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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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Teacher/Engineer/Machinist - Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2011 - Present
Mentor/Engineer/Machinist, Team 968 RAWC, 2007-2010
Technical Mentor, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2005-2007
Student Mechanical Leader and Driver, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2002-2004
Last edited by sanddrag : 02-05-2014 at 00:20.
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