[RussMachine]

I really love having a little CNC of my very own.
It sure does make life easier.
Today, a customer needed a motorcycle frame bored out correctly, due to another shop's mismatch.
I got the job done by circle-milling, and needless to say, it took up the ENTIRE table of my little 770.
Part was 31" x 12" x 7" tall.
Fun stuff!!
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[MFchief]

Sometimes we end up doing things our machines weren't intended for. LOL

The "bar" here is about 4 feet long, front end of an old MF tractor. Had to build up then re cut the spindles. Not high precision work, but definetley taxed the 1100!

Terry

[Jabs1542]

Good job on the fixture - lucky you had a hole to work with.

[mountaindew]

That's getting it done!
I like seeing pictures of setups, knowing one day I might need to do something like it.
Thanks for showing!
md

[Moggot]

This thread reminded me of a tormach blog post I saw a while back:

[url=http://www.tormach.com/blog/soapstone-machining/]Soapstone Machining

[RussMachine]

But not so with work fixturing!

I once worked with an A+ machinist. Smartest guy I've ever worked with. 3D, 5-axis aerospace CAD/CAM programmer, etc. etc.
He could run ANY machine and make ANY part.
He told me that about 80% of figuring out how to run a part is workholding.
Vise, Chuck, Clamps, Nesting, Fixturing ??
Once you get that figured out, the rest is easy.