OT - New machine worth a look

[Mr.Smith]

Oooo Wee! Whada they gonna think of next?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1891061814564881

Thank you,
Mr.Smith

 

[rklopp]

They were at IMTS and had a standalone machine and one adapted to a Haas VMC. The parts were about what I'd expect for laying down MIG wire welds robotically to build a part, as in, having a corduroy surface and probably quite a few internal metallurgical defects. The process obviously was too slow for anything except high-value parts that can't be gotten any other way. Still, I can see a market.

 

[M.B. Naegle]

Sometimes you see a new product or technology, and it's like you're looking at an old Popular Mechanic magazine toting how kids will use nuclear fax machines by 1994. Other times I think the "future" way of doing things is pretty well zeroed in on. Someday I could see our shop having 5 of these things. Not today though.

 

[Mtndew]

Someday I could see our shop having 5 of these things

You'd probably have to win the lottery 5 times to afford them lol