Are any of you here needing a gearbox in the near future, and if so
how many?
I am going to make myself one and as long as I'm at it might as
well make a few more.
Kevin Alderman
Good idea. How much?
Send us a proposed dwg Kevin.
What dwg software are you using?
Paul Lamar
Paul you said all the cnc machines you know of are all up to their ears
in work, is there that high of a demand for their work? I assume your
talking about professional/production level machines. I looked them up
after I saw that posting (i have some limited cnc experience) and while
the home shop/Hobbie level sets ups were reasonable, I see why you said
they have to work when I found the high end ones. Not any more expensive
than a well set up 18 wheeler and trailer, but if someone were to get
one, how hard is ot to get to the "up to the ears" work level? I drive a
company owned truck (alot less headache) but had no issues getting
plenty of work when I owned my own truck.
Rob Miller
There are a lot of small machines on the hobby level but they are good
for light work only.
They would be good for making small casting patterns out of high density
foam I suspect.
Pretty much the same as a 3D printer but faster.
It is said that there is no replacement for a lot of cast iron in NC
machines.
Rigidity is very important. Especially when machining steel.
I am no expert on this stuff. I did take a course in G code programing.
In theory there are programs that will convert a IGES drawing file from
Solid
Works or Rhino and convert it to G code. People tell me they don't work
that well
and the code still has to be tweaked. Some people don't use those programs
at all and write the G code from the get go.
David on here knows a 1000 times more than I will ever know.
Paul Lamar
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