450 reasons I need a CNC machine

[demon tessu]

http://home.att.net/~steven.licata/cackle2.gif

just look what's possible with one of these things

 

[Daniel Koster]

you've fallen off your rocker, DT....


I actually found a CNC controller locally for around $500. Just had to attach it to a mill (which I still don't have). Could've had one...so close...but it would've just sat in storage until I got a mill....:grumpy:

 

[DannyinJapan]

oh man, i say we pitch in to help dan get a cnc mill!

you can make anything with those babies!

 

[demon tessu]

you've fallen off your rocker, DT....

no I haven't ,I pawned my rocker to buy a belt sander ( going grizzly )!
I would have thought long and hard about that controller too

A buddy told me, If I wanted good stuff to look for
auctions at votech schools in wealthy areas

I haven't found one yet but...

 

[demon tessu]

oh man, i say we pitch in to help dan get a cnc mill!

you can make anything with those babies!

if any one can use it to its full potential its him

 

[Nasty]

They are great for repetitive work...but I don't see where the use would be for hand made one-off crafted knives. I mean...isn't that exactly what CS knife-like implements are made on?

Then again, it may just be too late at night...

 

[BillTheCat]

'scratch 'scratch ...fleas watch out! Here I come

 

[BruiseLeee]

Is that a Gil Hibben army knife?

 

[Josh Muller]

nope, camp knife

 

[Steely_Gunz]

No its too normal looking to be a Hibben camp knife. I think thats the Hibben butter knife. I mean, look at it! it just just screams "functional" 5 pieces of toast at once.

~Jake

 

[demon tessu]

Gillette's new sweeny todd line of strait razor

 

[Yvsa]

Gillette's new sweeny todd line of strait razor.

Now that's a fantasy knife I wouldn't mind owning, but it damned sure don't qualify as a pocketknife with all them pointy thangs on top of the blade.

 

[demon tessu]

chain mail pockets

 

[DannyinJapan]

The pocket harpoon!
I think it was gil hibben who did a piece called "the alien" that was in blade magazine a few years ago, anybody ever see that thing?
It was AWESOME!

 

[Daniel Koster]

it's really just a tall, dancing bird....

 

[DannyinJapan]

there is a pick of it here
alien gauntlet

 

[Daniel Koster]

They are great for repetitive work...but I don't see where the use would be for hand made one-off crafted knives. I mean...isn't that exactly what CS knife-like implements are made on?

The problem with CNC work is the setup is labor-intensive compared to the actual cutting. To just get one blade is not cost-effective. Unless....you're doing the labor yourself. Then, who cares?!

My reasoning to own one would be this:

I could generate models in 3D using a CAD program, output them to the CNC, set the machine up and still make one-of-a-kind pieces. Certainly, they would cost more, but imagine the crazy stuff I could come up that I would never try on my KMG...

Anyway...I didn't jump on it, so who knows what the future may bring...

 

[Bill Martino]

The problem with CNC work is the setup is labor-intensive compared to the actual cutting.

Yep, but when you get a run of say ten or better yet 100 pieces it sure takes the misery out of things.

 

[Daniel Koster]

Being able to power carve with decent accuracy is all I'd want. Heck, if there was the metal-mill/lathe equivalent of a "carving duplicator" I'd jump on it.

 

[Yvsa]

Being able to power carve with decent accuracy is all I'd want. Heck, if there was the metal-mill/lathe equivalent of a "carving duplicator" I'd jump on it.

Dan there is, or maybe I should say "was?"
Years ago we had a Cincinatti Milicron vertical mill in one of the shops I worked in. All you had to have was one part and you could duplicate as many more as you wanted. It was great for making rubber molds where the parts molded all met exact tolerances.