Probably about 3-4 hours. I used to work on machines similar to these and most 5 axis CNC programs are written using smart CAM software. Mind you there's a little tweaking involved, but all you really do is supply the computer with the tools that will be loaded into the machine, and the software does the rest. The geometry for that helmet probably came from a 3d scanner or an automated coordinate measuring machine. The newest CAM systems are great because they have collision avoidance programmed into them, so when you run a virtual demo you can see right away if anything's going to crash. What's really wild is that the machine in the video is considered small by industry standards.how fucking long would it take to write a program for that....!
fuck collision avoidance.Probably about 3-4 hours. I used to work on machines similar to these and most 5 axis CNC programs are written using smart CAM software. Mind you there's a little tweaking involved, but all you really do is supply the computer with the tools that will be loaded into the machine, and the software does the rest. The geometry for that helmet probably came from a 3d scanner or an automated coordinate measuring machine. The newest CAM systems are great because they have collision avoidance programmed into them, so when you run a virtual demo you can see right away if anything's going to crash. What's really wild is that the machine in the video is considered small by industry standards.
I`m taking the machine didn`t belong to you?fuck collision avoidance.
that was my favorite part of machining, waiting to see if it would crash. spent hours standing in front of a fadal entering codes one digit at a time. use to be cool to see fire come off the tooling.
thing wasn't even running coolant.
a friend of mine just bought an old hand cranker bridgeport. he may need help running it. not sure if i want to get involved or not.
i loved those machines more then the owner.I`m taking the machine didn`t belong to you?
I did a few things like forget the T key in the lathe chuck while high. Switch the lathe on and the T key hits the roof and falls next to me! Would scare the fuck out of me!!
hahaha you shouldve taken bets! and i didnt even notice it wasnt running coolant until you said something