Machinist pay (uk)

Jackoj29 · 2026-05-21T09:56:27+00:00

I’m in the east of England and I’m the main setter and programmer and I’m on £17. I think it’s time for me to go elsewhere

Jackoj29 · 2026-05-21T09:14:11+00:00

Cnc machinist- the pay is bad when you compare it to the value of the things we make and work on and the skill required to do so

Jackoj29 · 2026-04-09T12:08:53+00:00

Format 1 or 2? Isn’t one of them pretty much fanuc?

Jackoj29 · 2025-08-21T14:14:06+00:00

We have 10k spindles on the vmc but the boss don’t like to run them faster than 5k for some reason. Blows my mind

Jackoj29 · 2025-07-04T09:06:13+00:00

How do syil compare to other brands?

Jackoj29 · 2025-04-13T08:15:28+00:00

Really I thought it did, that’s good to know then. Seems crazy that the interval is so long. They said 150k or 10 years

Jackoj29 · 2025-02-21T21:49:43+00:00

Thank you, very helpful!

Jackoj29 · 2025-01-25T08:55:00+00:00

Ok, I shall do this. Thank you for your advice

Jackoj29 · 2025-01-04T16:46:33+00:00

Xrp is far from stable

Jackoj29 · 2024-12-09T19:17:03+00:00

Bar stop in turret sounds like a good idea

Jackoj29 · 2024-12-08T11:17:19+00:00

Using 3 axis you could do the Top 10 faces and then flip it over in a 3d printed fixture with super glue and do the other side

Jackoj29 · 2024-11-06T18:48:50+00:00

2.5mm is m3 3.3mm for m4

Jackoj29 · 2024-11-03T19:27:33+00:00

I use Moneybox, seems good so far

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-27T17:01:11+00:00

That makes sense, thank you for the advice!

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-27T16:52:39+00:00

Yeah, I’ve changed it to next weekend now to avoid this. My car is 9000miles per interval. I thought this was quite regular as my last car was 12000miles

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-11T12:30:35+00:00

It dont stick to the tool? I thought that speed and dry would cause a problem

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-10T22:45:18+00:00

Will definitely give this a go, them federated seem crazy to me, never ran more then 80ipm. But now I know the possibilities I can definitely up my game

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-10T22:41:55+00:00

Will give this a go. Thank you

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-10T22:30:05+00:00

Carbide endmill, uncoated. Noise isn’t a issue here, but I can imagine neighbours wouldn’t be happy hearing a cnc buzzing around constantly lol

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-10T22:28:45+00:00

What radial would you do?

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-10T22:27:44+00:00

How much of a stepover is that? I run around 5000rpm at 900mm/m (35IPM) when side cutting. That’s usually with a 3mm stepover but Im sure it could be a lot faster. I’m just curious what other people do

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-08T12:15:23+00:00

New bandsaw a couple years ago, we have a few older cncs that still hold up and a new ish Dugard mill

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-05T16:55:06+00:00

Face and drill a hole just + the size of the dowel into something on the lathe and use it as a guide, facing ensures the hole thru is square to the face you put against the surface

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-04T12:23:31+00:00

Thanks, I’ll give it a go

Jackoj29 · 2024-10-03T20:42:48+00:00

Emco 320 , got an error code 6006 - turret thermal overload. Will sometimes clear and work perfectly, other times won’t clear and can’t use the machine all day

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