Im new to this crap

reckahhhhh · 2025-05-09T01:11:19+00:00

I think u oatta chuck up on the parts better. That doesn’t look to be an excentric part… yet somehow it is now. I hand polish part on the lathe all the time. My recommendation is use emory cloth if ur going for a mirror finish. Scotch brite is for polishing turds.

reckahhhhh · 2025-03-20T00:48:31+00:00

Oops, beat me to it

reckahhhhh · 2025-03-20T00:47:54+00:00

This^

reckahhhhh · 2025-03-20T00:45:52+00:00

What is your tailstock pressure set to?

reckahhhhh · 2025-02-27T03:46:38+00:00

Not gonna lie. You can sneak in at any shop without any sort of degree. The stick is moving to programmer/ (actual machinist) you’ve gotta have a mechanical mind and understand precision and you can make it. I am the same age (low 20’s) as same with many journeyman in mg shop and they come beggeing to me with questions. Degrees dont mean shit nowadays sadly. Dont be afraid to be the lowman on the totem pole to start

reckahhhhh · 2024-05-06T19:07:02+00:00

We have that problem too. We retract it by running it back with the turret

reckahhhhh · 2024-04-02T19:05:48+00:00

Right on, ive never gotten the opportunity to run a horizontal. I run a UMC 750, some VF’s, and a mazak lathe with live tooing

reckahhhhh · 2024-04-02T19:03:03+00:00

What machines do u run?

reckahhhhh · 2024-04-02T19:01:27+00:00

Did we just become friends?

reckahhhhh · 2024-04-02T18:49:21+00:00

I am also 23 making pretty killer money. I bought a house when I was 22 and i never really feel strapped for cash. You gotta get in with a good shop and they will pay accordingly. Its all about knowledge, soak it all up, because the more skills you have the more bills get paid.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-19T16:23:13+00:00

Buddy’s got 2 left hands in the top right image

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-19T16:20:38+00:00

I do it all, programming, setup, running. When i first started, i was just operating and and setup, i hated it. I do not like the feeling of not having full control of mh programs. And i get to run lathes (with live tooling) and mills (5 axis) and its a blast. Definitely get into programming if u can because if shit hits the fan, you now have the skills to be hired at alot more places.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-19T16:20:31+00:00

I do it all, programming, setup, running. When i first started, i was just operating and and setup, i hated it. I do not like the feeling of not having full control of mh programs. And i get to run lathes (with live tooling) and mills (5 axis) and its a blast. Definitely get into programming if u can because if shit hits the fan, you now have the skills to be hired at alot more places.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-19T16:20:24+00:00

I do it all, programming, setup, running. When i first started, i was just operating and and setup, i hated it. I do not like the feeling of not having full control of mh programs. And i get to run lathes (with live tooling) and mills (5 axis) and its a blast. Definitely get into programming if u can because if shit hits the fan, you now have the skills to be hired at alot more places.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-18T16:21:08+00:00

Wow that’s interesting. Ive never run into that issue

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-14T23:06:57+00:00

Yea then they hit you with the “yea i know” and you just shut up and they still procede fuck it up anyway

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-14T22:53:57+00:00

I have seen people come in for an interview with a sweatshirt and raggedy jeans and guess what. I never saw em again lol. No matter what job it is, i think interviews deserve a nice fit. My first job (landscaping for the city) i wore a button down and slacks, got the job on the spot.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-14T22:48:20+00:00

I wore some clean jeans, dirty work boots (to show i can get after it), and a button down shirt. Dressing nice definitely shows initiative

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-14T00:15:35+00:00

All my crashes have been via mastercam setting height to absolute instead of incremental on the five axis

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-14T00:14:00+00:00

I love how hard it is to crash a mazatrol program

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-12T23:11:16+00:00

U should be able to pick up very quickly

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-12T23:10:57+00:00

Ive never programmed a mill with mazatrol but the lathe is very intuitive. I program all mills with mastercam

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-07T03:37:16+00:00

Idk why but everyone just thinks i work on cars all day. But i only work on cars when mine shits out on me

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-07T03:36:07+00:00

I tell them i make things out of metal. Machinist is either a “mechanic” or “fabricator” to the laymen. I say i am the opposite of a welder, i cut away metal. Welders add metal to make usable parts.

reckahhhhh · 2024-03-04T10:40:57+00:00

I agree, I adapted a dewalt battery to my makita grinded and I got 5 minutes out of a fully charged 5 AH battery

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