Thread: CNC Mill
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Unread 02-05-2014, 00:11
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Re: CNC Mill

A knee mill style machine definitely has its place in almost any shop, and while I've never done much with conversational programming, I'm not really a fan of it. If you learn your CAM package well it can get really fast to generate and post code for almost anything. Even if I'm just drilling a couple holes, I've become so fast at CAM and CNC that I can program, set up, and run faster than I can change the belts and clean up the job on a manual mill.

Honestly after the HAAS, the only use our manual mill sees anymore is infrequent by students who haven't yet learned the CNC.
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