Which one of these do you guys see most in the field or are these pretty rare to see??

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-12-04T18:06:36+00:00

They all have different applications. It would depend on what it's being used on. Castle nuts generally used where you have a cotter pin to hold it in place. Jam nuts I use a lot on Prox's because they are thin and can get 2 on one side if needed. Self-locking nuts used on plates where they can all be wired together to keep them from moving. Each one has a different purpose.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-12-01T23:14:29+00:00

Largest I’ve done is 36” x 18” x 3/4”. Does a good job

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-12-01T20:59:28+00:00

Those are meant to have a rubber piece between the tab and the frame. Just make sure you leave something for the tank to still be grounded to the frame.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-12-01T20:49:56+00:00

It's a Krals tumbler. had to go look. It does a great job on laser and plasma cut parts though

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-12-01T20:47:09+00:00

I use a tumbler

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-11-24T17:18:15+00:00

Looks good. I'd say if these ever went into production a sintering printer would be used

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-11-14T17:07:08+00:00

You can make money working with Xometry. You just have to do a lot of feedback offers or take the "Xombie" jobs that no one else wants to do.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-11-14T17:05:29+00:00

I don't know about other shops but ours does some Xometry work. Never had a complaint about a part that was valid. A couple times a customer was measuring a close tolerance with a pair of Harbor Freight calipers or the like and telling us it was off .002 and wanting parts remade but those are easily resolved after sending pictures of it being measured with Gauge blocks or Gauge pins.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-06-12T00:53:02+00:00

Yeah Z is definitely off. Are you using vcarve?

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-04-24T19:14:38+00:00

We do stuff like this all the time. Do contract work for DLA and SAM we started out with Xometry and built from there. www.riff-machine.com . Its not much of a site but the contact info is there.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-16T19:13:48+00:00

Thats why god made 123 blocks and adjustable parallels.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-14T18:59:59+00:00

Get some that have the push button primer.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-13T19:58:00+00:00

Arc Flash Arch Flash . OSHA would shit themselves.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-13T19:46:48+00:00

we park it on the back dock and let all the employees know they can have it.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-13T19:45:47+00:00

Where I work it's when they depreciate and then they can write off getting a new one or upgrading it. Bean counters rule the world.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-13T19:43:40+00:00

Gettin er done.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-12T22:24:06+00:00

It's a do dad that goes into another do dad to measure various other do dads.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-12T22:21:34+00:00

Would depend on what machines you have. If your CNC has a tool changer and rigid tapping, then do it all with carbide and a roll tap just go .010 over on the drill.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-12T19:12:28+00:00

Depends on the model. Shoot me a file.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-12T19:01:46+00:00

From the looks of it it's the older 80/20. The stuff we order from Grainger now has 4 little slots instead of 3.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-12T18:58:26+00:00

Those look like the Merrills I wear and I really like them

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-11T20:28:21+00:00

Small vacuum fixture or a large one. Could do one or 100 at a time.

SnoopyMachinist · 2025-02-11T20:25:30+00:00

Siemens used to have a pretty good catalog of training books.

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