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Random Thought Thread

WValtakis said:
On a mill, in the ground, what kind of sump?
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200 gallons of sick misery

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The new(ish) Mori Seiki GV-503 has a sump designed for plastics with a two compartment sump separated by a rolling filter mesh that is continuously cleared by sprays that is a part of a chip conveyer that uses paddles instead of augers and normal conveyer belting and is able to process chips from plastic machining, and this is one reason I got this for our scales production - because dealing with regular machine tool sumps in the past has been a nightmare. It doesn't work. Shit gets through and the cotton in micarta is a food source for sump yogurt. It got pretty bad and I had to muck it out. You need to get it all or it will start all over again. I started on Sunday at noon and I (sort of) finished today at about 6:00.

Sump mucking is gross, tedious and hard on the back and skin. reaching up in there digging out slimy sump livers. I f*cking hate it so much. soooo much.

Today was a bad day.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
200 gallons of sick misery

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06FZ6iw.jpg


5LCZres.jpg


The new(ish) Mori Seiki GV-503 has a sump designed for plastics with a two compartment sump separated by a rolling filter mesh that is continuously cleared by sprays that is a part of a chip conveyer that uses paddles instead of augers and normal conveyer belting and is able to process chips from plastic machining, and this is one reason I got this for our scales production - because dealing with regular machine tool sumps in the past has been a nightmare. It doesn't work. Shit gets through and the cotton in micarta is a food source for sump yogurt. It got pretty bad and I had to muck it out. You need to get it all or it will start all over again. I started on Sunday at noon and I (sort of) finished today at about 6:00.

Sump mucking is gross, tedious and hard on the back and skin. reaching up in there digging out slimy sump livers. I f*cking hate it so much. soooo much.

Today was a bad day.
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I’d still rather touch that stuff than some of the grime at the bottom of the sink.
Regardless thank you for working so hard to make and ensure a quality product, Nathan.
 
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