making noise

[Mustang]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAvmrBbLPMQ&feature=player_embedded

[Putts255]

Geesh, and I thought you made these things by hand.....  

That is awesome.  You better have a set ready in the next 30 days, I should be ready to order....    :lol:

2001 Girly

[aeronca]

pretty freakin cool. 8)

[JetdocX]

Yeah, yeah, show off!  Start with a block of aluminum and remove the parts that don't look like a footpeg. :P

Can you do that with magnesium, too? :twisted:

[Mustang]

Can you do that with magnesium, too? :twisted:

[jwray76]

thanks for sharing! How many times do you have to re-set the part in the CNC?

[Bixxer Bob]

I miss doing that stuff so much!!!  
I used to enjoy writing the programs by hand (no CAD in those days) and the apprehension of running it for the first time.  Wouldn't be the first time I'd rapid-traversed the cutter into something because I forgot the stop code  :shock:

I still have the capability with my small machine at home but have to crank the handles by hand  :?

Was this mill the CNC conversion project you were talking about or was that a lathe.... :?:

[Mustang]

thanks for sharing! How many times do you have to re-set the part in the CNC?

there is 9 operations total to make 1 footpeg

I miss doing that stuff so much!!!  
I used to enjoy writing the programs by hand (no CAD in those days) and the apprehension of running it for the first time.  Wouldn't be the first time I'd rapid-traversed the cutter into something because I forgot the stop code  :shock:

I still have the capability with my small machine at home but have to crank the handles by hand  :?

Was this mill the CNC conversion project you were talking about or was that a lathe.... :?:

no cad here wrote the code with my trusty pocket calculator , you need to know geometry and trig for sure .

this is a fancy store bought cnc mill I just had to provide a pentium computer to run it .


The lathe to the left of the mill has been converted to cnc by me though .
I built the electronics and motor drivers and relays and power supplys etc etc . and then did all the maching of parts to adapt the new ball screws and motor attachments to the lathe , also made a spindle speed detector circuit so I can also do cnc threading on the lathe .

We still have a rugged ass old Bridgeport manual milling machine that gets used quite often too , it's a workhorse .

[jwray76]

9 operations sounds pretty intensive for one foot peg. I think I got a steal now :D

No CAD! You sure could save lots of programming time if you created the parts in 3D CAD space first. At least you only have to do the programming work once though!

[BruKen]

Ya know, I pride myself in having a well stocked garage but you've just made me feel impotent and brought on an attack of self loathing and inadequacy. I'd formally like to register my displeasure with a few choice invectives ending with the noun B and preceded by the adverb F  

[daveb]

nice bit of machining, no CAD / CAM you must be old school  :D

I work in the clean end of engineering, I draw bits n pieces, 2d and 3D

[Bixxer Bob]

I remember when they first talked of buying a CAD outfit at our place.  I was horrified - I remember thinking "If they do that any idiot'll be able to write  programs ..."  It wasn't too bad when they finally did it not long before I left as the CAD could only do what they called 2 and a half D (X and Y axis and depth).  It couldn't do true 3D profiling, which most aircraft components were, so out came the trusty calculator and situation normal  :)

The lathe to the left of the mill has been converted to cnc by me though .
I built the electronics and motor drivers and relays and power supplys etc etc

I'm just dabbling in stepper motors and software for the first time.  I'm busy building a remote focus adjustment for my telescope so that I can fine tune the focus without touching the scope itself. Got a 48-step motor and a 30 to 1 worm drive so that should do it. :)

[Sin_Tiger]

Been tempted by a few of the budget machines going around but not sure they are up to it. Like to get an older machine and convert it to run G from a hand held but then again I'd also like to get my Rangie on the road as well  :roll:

[rybes]

is that your garage mustang ? if it is its one hell of a toy box you gopt there. people like you make me sick. no, im not jealous at all :lol:

[Mustang]

is that your garage mustang ? if it is its one hell of a toy box you gopt there. people like you make me sick. no, im not jealous at all :lol:

Yep & that's only part of the Mustang Garage