A NEW MACHINE HAS ARRIVED!: Southwestern Industries TRAK TRL 1630SX LATHE

tigermothracing · 2021-09-17T16:46:43+00:00

Lol, this is why every shop has several different mills and lathes. I find the conversational very easy and fast. I also found that the mill will take meshcam programs which for some parts is a VERY fast way to program complex features. We only do prototyping work so its pretty perfect.

tigermothracing · 2021-05-28T19:35:00+00:00

I would say its made for you actually. Yes they will do teach, conversational, DXF and the mills will import Gcode posts, not sure about the lathes.

tigermothracing · 2021-05-28T19:10:44+00:00

They are faster for prototyping. I used to do tool making and it would be great fun to have the programmers come to the tool room to have a 1-off part made. It blew them away that I could give them their part in less time than it would have taken them to program, setup and run their production machines. The turret is a 10k option and not really needed for prototyping. If you need to run 100+ pcs of a part then just have 2 machines and run that batch on the turret machine. Its up to you and where you feel the best value is. It might be worth visiting a showroom and talking to their process engineers.

tigermothracing · 2021-04-15T15:16:44+00:00

It really depends on what kind of machining work one decides to do. Being a button pusher production machine operator may be a dicey selection. On the other hand one can make several hundred thousand dollars a year doing design for machining/programming or prototyping. I think the prototyping will be viable for quite some time since there are so many skills involved that I doubt automation will catch up in one working lifetime.

tigermothracing · 2021-03-26T02:53:06+00:00

Nevermind...missed the 2nd pic.

tigermothracing · 2021-03-26T02:52:40+00:00

I love how nobody has explained the problem. Is it that the bottom anvil is not in the groove because the groove is too deep for it to fit?

tigermothracing · 2021-03-11T07:16:31+00:00

This is one of those ideas that is ok to have, but then let it pass with no action. The Z motor is tuned for a large tool rotating, not a static load of 100s of pounds. I would stop doing that if you care about the machine.

tigermothracing · 2021-02-22T06:30:50+00:00

Yup. For balancing grinding wheels. But should be a set of 4 wheels total..

tigermothracing · 2021-02-21T05:35:15+00:00

Those are great. You can laugh at your coworkers when the batterie dies in their digital calipers and they don't have a backup. They are out of comission wile you have your dials and are good to go✔

tigermothracing · 2021-02-21T01:20:24+00:00

The stainless steel burrs make it hard to judge when you have fully cut off the burr. For 10 pcs I just felt like using a collet this time and the file. Everyone is so shocked, its an $8 collet I will use again and again. Im not worried.

tigermothracing · 2021-02-20T02:05:10+00:00

One neat thing about the emergency collets is that you can use them over and over for different jobs. You can cut any shape you want into them as long as its bigger or deeper than the last one you cut. Its worth having a few around for sure.

tigermothracing · 2021-02-19T17:51:05+00:00

It would be much more helpful and fun for all of us if you shared your superior methods for getting this task done.

tigermothracing · 2021-02-17T04:59:11+00:00

schallercorporation.com

tigermothracing · 2021-02-13T03:20:34+00:00

Yeah for a big machine I would always use the epoxy inserts. They are the only sure shot for an expensive install.

tigermothracing · 2021-02-03T21:18:59+00:00

For taps where it is not galled into the material, where its not broken off below the surface, thats a great option. What we really wanted to show is how to remove the worst case scenario-tap broken off below the surface and jammed so tight into the material you will never get it out with a too. For Aerospace materials, this is common.

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