Topic: Todays machining project (Read 48747 times)

highroller54 · « **Reply #60 on:** February 16, 2013, 01:04:56 AM »

Wtf?

? I thought anodizing was anything but rocket science.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #61 on:** February 16, 2013, 08:42:20 AM »

I have never seen that either. I have always heard anodizers as people were sketchy dudes though

rawr · « **Reply #62 on:** February 16, 2013, 10:48:31 AM »

Quote from: Passenger on February 01, 2013, 03:36:06 PM

Another nice thing about Yasnac/Yaskawa is that all of their controller and drive manuals are available online for free, they are very good and very detailed, so doing repairs and modifications is a lot easier. Also support from Yaskawa is very good. Unfortunately they no longer make controllers and just do drives and such.

Friends dad lost a foot in their factory due to them breaking OSHA regs and I do all of their cal work. Fuck a yaskawa.

Tim · « **Reply #63 on:** February 16, 2013, 11:07:47 AM »

I've been burned by an anodizing company before.

All of my parts were stacked, but the didn't clean them and let them dry beforehand. Shit leaked out of the holes and there were blotches of silver and orange all over my gold parts.

Sucks cause in the end your product suffers and nothing they will do will make it right.

mandrel-bends · « **Reply #64 on:** February 19, 2013, 06:07:42 PM »

Dave you have the worst luck ever. Remind me never to sit next to you on a plane in the event of water landing. Sorry bro.

Passenger · « **Reply #65 on:** May 24, 2013, 01:53:38 PM »

Sending another batch out to anodize today, can't help but wonder how its going to go this time...

I am sending it the guys who fixed the last ones, hopefully they can work with fresh parts.

Here is a picture from the ones from the last batch, they are a matte like finish because they got re done 2-3 times each.

highroller54 · « **Reply #66 on:** May 24, 2013, 02:55:26 PM »

where is my v8 r1 block and crank?

ratcityrex · « **Reply #67 on:** May 24, 2013, 03:16:31 PM »

Looks good for fixing someone else's Fuck up. Hope it goes better this time around.

mandrel-bends · « **Reply #68 on:** May 24, 2013, 05:28:14 PM »

Those look awesome. How are they selling?

Passenger · « **Reply #69 on:** May 24, 2013, 07:12:37 PM »

Quote from: mandrel-bends on May 24, 2013, 05:28:14 PM

Those look awesome. How are they selling?

I think relatively well considering I haven't told anyone about them, I haven't put them on the website and there is no mention of it on any forums. The first lot of 20 something was gone right away. Most of this batch of 35 is gone. So I'll start working on another batch pretty quick. I think if I advertised them I could move them.

mandrel-bends · « **Reply #70 on:** May 24, 2013, 08:13:20 PM »

So like 20-25 a month? That's got to be decent cash. Why arent you pushing them? Just not 100% dialed yet on the anodizing?

Passenger · « **Reply #71 on:** May 24, 2013, 09:26:31 PM »

Quote from: mandrel-bends on May 24, 2013, 08:13:20 PM

So like 20-25 a month? That's got to be decent cash. Why arent you pushing them? Just not 100% dialed yet on the anodizing?

Its alright. Yeah I don't want to push it until everything is perfect and dead reliable. I keep stock on everything, never backorder. So I just need to get everything bombproof.

The other reason is that I suck at getting word out just because I am too jammed all the time doing shop work. I've had an ad out for a cnc machinist (programming, design and setups) for the last 8-10 months. $35-45/hr+ I've only had a few interviews, one hire that lasted less then 90 days and he was a disaster.

I just spent a few K on a new laptop so I can start doing programming at home. Working on a training a couple operators right now so I can get off the machines. So working on building a bunch of set up sheets, trouble shooting guides, qc checks etc. Not too mention still getting shit dialed in for running lights out, which is exactly 10x more work then just have an operator run a job during the day.

