this is actualy pretty damn awesome!

O.O That's so cooool. I didn't even know they made something like that. As soon as I get my 3D modeling programs i'm sure you'll hear from me. ;)

Hah. Naruto. x3

WHoa! Automatic tool changer! *BONER*!!!!

awesome!....you noticed....a mill Connoisseur! its set up for 4 axis in that pic.

Ah, I THOUGHT I was seeing a 4th axis on that, but because you had a half cocked cock in that one photo, I thought you might not have had it, and so was thinking maybe it was just a part holder and not a 4th axis. SHWEET. :) Can you mill aluminum? I have some aluminum parts I'd like to have made, but I have not had the time to put them into a cad program, I *DO* have some mechanical drawings. They are fairly simple, but have cuts that need to be made on 4 sides, sadly, not in a way that lets you use a 4th axis.

i can mill aluminum on it. depending on the shape of the 4 sided part i can sometimes get real creative with the center axis. if its cube shaped it can always be milled with the center axis going from corner to corner so it can actually mill all 4 sides with tinny sprews on 2 corners, lol...if that makes any sense.

Its cube shaped, but it has through holes in it, you'd need a fifth or sixth axis to change the angle of the tool itself, me thinks. But yup, I can picture that!! Yeah, no matter how I try to picture holding it on the corners, I wind up with one set of holes going in at an angle. :P if it was just surface milling, that would work good though.

in that case it would need to be done on the table (3 axis) and indexed. so it can still be done....the complexity would totally depend on how tight you need the tolerance on it. but if you ever get your model done, shoot it too me and i'll take a look and let ya know if i can do it for ya.

YUp yup. Will do.

in that case it would need to be done on the table (3 axis) and indexed. so it can still be done....the complexity would totally depend on how tight you need the tolerance on it. but if you ever get your model done, shoot it too me and i'll take a look and let ya know if i can do it for ya.

I am so jealous of your cnc machine. It must have cost quite a bit! Especially with the auto tool changer and it being 4axis... Where did you get the funding?


Haha, this makes me ponder what eMachineShop.com would do if they ended up with a horse boner too... hmm

Now I'm picturing a dong spinning around on a lathe XD

it was expensive and yes i had to take a loan out. but its my bread and butter. it was over 30k, lol that's why toys are expensive. and i put a pic in scraps of the horse on the mill. its actually the proof run in wax.

lol, millruto. I didn't know it was called that.

Thats very nice, running from a toughbook?

i just use the ole tough book as a G code "print server" basically just expanding the mills storage capacity. i actually use a home built beefy system to process the G code.

Thats cool.. they are good systems.. very robust..