politics aside, the CAM work on this is just stupidly impressive. turning a solid block of aluminum into this with such a clean finish is wild. gotta wonder how many gigs that g-code file is lol
Working on a 3 inch turbofan disk prototype this morning. indicated the vise.
Dial showed maybe 2 thou runout. my gut told me to tear it down and clean the jaws, but i just wanted to get the roughing pass done before work and figured "it's close enough".
Sent it.
Heard the PING before the spindle even hit full RPM. ripped the 7075 blank right out of the soft jaws.
Doesn't matter how long you've been making chips. the machine doesn't care if you're in a hurry. never ignore that little voice telling you your setup is garbage.
Now i have a very shiny, very expensive paperweight to stare at for the rest of my day.