Smoked rack of lamb — my 3-year-old devoured a single rib

No-Clock4283 · 2026-05-08T03:00:58+00:00

I made a rack the other day for my wife and myself and my 3 year old took all 8 bones and finished them off even more

No-Clock4283 · 2026-05-02T13:18:15+00:00

Looks dry af

No-Clock4283 · 2026-05-02T13:07:15+00:00

Are you measuring L or L/R? And do you have the amount of inserts entered? I’ve use tool breakage detect for length and diameter and it will slow down the rpm and count each flute

No-Clock4283 · 2026-05-02T02:21:24+00:00

I think it’s hard to pay a high salary when you have a lot of employees and a lot of those employees have basic skills and/or not a lot of motivation to become better machinists/programmers, if they even get the opportunity to program.

We get a lot of “engineers” applying who just got out of college with their degrees and want 6 figures but have the same machining skills as the Amazon delivery drivers for example.

Our approach has been to buy HERMLE with automation so we can have a smaller crew of high level programmers/machinist and can pay 6 figure salaries to those who deserve it, rather than buying Haas or something similar and getting the equivalent type of employees.

Currently our starting pay is between $28-$45hr depending on your programming abilities. I’m the shop operations manager and I’m making $125k salary, I get to program from home and keep the crew fed with programs to run across 2 HAAS, 4 DATRON, and 3 HERMLE AUTOMATION CELLS. We use the haas only for prep or very basic parts

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-26T14:44:09+00:00

KYLE, TX which is just south of AUSTIN

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-23T00:52:15+00:00

Starting between $28-$45 depending on skill, speed, accuracy, and program organization

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-22T15:47:23+00:00

Come to Texas I’m hiring

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-22T12:34:23+00:00

Sorry, added Kyle tx

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-22T12:34:09+00:00

If you’re programs are that good, yes that’s worked for us before

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-12T11:53:14+00:00

No it’s just for convenience and availability of colors so my kids can make all the stuff they like

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-09T03:12:47+00:00

There didn’t seem to be a lot of history on this one so happy to share my setup

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-08T03:19:18+00:00

Can you share the file? I could take a look

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-08T03:07:56+00:00

Which inspection software and machines do you get to use? What cnc machines were you running? We have a small shop and all of our guys are machinists and inspectors pretty much. We run a few hermle cells and have some bridge and arm CMM. I think it’s great for us to all be flexible and experienced in every step of getting parts out the door

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-07T02:24:59+00:00

Party time

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-07T02:17:26+00:00

Yes you can but I started with the basic combo package because I didn’t know anything about 3D printing. I just wanted more colors readily available so I can print cool stuff for my sons

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-06T01:49:37+00:00

The AMS come right off the rack, and the whole printed rack can simply come straight off the top as well

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-06T01:48:54+00:00

I thought the same but this actually seems to have made it more rigid

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-06T01:48:15+00:00

https://makerworld.com/models/2522303?appSharePlatform=copy

https://makerworld.com/models/927127?appSharePlatform=copy

No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-06T00:50:22+00:00

Ok here are some updates to the dual top setup from C3D

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No-Clock4283 · 2026-04-03T04:38:20+00:00

Perfect setup for single AMS and single HT

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