I've at least got my new web page up, still needs work but its loads better then before. So I'm making progress here and there. Its just hard because I am so anal about everything, and have a hard time finding people that can work to my standards.

rawr · « **Reply #72 on:** May 26, 2013, 05:19:21 PM »

Shit id love to run your machines for that kind of scrillex

dvst8r · « **Reply #73 on:** May 27, 2013, 09:05:06 AM »

Quote from: rawr on May 26, 2013, 05:19:21 PM

Shit id love to run your machines for that kind of scrillex

But could you handle living in Canada?

ratcityrex · « **Reply #74 on:** May 27, 2013, 02:14:46 PM »

Quote from: dvst8r on May 27, 2013, 09:05:06 AM

Quote from: rawr on May 26, 2013, 05:19:21 PM
Shit id love to run your machines for that kind of scrillex

But could you handle living Canada?

I could live in Canada, but not in Vancouver.....

highroller54 · « **Reply #75 on:** May 27, 2013, 03:12:17 PM »

I could live in kelowna but never Vancouver or the island. Fuck that noise.

brine04 · « **Reply #76 on:** May 29, 2013, 12:58:05 AM »

Abbotsford isn't Hongcouver.

highroller54 · « **Reply #77 on:** May 29, 2013, 09:46:16 AM »

From the cow shit smell on is all Vancouver to me.

Passenger · « **Reply #78 on:** May 30, 2013, 02:22:25 PM »

Only smells like chicken shit and crackheads here.

highroller54 · « **Reply #79 on:** June 08, 2013, 11:35:33 AM »

Urban Indian · « **Reply #80 on:** June 23, 2013, 09:47:12 PM »

Where is the updates?

t_cel_t · « **Reply #81 on:** July 14, 2013, 11:21:57 PM »

damn shit looks ok from that other shop.

my work does a lot of anodizing of mic 6 and those assholes fuck it up all the time. at least you got a lot of material and they can probably strip them and redo it.

anodizing seems like a pretty easy thing but the shops fuck up all the time.

Gold DA9 · « **Reply #82 on:** August 29, 2013, 06:11:22 AM »

Quote from: Passenger on May 24, 2013, 09:26:31 PM

The other reason is that I suck at getting word out just because I am too jammed all the time doing shop work. I've had an ad out for a cnc machinist (programming, design and setups) for the last 8-10 months. $35-45/hr+ I've only had a few interviews, one hire that lasted less then 90 days and he was a disaster.

must go to school and learn and then move to Canada and work for you.

Passenger · « **Reply #83 on:** September 04, 2013, 09:38:15 PM »

Please do, I need someone not retarded asap.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #84 on:** September 04, 2013, 11:02:41 PM »

I started machining classes, but got laid off from the machine shop I worked for and couldn't find another machining job, lost interest and quit. If I could stomach Canada I'd consider finishing. Lol

Passenger · « **Reply #85 on:** September 04, 2013, 11:19:26 PM »

Quote from: PhilStubbs on September 04, 2013, 11:02:41 PM

I started machining classes, but got laid off from the machine shop I worked for and couldn't find another machining job, lost interest and quit. If I could stomach Canada I'd consider finishing. Lol

Its just the weather that is bad, its less socialist and personally invading then the USA.

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #86 on:** September 05, 2013, 08:28:02 AM »

I know it has its good points. Never dealing with a Florida summer would be one of them. Lol

Passenger · « **Reply #87 on:** September 06, 2013, 12:02:00 PM »

Gotta build some tombstones:

PhilStubbs · « **Reply #88 on:** September 06, 2013, 12:16:30 PM »

What is that, like $5k in material?

Passenger · « **Reply #89 on:** September 06, 2013, 01:36:43 PM »

I think it was more like $7500-8500, I forgot, I ordered it a week and a half ago.

Have 5 bars of 2.5x8 6061 coming (12 footers) next week too. I'm thinking my aluminum salesman should be buying me lunch.

The cool thing is all the remnant cutoffs from the covers I made earlier in this thread are being used for fixturing to make all this fixturing. Real DIY type shit.

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