Solid Bronze SBC chassis
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Yes.
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All the more reason to support them!!!
We have a Haas Mini Mill and a small Haas Lathe. I am mainly big lathe(36"x40'L) guy and specialty work as well as nightshift supervisor. My boss is the Foreman but he does most all the CAE/CAD in Solidworks on dayshift. It is so expensive we only have one seat. We use BobCAD on the floor rackmount and I hated it the day they bought that software. They need to upgrade us to MasterCAM….
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So do you bring your own material to the Austin TechShop and just pay for machine time??
Our Omax machine has a accounting system whereas it will tell you what the part cost based on labor, garnett and machine time. I was pretty impressed with that.
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The second Haas we bought is respectable..
https://www.haascnc.com/we_spec1.asp?id=VF-6/40&sizeID=50_64INCH_VMC#gsc.tab=0editfixed linkTo correct machine
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Here is my old girl…Very Similar machine..
http://www.gqmachinery.com/NEWSITE/lathes/3650.htm -
We actually have second older lathe backed up to the Poreba lathe and laser aligned chuck to chuck and can run 45' long shafts. Some Carolina stuff my boss came up with….I have literally had to thread from the other machine with the chuck spinning so I could have the leadscrew turning. Tool upside down and on the backside. Real fun to stop both with a lousy helper..Where 30 years experience comes in. Knowing what you can get away with!!
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Here is the old girl we use just for an "Lathe extender" it is so bulky and unwieldy.
http://www.wismet.com/product-details?productId=9636
Mounted end to end with the Poreba. Flip the tailstock around and hope for the best!
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We have an 1954 American Lathe that is still used every day. It is a haus. We put in junk Summit lathes(plastic gears) every 10 years while this thing just works! She is leaking some though..
http://www.nrmachinesales.com/lathes/l3000162.htm
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Here are the Summits. They look good but around 3 years handles start falling off and other fun stuff.
http://www.summitmt.com/product-category/manual-lathes/
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