not sure about heat call BCC in Franklin
Originally Posted by
coonhunter
jetski
How does this other material you mention hold up to heat? We form a lot of .350 and .4oo gauge material so you're looking at 6 to 8 minute cycles.
I know the ren 550 gets a little soft after a few parts and we have to let mold cool off.
There is one thing I don't like about the ren is vacuum drilling, you pull out the drill and it seems to fill back in, you have to run drill in and out a few times to make sure you got a clean hole.
What is the max.size pattern that can be milled on a Hurco?
Coonhunter Bcc in Franklin Indiana would have the specks on the material. We never put heat to it. Always used as a pattern or a model and then trace milled. Ask for Roger Jr. @ BCC many materials and great information (owner and son). Max size on a Hurco is on their web site. If it was me I would get one of the large enclosed machines to cut wood. Keep the saw dust in a confined area. Thermwood in southern Indiana makes huge cnc routers kinda expensive. CNC mills are not free either though. Torit make a great dust collector, I have used a 1700 cfm unit in several shops for years with graphite cutters and it keep the machine ball screws and ways cleaner. 1700 cfm will pull you through a key hole with the doors closed on the machine, (dislocated both shoulders one time this way, good thing I had my cresent wrench in my pocket or I would have went all the way through the key hole) LOL. If you can keep yourself 4-6 feet back from the key hole you can work naked and not need a date later that night. By the way I was fired from that job too. So not that I am 50, beer gut, balding, and by the way "Drop Dead Sexy", and on blood pressure meds I keep back from the machine when it is running so I don't have a blood shift and black out. Have fun out there guys. I am just a fun loving tool maker. If you are wondering about the jetski name I rebuild trashed ones for fun, and there is a lot to be said for the thrill of going 70 in something the size of a bathtub. I think if I could put a Harley motors on it my wife would enjoy it too. Well back to tool makin
Jetski (alias Tooling and Engineering Czar)
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