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Troy Sohm
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Group dedicated to the passion of machining. Manual & CNC. Beginner to Expert. Help a brother out if needed.
I'm not a babysitter. Enter at own risk. Machinists can be som... More
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Troy Sohm
Ooofff....!!!
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Stanley Evans
The art of machinery scraping has been pretty much been lost. Scraping is a tedious, time-consuming task that yields a much higher quality machine tool or flat surface. I thought I would give the area... View More
Troy Sohm
Dang, 7 members. Well, 7 including me. But, it's actually growing...lol I'm a self taught cnc machinist. Current job has me programming at the controls. No CAM. Can be a real pain sometimes when the e... View More
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Rusty Wilson
Hey Troy, I'm a machinist from Oklahoma. We have Mazak. Their programming is conversational. It is not difficult if you can get your head around the fact that there are safety buffers built in. Good luck to you.
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November 21, 2020
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Mark hutton
Lol i started in the 80's hand punching tape g code used early pre pc cam. Ive done mazatrol 80's. A few decades of mostly editing and writing at machine , ive played with bobcad and fusion but ive been using mastercam in a r&d environment. Cad,cam,cut for 7 years .its not cheap but it is ... View More
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January 17, 2021
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Troy Sohm
And then there was 20...lol Dumb question. How do you say, .0001? Like, .001 you say, one thousandths. .050 you'd say, fifty thousandths. .700 be seven hundred thousandths. ... View More
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Mark hutton
One tenth. Seven tenths. 23 millionths or two tenths three millionths. Thats just the environments ive been in the last 40 years
January 17, 2021
Troy Sohm
My new home shop toy. Only used 3 times. Gifted to me. Came with a bunch of tooling and a nice cart. I know it's probably made from chinesium, but it's better then what I have now. Nothing. Anybody ha... View More
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Troy Sohm
I wish I had cam that crashed. Something is better than nothing...
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Troy Sohm
Getting into that Christmas spirit... ?
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Troy Sohm
Anybody help a brother out? All the other places worked, I was never in charge of ordering any tooling. This is where I probably struggle the most where I'm at now being the only machinist and program... View More
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American Machinist 101
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American Machinist 101
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