM2 a few months back. I personally believe they have the best bang for the buck out of them all. It's belt drive though and I've stalled it out a few times where the Haas wouldn't have. Not a big deal as I shouldn't have been trying to push it that hard anyhow. Gotta find out your limits though :laugh3: