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Shop Evolution CNC

Great post! It's not quite appropriate for the Traditional Forum so ...... Moving it to Shop-Talk.
 
bobbywett said:
Awesome Evolution....CNC make and model please?
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That is a Haas tool room mill with an enclosure, flood coolant and tool changer option. Looks like new. Pretty handy little mill, and definitely a 1 percenter for a knife maker. :thumbup:
 
bobbywett said:
Awesome Evolution....CNC make and model please?
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At 2:06 in the video it shows model number TM2P

http://www.haascnc.com/mt_spec1.asp?id=TM-2P&webID=TOOLROOM_MILL_VMC


The list price is expensive, but I've seen people not blink at that for a truck, or boat, or whatever.
And how long do they last?
They sure won't make you money.

Of course it will take tooling and software too, but I'm pretty sure you can get used ones from a foreclosure too.

I've still got a nice case of envy
 
There are two ways to program it. One is old school G code, which works fine for simple stuff and even works for very complex stuff, though complex geometry is much more difficult. The other way is use a CAM system, which is how most people do it. First you learn CAD, then you apply toolpaths to your CAD. So, CNC programers tend to be Designers/CAD people/CAM people/Machinists. A high end programmer is a multiple disciplinary professional, some of whom earn in the six figures. Though maximizing efficiencies is less critical for most of us, so simply making good parts and not breaking anything is good enough. Probably no more than 2000 hours experience required to be basically competent for "regular" stuff.
 
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