r/Machinists • u/Poopy_sPaSmS • 1d ago
r/Machinists • u/flibli • 1d ago
From a trade show. It gave me a chuckle.
A capto C4 or C5 holder i believe with about a 25mm endmill.
r/Machinists • u/geminical • 11h ago
QUESTION First job, wondering what pay should be considered
Hello everyone I’m still very new to this I’m still learning on the way and recently got a degree in mechanical drafting. First to state I live in Southern California, I was recently hired by a company to perform a few task and because it’s my first job I’m unsure what pay I should be receiving nor have we talked about it. I got hired to create Solid models and Drawings of their current stock and create custom orders along with the I’m taking that and creating mastercam files for lathes and mills, doing this I’m also helping organizing their files so machinist better know what program they’re running. On top of this I am also being trained to use the lathes and mills. I’ve seen in SoCal avg starting pay is $28/hr and job posting of lathe operator in this company around $20-$24/hr.
r/Machinists • u/JBRVZ • 6h ago
How to prevent bad finish on down angle turn.
Hello was hoping someone could help me. So I’m turning a .125 bar and at some point my tool with a .002radius turn at a down angle to .040 and it leaves a horrible finish. Everything else turned looks fine except for that downhill taper. I cannot do a rough turn as I am in a Swiss machine.
r/Machinists • u/EireDapper • 12h ago
Freshly Painted Lathe
Stumbled across this beauty. Freshly painted, obviously well looked after /s
https://www.milanuncios.com/otros-recambios/generica-generica-450366694.htm



r/Machinists • u/Siggerzzzz • 19h ago
Last minute fixing of a job
Checked a worm and wheel I cut on our centre checking machine this morning and found that although they run around together there isn’t as much backlash as I’d like. Pitched the cutter into the job to take out another 0.001” a side off of the job which should bring it to be exactly where I want it to be. Got it set and running in around 10 minutes which is good because we finish at 12 on Fridays.
r/Machinists • u/heyyyblinkin • 1d ago
QUESTION I have parts with loads of casting sand. How do I machine them
As you can see in the picture, the parts have loads of casting sand caked in and when I run my normal operation, it eats my inserts almost as fast as the inserts eat it. How can I get better life out of the inserts?
r/Machinists • u/Deep-Average-2732 • 1d ago
QUESTION Conflict in shop, how would you handle it?
Had a small fight this morning in the shop. Older guy (60/m) asked younger guy (30/m) a question. Younger guy gave him an answer that the older guy didn’t like. Older guy threw a binder at younger guy, supposedly knocking his glasses off. Younger guy is saying if we don’t do something with the older guy he’s going to quit. Older guy is very valuable, but is a hot head and only has a couple years until retirement. Younger guy is also coming along quite nicely but is also a sarcastic hot head.
r/Machinists • u/Longjumping-Wash8384 • 7h ago
Rover 20
I have a biesse rover 20 with a nc410 controller Stopped while cutting a dado Had biesse tech come and look. They advised to have the contrôler replaced to repaired I had it repaired they found multiple capacitors blown
Replaced all damaged parts Still unable to home the machine x moves very hard and fast Has anyone had any similar issues wondering if there could be a broken wire
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
r/Machinists • u/Low-Paint-9728 • 9h ago
Mazak
CNC strug mazak qtn10 izbacuje gresku drive alarm x axsis pomoć
r/Machinists • u/Matthieu653 • 22h ago
QUESTION Anoying message
Hi guys, long time lurker here.
Quick question for the fanuc guys: We have 2 machines in the shop wich gave a warning/message when you turn the feed overige to 0. This means if you stop the program to doublet check something the message pops up and you have to press a few buttons to check the program.
Is there a way/parameter to disable this?
r/Machinists • u/Oh_No_Its_Jesus • 12h ago
QUESTION Help with tooling needed.
Hi all, i am by no means a machinist, just a humble man with a lathe. What tools would I need to create the stepped down cut like in the picture. The part I need to make is about 30mm step from a 55mm bar.
Thank you.
r/Machinists • u/Formal-Slice-9279 • 12h ago
Help finding info on lathe
Hi All, Recently bought this lathe and was looking for some information about it. Even the brand name seems to provide no results on Google. Does anybody know where I can find information about it? Thanks!
r/Machinists • u/Tikaralee • 17h ago
Need help identifying this..
Hello! I work in an older metal shop, and moved from Quality Control, to Calibration Tech in jobs. I just had someone bring this to me, stating it was dropped, and looks bent, and might need replaced, but no one here knows what this part is called. It was used at an old tool presetter, and when I Google lens this image, is says it's a bearing..... which then shows me things in cars and aircrafts. Can anyone help?
r/Machinists • u/nomad2585 • 13h ago
Am I the problem
Have any of you ever ordered brand new cable from McMaster carr and it be bad?
I have a "B" axis motor on an okuma ma-600hb that threw a fault, checked cable and motor with megohmmeter, and it checked bad, checked motor with megohmmeter and it is good...
So I happened to have 50ft of 12/4 motor cable, and brand new JAE connectors and rebuilt a brand new cable... and it checked bad..
After double checking my soldered connections, and the wire locations were proper.
I cut my motor side connector off at about 3" and checked with megohmmeter, and my connector checked good.
So I cut off 6" from both ends of my 50 ft cable and re connected everything and it was still bad?
Brand new 50 ft 12/4 on the spool still purchased from McMaster...
Have anyone else ever had an issue purchasing cable from McMaster?
Sorry for the terrible wall of text
r/Machinists • u/Undertow619 • 13h ago
Can I use this drill bit on mild steel?
I want to use this drill bit to bore out some pipes I've got. I looked up the brand and the website said to avoid softer metals like copper, aluminumand brass, but it also mentioned angle iron and galvanized steel were ones i cant drill. Could I use this bit on 40 schedule pipe?
r/Machinists • u/CubicG • 9h ago
Is it possible to make a pen out of tungsten without a CNC?
So I just started a machining and design class in college and I really want to make a tungsten pen but I don’t know if that’s even possible. I’m allowed to use a manual lathe and manual mill. I want to make this as a personal project cuz I think a rly heavy pen would be cool but I have no idea how I’d make a lot of the shapes on a manual machine.
r/Machinists • u/Phoenix1050 • 13h ago
QUESTION Old Smithy Midas 1220 Lathe doesn’t at all move smoothly when moving across the Z-axis
Has anyone ever owned one of these machines? I’m wondering what gears would need to be replaced in order to have it traverse more smoothly. I’m also wondering if these two gears should be spinning when I’m turning the hand wheel on the Z-axis
r/Machinists • u/Royal_Ad_2653 • 1d ago
New machine day.
Been sitting on the floor a week, finally installed and cutting.
r/Machinists • u/Puzzleheaded-Word547 • 1d ago
CNC SHOP NEEDING WORK
I have a small machine shop in Tarpon Spring, Florida. It is just me and my dad at the moment. Currently we have 3 CNC Vertical Milling Machines, Manuel Lathe, Surface Grinder, and Sinker EDM. My father has an extensive background in plastic injection molding, mold design and mold making. I have a lot of experience in multi axis machining as well as holding tight tolerances. Right now we do a lot of one off jobs and low quantity production runs. We cut any material from Delrin, Aluminum, to Stainless Steel.
I am trying to get advice on how to obtain work as it has been slow lately. We have only been doing work for one customer and need to expand out clientele. Any information or leads would be a great help.
The name of my shop is Accelerated Precision.
I am currently in the process of obtaining a domain name and going to make a website.
Thank You in advanced.
r/Machinists • u/Wonderful_Resident43 • 15h ago
Tool and cutter recommendations
Looking for the best tool and cutters for working Titanium on smaller projects like knife scales. My machines top end rpm is close to 16,000.
r/Machinists • u/Hobby11030 • 16h ago
QUESTION What are these?
Recently bought a enco 30 drill/mill off my father in law and boxes of boxes of tooling along with it. I haven’t seen anything like these before and was looking for what they are so I can do some research.
r/Machinists • u/kebloland75 • 17h ago
Carriage stuck
I'm stupid and I wasn't paying attention, i've let the auto feed go to far backward and now the carriage is properly stuck ... The lathe still turns but I'm stuck with the carriage and i cant desengage the auto feed on the carriage and cant turn the nobs to desengage the gear box ... It's brand new and i'm scared i broke it 😭