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Gunsmithing Has anybody seen the 5 axis mill make the helmet

Mike Casselton

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  • Nov 25, 2007
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    There is a video link on Accurate Shooter dot com. One video is just highlites and the other is a full length production. It's absolutely amazing what can be done on a programmable mill these days.
     
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    Never machined a thing in my life and I can appreciate that vid. In short........AMAZING!
     
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    One of the 5 axis mills where I work has 480 inches of travel in one direction and a 80 tool changer. Think of what you could do with that.
     
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    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stiggy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">One of the 5 axis mills where I work has 480 inches of travel in one direction and a 80 tool changer. <span style="color: #FF0000">Think of what you could do with that</span>. </div></div>

    crash 80 tools?
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    Wonder what the run time on the entire piece was. Watched it a few times thats just amazing.
     
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    Old vid, but still very cool.

    The big gantry multi axis setups are pretty neat.

    Machines a block of solid clay into a car body. . .

    Just takes the $$$$$$$$$$$
     
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    Good machine, but most of the wizardy behind that vid was having an awesome 5 axis post-processor, allowing you to get the max from your $250,000 machine
     
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    Boeing just installed a huge mill , 7 axis or some craziness for the new space capsule (Orion) it's HUGE !! Made by Ingersoll and was somthing like 25 million. I'll see if I van sneak in its enclosure and get some pics

    Has to use precision ballanced tools due to the high RPM and tolerances

    What's realy cool is watching "friction stir" welding
     
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    I havent seen them weld anything but aluminum yet but it's pretty cool , very little heat at all , no welding wire , no arc.

    Supposedly they can fuse brass to steel not sure if I believe that but who knows.
    The new space capsule is supposedly going to be 90% friction stir welded , they finally worked out the kinks with the lithium/aluminum alloy
     
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    FYI, Inertia friction and Friction stir welding are two different types of welding....

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JJones75</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I havent seen them weld anything but aluminum yet but it's pretty cool , very little heat at all , no welding wire , no arc. <span style="color: #FF0000">Very little heat because the parent material isn't melted, only taken to a "plastic state"</span>

    Supposedly they can fuse brass to steel not sure if I believe that but who knows.

    <span style="color: #FF0000">They can, via inertia friction, but dissimilar metals typically form a brittle interlayer between the two base materials..</span>

    The new space capsule is supposedly going to be 90% friction stir welded , they finally worked out the kinks with the lithium/aluminum alloy
    </div></div>
     
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    I really miss my old job. I used to be a CNC Machinist. I didnt get to work on the cool 4 and 5 axis machines but I got to watch them work a lot and they were insanely cool. We had one that ran one part a day and all the inserts and bits on the machine had to be changed after each run, over 50 of them. It was a 5 or 7 axis Mazak.
     
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    Amazing video, it's so cool that all the axes can work together with such precise timing! We had an old CNC mill that we got when I was a high-school senior, I got to use it a few times to make a few parts for a robotics competition.
     
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    John Browning would shit if he saw that.
    Im suprised they didnt use cooling fluid.
     
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    I must say "I Want One".

    Not that I could run it once I got it, but Damn that would be awesome to have!!!