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Recent content by D Nelson
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Aluminum sticking to table saw balde?
Try a coarser carbide blade Don -
New UMC 1000 questions
Haas can shut off the protection zone no problem the can’t probe with b axis not home is to keep you from hitting the table with the head Don -
Wire EDM general performance in real terms...
Yes the water condition is important it won’t cut if it’s conductive it must go thru the resin to get cleaned. A submerged machine will cut faster than an old style machine. Get a notebook a document everything you try so you can go back and recreate something that works for you it takes a while...- D Nelson
- Post #4
- Forum: EDM Machining
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Wire EDM general performance in real terms...
,1 to ,2 inches per minute not hour probably 10 dollars per hour for the wire and electric you have to add your shop cost to that number Don- D Nelson
- Post #2
- Forum: EDM Machining
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Have you ever met a machinist that was better than you?
Nope made them myself a few more pics- D Nelson
- Post #96
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Press Brakes
Rule of thumb is it takes 10 tons to bend 1 foot of 10 gage material Don- D Nelson
- Post #4
- Forum: Fabrication: CNC Laser, Waterjet, Plasma, Welding
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Have you ever met a machinist that was better than you?
Let’s see some pics of this amazing work Don- D Nelson
- Post #93
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Robot Accuracy
Drop the dowels into a vibratory bowl let that bring them up to a known position for the robot to grab them from Don- D Nelson
- Post #35
- Forum: Robots and Automation
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Moon landing or or not?
Yes the rocket went up. I think they were in low earth orbit only doing satellite work and yes they did come back. And yes they did die on the launch pad. If you remember back in the 60s there was a real threat from Russia a lot more important then some moon rocks we fell behind Russias space...- D Nelson
- Post #123
- Forum: Manufacturing in America and Europe
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Material options for precision, hardened parts with no grinder access
If a-2 is too expensive for you you need a different hobby Don -
OT: My shop/business was destroyed by Arson; insurance questions
The big print giveth and the fine print take it away Don -
Impossible to machine feature?
If there is lots of them maybe they could cold headed Don- D Nelson
- Post #47
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Manual saw for cutting up blanks recommendations.
For cutting aluminum extrusion you can’t beat a regular wood chop saw with a carbide wood blade Don- D Nelson
- Post #42
- Forum: CNC Machining
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6" dia x 6" deep bore on MiniMill
You won’t have enough z travel in a mini mill for 6 inches of stock and a7 inch tool Don- D Nelson
- Post #17
- Forum: CNC Machining