cool tools for the shop....

[Yoshi]

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=944641

[405dentech]

That has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Did you already order one?

[Jerry]

That is SWEET. I wonder if you scan something on that thing  Could Doug Heim then make a metal one from the info from the scan.

[T8erhead]

Very nice.   I didn't watch the whole thing becuase of my connection, but I could use one of those for sure.  I'll try to watch later, but do they say how much? 

Speaking of cool tools for the shop, today began the installation of our new plasma machine.  It is a little nicer than our old one we used for the last year.  They should have it in tomorrow, and I get trained on friday.  Check it out!




The actual plasma unit.

And the burny controller.

now with the water tables, which are off the older unit.

And the old old machine, that built the company-

[Yummi]

but do they say how much? 

2k, ?

Now the Chinese can get exact copies instead of taking those tedious measurements and missing it here and there.   Imagine - an exact cad / copy of a Rolex, or a Chevy - wow - the list is endless.   

[Voodoochikin04]

ok so it scanned that steam engine and when it came out of the 3d printer it all the parts moved.. it is built assembled.. so how does the scanner get into all those places that it cant see?? 

[Boostinjdm]

I think that part was demonstrating the printing capabilities, not the scanner...

[Boostinjdm]

Nice pics T8erhead, but setting your drinks on any electrical piece of equipment around me will get your ass drug outside.  Lot's o'money counting on that paper cup holding together.

[Hoodlum]

The scanner says .015 tolerance on larger objects...(shoe box size)....Wouldn't this make it useless for engine cases and other low tolerance items? Even bearing carriers?
Hoodlum

[Yoshi]

Hey T8, is the old plasma table for sale?.......

[T8erhead]

I've had dibs on that old thing since we upgraded to the last Sector model.  We traded that one after a year of running it, on the new machine.  The only reason we keep the dinosaur is for cutting steel mesh, or it would be in my shop.

Boostin, that 260 amp plasma unit was one of the install guys' lunch table.  Got here this morning and his garbage was still there.  I pointed it out to the shop foreman and he didn't think it was a big deal.  I'm with you though.

I think we'll be cutting tomorrow on the new machine.  I'm hoping my upright parts will be one of the test nests, we'll see.

[Engineer]

ok so it scanned that steam engine and when it came out of the 3d printer it all the parts moved.. it is built assembled.. so how does the scanner get into all those places that it cant see??

Pretty sure that steam engine was drawn in some cad program including tolerances.  Same for the Creasant wrench.  It is still pretty amazing that it works.



They didn't give the price for the printer.......  Scary!   Plus it will only make soft parts.  Not usable prototypes, unless your prototyping plastic parts.

[plkracer]

We had one of those printers at my high school. The dissolvable material is expensive, and the machine is very slow. Thet steam engine probably took a day to finish unless it is all made of support material inside. At the college, we have a machine that uses laser to cure a resin to make a part. The tolerances are not as good, (depending on speed and the shape of the part) but it makes a part fast, and it is very strong. We also have a powder-bed printer that uses plastic powder that is melted so that the part is formed in small layers. Pull the part out, tap it off, and your good to go.

[fabr]

Pretty sure that steam engine was drawn in some cad program including tolerances.  Same for the Creasant wrench.  It is still pretty amazing that it works.



They didn't give the price for the printer.......  Scary!   Plus it will only make soft parts.  Not usable prototypes, unless your prototyping plastic parts.

Several years ago I went to the Superflow Dyno/flowbench yearly gathering in Colorado Springs(an invite only thing ) and we were shown that technology at a demo by GM. They also had a phenolic paper printer there. Both would make usable prototype parts such as intake manifolds or air ducts as examples.

[Engineer]

When I bought the CNC and Cam system 12 years ago, the guy who did some training said he had been in a Nascar shop, and they were probing cylinder heads to get a surface file right down to all the casting flash and imperfections, to then reproduce them, but change the ports to what they wanted, but outside it would be an exact replica for the tech peps, because they were required to run OEM castings. hehe.