Any Drafters, CNC / 3D printing techs here?

[DAlbert]

Where y'all at ?

 

[Jay Kast]

Im a CNC Machinist.. probably not exactly what you're looking for.
I mainly do work with Anca, Huffman, Bridgeport, Mori Seiki and a whole bunch of proprietary machines.

What kind of help are you looking for exactly?

 

[DAlbert]

Im a CNC Machinist.. probably not exactly what you're looking for.
I mainly do work with Anca, Huffman, Bridgeport, Mori Seiki and a whole bunch of proprietary machines.

What kind of help are you looking for exactly?

thats dope man

I'm bout to finish my associates in drafting, already got a cert in CNC/CAM

on the job do you do a lot of shyt? I heard of dudes just chilling on the job watching movies while waiting on a cycle to finish

 

[Jay Kast]

thats dope man

I'm bout to finish my associates in drafting, already got a cert in CNC/CAM

on the job do you do a lot of shyt? I heard of dudes just chilling on the job watching movies while waiting on a cycle to finish

Thanks man. Honestly, it's one of the easiest jobs I've had, if not the easiest.

My usual work day consists of checking the important things before starting (machines running? Coolant levels, Spindle Temps, Wheel Diameters, etc)

Then I check work orders for the day to see which machines need to be set up with a new job/part, if they need to be halted and switched over, blah blah.

Check the parts against blueprint, make sure everything is in tolerance.

Do whatever setups I have to do. Operate the machines I can, and assign the rest to machine operators.

I typically run 3 machines at all times, cycle time varies from 2 minutes to 40 minutes a part, though they generally fall into the 20 minutes bracket.

I honestly do about 2 hours worth of work, then spend the rest of the 6 to 8 hours doing what I want. Like art, or Thecoli, or music. Sometimes I even have broads come visit me. It's very chill.

 

[Trustus]

Thanks man. Honestly, it's one of the easiest jobs I've had, if not the easiest.

My usual work day consists of checking the important things before starting (machines running? Coolant levels, Spindle Temps, Wheel Diameters, etc)

Then I check work orders for the day to see which machines need to be set up with a new job/part, if they need to be halted and switched over, blah blah.

Check the parts against blueprint, make sure everything is in tolerance.

Do whatever setups I have to do. Operate the machines I can, and assign the rest to machine operators.

I typically run 3 machines at all times, cycle time varies from 2 minutes to 40 minutes a part, though they generally fall into the 20 minutes bracket.

I honestly do about 2 hours worth of work, then spend the rest of the 6 to 8 hours doing what I want. Like art, or Thecoli, or music. Sometimes I even have broads come visit me. It's very chill.

Do you do any CNC programming ?

 

[Jay Kast]

Do you do any CNC programming ?

Not enough to call myself a programmer but enough to understand it.

It's stupid easy, but they don't pay me to learn that .

Which is why I'm in the process of getting a mechanical engineering degree. Within two years, Ill be the most valuable person on the payroll because our engineer doesn't even have a degree

I just want an office

 

[DAlbert]

Not enough to call myself a programmer but enough to understand it.

It's stupid easy, but they don't pay me to learn that .

Which is why I'm in the process of getting a mechanical engineering degree. Within two years, Ill be the most valuable person on the payroll because our engineer doesn't even have a degree

I just want an office

Yeah gcode is prob the most easiest code I've learned. Really though these modern CAM programs do like 90% of the work for you anyway

to my knowledge most mechanical engineers don't really have hands on exp with mechanical shyt so you bout to fukking eat good my dude... you ever thought about buying/building your own little home cnc machine ?


idk why but everytime I see F1 machining i get goose bumps just mf'in pushin the boundarys

 

[Trustus]

I was thinking about enrolling into machine tools technology program that teaches cnc. So, this is a good trade to get into? What's the ups and downs of the industry? I was thinking of doing this or electronics. Like programming PLC's or programming cnc.