MK Proto
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2011
- Location
- Bensalem, PA
Not much for words like some on this board, but I have received a few messages from members here at PM, asking how I started etc. Maybe this may answer the questions asked as I will blabber about how and why and show some pictures in the process. Any constructive criticism is always welcome and will don my flame suit now.
After getting out of the Navy and moving witha girlfriend to Wi, a friend of the family gave me a job in his shop until I found my car stereo installer job. Turns out, g-code was pretty simple and digitizing trimming paths on a 5axis router was actually pretty fun. Had the AutoCad down as I had been running that since I was in 7th grade. Must thank my Dad for making it available to me, along with the snazzy 486 dx2 with a 66mhz turbo button and a math co-processor. Pretty soon I was programming in Bob cad, and Surfcam. Got over worked broke up with the girlfriend and moved back to NJ working for my father. I swore I could make it as a machine shop in about 2004. Bought a seat of solidworks and solid cam and bought a entire shop.
Bostomatic 300 cnc with a 8k 40 taper spndle and a I-Bag 50k rpm spindle. Boy 22s injection molder, 500 ton hobbing press, Eltee Pulsitron Ram EDM, Harig 612 surface grinder, Dake heated platen press, Loagn power matic lathe and a Ex-cello manual mill. Pretty good start. SO I THOUGHT !!
1st job was some 1/2 hard copper heat sinks for BAE i got from a sheet metal shop. That was some long nights and lots of splinters from the high speed spindle and the little copper filings. Since i had no experience with metals, I came into it with a router mentality and used the 50k spindle at 34k rpm and 30ipm cutting 2 a 1/8" deep with a 1/8" 4flute endmill. Lets say this shop wound up stirring my desire to work for someone, but really got me into the metal working side of machining. What I did learn was that a bowed clamping plate boted down works awesome. I think this was the first time I could not use vacuum to hold something down.
After getting out of the Navy and moving witha girlfriend to Wi, a friend of the family gave me a job in his shop until I found my car stereo installer job. Turns out, g-code was pretty simple and digitizing trimming paths on a 5axis router was actually pretty fun. Had the AutoCad down as I had been running that since I was in 7th grade. Must thank my Dad for making it available to me, along with the snazzy 486 dx2 with a 66mhz turbo button and a math co-processor. Pretty soon I was programming in Bob cad, and Surfcam. Got over worked broke up with the girlfriend and moved back to NJ working for my father. I swore I could make it as a machine shop in about 2004. Bought a seat of solidworks and solid cam and bought a entire shop.
Bostomatic 300 cnc with a 8k 40 taper spndle and a I-Bag 50k rpm spindle. Boy 22s injection molder, 500 ton hobbing press, Eltee Pulsitron Ram EDM, Harig 612 surface grinder, Dake heated platen press, Loagn power matic lathe and a Ex-cello manual mill. Pretty good start. SO I THOUGHT !!
1st job was some 1/2 hard copper heat sinks for BAE i got from a sheet metal shop. That was some long nights and lots of splinters from the high speed spindle and the little copper filings. Since i had no experience with metals, I came into it with a router mentality and used the 50k spindle at 34k rpm and 30ipm cutting 2 a 1/8" deep with a 1/8" 4flute endmill. Lets say this shop wound up stirring my desire to work for someone, but really got me into the metal working side of machining. What I did learn was that a bowed clamping plate boted down works awesome. I think this was the first time I could not use vacuum to hold something down.