It's all content, when I was a plant optimisation engineer the operators thought it was perverse when I told them the process was more interesting when it wasn't working 😁. Looking forward to seeing you problem solving
7 months ago | 57
If you can fix a prototype tree cutting robot, I'm confident you got this.
7 months ago | 61
We considered 20 years about the life of a CNC machine in the last shop I worked in. But you have the right man on the job.
7 months ago | 12
I was a machinist for 15 years, then they replaced our machinery with CNC equipment and installed ABB 6400 robots to load them. We went from 18 employees in my department to 8, and I became a machine operator. I went into a maintenance position, and learned to program ABB's....we had far less downtime with our old equipment, and components were difficult to find after 10 years of age on the CNC machines. Good luck!
7 months ago | 9
Finally some CNC and machining content again. You have the best. Can't wait
7 months ago | 3
I remember when the shop was nice and tidy. It's like it was only last week.
7 months ago | 21
You'll weave your magic and amaze all of us. Looking forward to seeing the video.
7 months ago | 7
Head scratching, multimeter staring, oscilloscope recalibrating, dial indicator disbelief and keyboard kombat!!! Looking forward to the video evidence!
7 months ago | 6
Looking forward for your next video Wes! Good luck with that machine !
7 months ago (edited) | 2
The first problem is it’s a hurco. I programmed an MD3 for years at IBM. Hurco drops all service after a few years of ownership. They refer everyone to Midwest CNC. My z axis scale light bulb mirrored over and z would not repeat. Midwest CNC came and changed the bulb for $5k. The best part of the machines is after so many m30 cycles it will make star patterns on its own randomly in your part.
7 months ago | 8
Just let yourself succumb to the rabbit hole mr. Wizard, just deep breathes deep and slow!!
7 months ago | 4
hope you made a video about fixing this CNC, I always wanted to see what was involved in fixing one.
7 months ago | 2
Not many things are more nasty then cleaning out the inside of a old CNC mill. The mixture off oil, coolant and small sharp chips makes it superfun.
7 months ago | 13
Watch Wes Work
Turns out cheap 20 year old CNC machines have a lot of problems. Who’da thought? Video next week I hope.
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