And each job depending on pocket size and depth, material, type of machine, setup rigidity, tooling available and many other factors will change the method used until you find that ultimate combination.
You know what's driven most of my methods and approaches to machining parts in the last few years? How the hell I'm gonna get my price down lower than joe schmoe up the street. It's amazing that companies are losing work they've had for years because they refuse to take advantage of new technology on existing jobs. But that's good, because that means I can swoop in and snatch it out from under them by slamming the parts out 2 times as fast and 3 times prettier.
Hardmill. The name alone wreaks of technology. To be honest, the first time I saw your name, for a brief second I was thinking; here's some hard-headed old man standing next to a knee mill with lines drawn every inch along his table so he didn't have to count as much..cuz he's too damn "old fashioned" to buy a damn analam or prototrac or SOMETHING.
'Rekd teh not committed to any single method for any single process
Matt
San Diego, Ca
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