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    IMTS 2024

    I would like to go but don't necessarily have anything I need to see. I went in 2018 and made an offer on a horizontal that was sold to someone else in the time it took my sales guy to walk to the booth to say it was taken... I know, I know. You go to see the things you didn't think you need to...
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    Ot...ship hits bridge

    The video is terrifying. I just hope they can find all the bodies. The speculations seem to be a power outage caused loss of control. I'm shocked there wasn't some sort of back up to control critical functions.
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    Unsure about cam

    Are you talking about SolidCam or something different? I use Solidcam every day and really like it. If I didn't I'd immediately jump to one of the other CAM systems that people recommend. 15 years ago I tried BobCad and made it about a week before I moved to the next. It shouldn't take 6...
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    Have you ever met a machinist that was better than you?

    I'm proud of my skills and it shows in my bottom line. My customers tell me flat out that they send the difficult work to me because nobody else will do it. The kind of work I do and the caliber of my wife are the only two times I have punched above my weight class in my life. I'm OK at a lot...
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    "Win the Lottery" Home Garage Machine(s)?

    I'm toying with a design for a detached man cave/garage for when we build a new home in a few years. Think Iron man and Batman workshop. Poured and slab concrete construction included. Open floor plan, partially sub terrain. Raised area for the poker and pool table. Office in the back. Lots of...
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    Is a tip to another shop's workers appropriate for end of major job?

    There was a club outside the town I spent some time in during my college years. The guys who would go always talked about the amount of C-sec scars and missing teeth. More of a side show than a strip club, I suppose.
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    Is a tip to another shop's workers appropriate for end of major job?

    To each his own. I would imagine you would not lose business for failing to talking about strip clubs and substance abuse, the opposite likely isn't true. Maybe my vice is making more money from people who who be offended by the thought of me treating my team to lap dances for a job well...
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    How do you handle people touching your tools.

    This is the exact reason I don't allow outside tools in the shop. Everyone better treat the tools the right way because I own them all. I would take my personal tools home and have them buy what you need. The idea that a machinist should supply their own tools has never made sense to me...
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    Is a tip to another shop's workers appropriate for end of major job?

    If anyone tried to take me to a strip club as payment, or for any reason, they would lose me as a vendor or client forever. I can't understand how anyone would think that is acceptable. I give my own guys a bonus if they go above and beyond what I think is reasonable to take ownership over a...
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    to scrap everything and start over or keep slogging along?

    I pay cash for machines because I can now. If I were to start over today with the knowledge I have and no money, I would borrow for a new solid machine to get up and running. I paid off my first real VMC and all the tooling for it in about 4 months of owning it. My guys can be very productive...
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    STI vs standard -Thread shape

    Is the thread that is cut with an STI tap just a larger PD version of the standard sized thread? I'm pretty sure I remember successfully thread milling some before but I just cant remember. I never had to think about it before but now I need some answers.
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    Highest accuracy VMC brands?

    All I have been told is it's medical in nature and will be used in a controlled laboratory setting. That could mean basically anything at all. The part will need rotated around C to be able to machine all the areas. It'll need offset by around 40mm
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    Highest accuracy VMC brands?

    They even see a few heat cycles prior to final machining which will change things.
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    Highest accuracy VMC brands?

    My mistake, not one surface across 12". Multiple smaller surfaces across 12" which makes it much easier to swallow. There is some room to negotiate tolerances but the final use of the part absolutely requires near perfect tolerances.
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