Hardwood raw material is good.
Originally Posted by
M0NKEY2TO2
You cant be a machinest without scrapped parts here, and broken tools there. My first few months in my newest job I scrapped a $600 z setter, $300 octamill, countless collet holders and collets, over 100 E/Ms and drills, and alot of parts. This was just in my first few months. Now my numbers are down, but you gotta realize that there are hundreds or thousands of characters in programs. A zero here or a decimal there can be the difference from .05" and 5" deep. Proof slowly at slow rapids, dont use live parts (make a test piece out of aluminium), and always double or tripple check everything you do. Remember that 300ipm is a blink of an eye away from a trashed part.
Do your first run with a chunk of wood.
More speed, less haste.
Do the ABC.
Accept nothing
Believe Nothing
Check Everything.
Measure twice. Cut once.
I've only kill three cutters all under 1/4" in 3 months on a new machine.
Super X3. 3600rpm. Sheridan 6"x24" Lathe + more. Three ways to fix things: The right way, the other way, and maybe your way, which is possibly a faster wrong way.