What does it do?Knocked this up at work the other day. 550x320 billet. Yes preeeeety much at capacity. Actually, it was too big initially. The first cut on the diameter was to create clearance for the way cover (you can see it behind the live centre)View attachment 369153
Nailed it.Buttplug.
That's what she said.Nailed it.
Tell us more (if you can). Looks interesting. Some sort of former? Machining the part to clamp in the chuck is always fun on those 'almost at capacity' jobs.Knocked this up at work the other day. 550x320 billet. Yes preeeeety much at capacity. Actually, it was too big initially. The first cut on the diameter was to create clearance for the way cover (you can see it behind the live centre)View attachment 369153
I was going to say that.A shock damper rod bullet tool for an a380’s landing gear?
Can't give away too much re the application, sorry. But yes, a tool of sorts.Tell us more (if you can). Looks interesting. Some sort of former? Machining the part to clamp in the chuck is always fun on those 'almost at capacity' jobs.
Oooof.Those shaving resemble a Pole that has been just removed from the box
I was only having a chuckle about this yesterday as I grappled with fixturing a tricky piece on our new big machine. No matter how much travel you have it's never enough....If it was slightly smaller, it would've been basic. alas....
Aint that the truth!I was only having a chuckle about this yesterday as I grappled with fixturing a tricky piece on our new big machine. No matter how much travel you have it's never enough.
YepI was only having a chuckle about this yesterday as I grappled with fixturing a tricky piece on our new big machine. No matter how much travel you have it's never enough.
Where do you even get a billet that size!?!? How do you move it. So many questions!Its that these guys were thinking too.......
“Ralf, buy the biggest one in the catalog”
I should look for the pics of me inside a 1300MWe reactor core while it was being fabricated. Serious engineering. The lid of that is machined in situ, 30m or so above the floor.I've got some pictures of my dad running a vertical lathe on the Snowy's scheme machining the pressure rings that hold pipe sections together. I think they were about 4m in diameter. As I kid looking at those pictures, I couldn't even work out what I was actually looking at. You know it's big when you can use a person inside the machine as a scale of reference...
Was this one of the Japan Steel Works ones?I should look for the pics of me inside a 1300MWe reactor core while it was being fabricated. Serious engineering. The lid of that is machined in situ, 30m or so above the floor.