View Full Version : I've been uber nerding it up lately
Great-Kazoo
09-26-2013, 00:54
Nice, no sense letting idle time go to waste.
glad you lost some skin and not a finger. Keep us updated on you works, looks good.
ZERO THEORY
09-26-2013, 05:49
Interesting...I might have a proposition for you in the not-too-distant future.
skullybones
09-26-2013, 06:45
Keep those digits out of the work plane.
What CAM software are you running? Or do you right your own code?
Sweet project.
islandermyk
09-26-2013, 06:48
Very cool.... Hhhhhmmmmmm.... now... what to make[Coffee]
Great-Kazoo
09-26-2013, 07:12
If you want to get real nerdy, think up something for this TAIG unit i have.
http://mysite.verizon.net/t.ferrante/MillingMachine/GoodVise.jpg
Very cool! I'm still waiting on prices/tech to drop so I can get one of my mouthpieces CNC'ed in SST. But SST is so hard to work with it's cost prohibitive and is super hard on the tooling... one day though. Acoustical properties for a mpc would be great in SST.
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 13:41
Very cool! I would like to have a similar setup for Plasma cutting sheet metal..
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 13:44
Very cool! I'm still waiting on prices/tech to drop so I can get one of my mouthpieces CNC'ed in SST. But SST is so hard to work with it's cost prohibitive and is super hard on the tooling... one day though. Acoustical properties for a mpc would be great in SST.
Do you mean Ti? Stainless is relatively easy to work, any machinist worth their salt would be able to whip one out for you in short order I would think.. You will need some special tooling because of the shape but most larger shops will have some of that stuff laying around.
Do you mean Ti? Stainless is relatively easy to work, any machinist worth their salt would be able to whip one out for you in short order I would think.. You will need some special tooling because of the shape but most larger shops will have some of that stuff laying around.
No sir, SST= Surgical Stainless Steel. Everyone I've talked to said it's hard on the tooling... or they are just too lazy to actually do it, lol. Got any names of shops I can talk to?
Thanks
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 14:42
No sir, SST= Surgical Stainless Steel. Everyone I've talked to said it's hard on the tooling... or they are just too lazy to actually do it, lol. Got any names of shops I can talk to?
Thanks
Hmm, I'm not familiar with Surgical Stainless Steel. Do you know what alloy SST normally is? 4140, 4130, 416, 316L, 420, etc.. Once you know the alloy the hardness of the material is easy to figure out.
CNC tooling has come a long way since High Speed Steel was the standard.
Shoot skullybones a PM, he is a machinist. Not sure what his work load looks like but at the very least he will be able to give you some good advice and set you in the right direction.
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 14:44
There is a guy on one of the other forums that made one, and they made a lazer cutter that works great. They make the stainless steel v-wheels and stainless v channel to run a stouter setup that would plasma cut anything. Mostly the ventilation requirements and catching the slag have stopped me from going down that road for now.
Very cool. my man cave is in my garage so those wouldn't be issues for me.
Ill shoot you a PM after work, I would like to read more about that.
Zundfolge
09-26-2013, 15:10
Think you could finish 80% receivers with that setup?
Hmm, I'm not familiar with Surgical Stainless Steel. Do you know what alloy SST normally is? 4140, 4130, 416, 316L, 420, etc.. Once you know the alloy the hardness of the material is easy to figure out.
CNC tooling has come a long way since High Speed Steel was the standard.
Shoot skullybones a PM, he is a machinist. Not sure what his work load looks like but at the very least he will be able to give you some good advice and set you in the right direction.
I have no clue... Will do at some point. Thanks
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 15:25
I have no clue... Will do at some point. Thanks
I would suspect that "Surgical Stainless Steel" is very much like "Aircraft Grade Aluminum"; kind of a misnomer. The aircraft industry specs a variety of different alloys for aluminum parts, just as the medical industry does with SS.
Any free machining SS like 303 should work just fine for you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_stainless_steel
possibly this applies but it appears you are right and there are different types.
Most surgical equipment is made out of martensitic steel—it is much harder than austenitic steel, and easier to keep sharp. Depending on the type of equipment, the alloy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloy) recipe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recipe) is varied slightly to get more sharpness or more strength.
Colorado_Outback
09-26-2013, 16:37
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical_stainless_steel
possibly this applies but it appears you are right and there are different types.
Interesting, thanks for posting that up.
Most of the medical stuff we do at my work is non surgical.
Also should have put a disclaimer on my advice... I'm a welder, not a machinist so my knowledge on SS alloying is entry level-ish. I just work with a bunch of them :)
skullybones
09-26-2013, 19:18
SST has some heat transfer issues. Basically you have to have the exact right milling speed. Too slow and you rub meaning that you contact friction melt your tools. If you have a super expensive mill, and the $20,000 plus software package to run it there is no issue and they can crank it out as easy as anything else. But anything less than that you have to sit there and watch the machine to make sure you don't eat a end mill. It is very interesting, if I mill too slow even on wood it will friction start a fire, but if I cut through with blazing speed it is not even warm to the touch. I think that the added hassle makes some machinists shy away from it for small one off production.
Right tool for the job definitely helps. SS can certainly eat tools if the Surface Footage is off. Machine rigidity is crucial as well.
The software only gets you so far. The principles you outlined make a project run a lot smoother when added to awesome CAM software.
I have always been intrigued by the home built equipment. Nice work.
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