Don’t Call Yourself a Machinist if You Don’t Understand This 

I like all of that and will bring it up to my team… so Thanks… But, I am going to push back on the No Lathe Video part… We post 365 days a year and post lots of lathe videos. Did you see this one from last week. Lots of Boring Bars and Tips and Tricks etc. All tools explained… and it’s a real part that we machine for a top rocket company. BOOM! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O8WYTBoHNeE.html&si=8_4odA-8AijN7ZvU

lathe?

It’s what separates an great machinist from the average ones. Anybody can be taught how to run the machine but it takes a certain eye to visualize your work holding on the machine

100% mate

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I came here to say this. Fixturing is the true magic to me.

not really

And to think about every upcoming job that comes next, so you think 2, 4, 6 steps ahead. Best job in the world

That's the biggest truth ever spoken

As a CNC operator I agree 👍

​@michelrosier468 you mean operation? I just want to machine almost everything at one go.

Personal experience, creating your own tooling and fixturing, and learning from mistakes, is far more valuable than anything you'll watch someone else do in a video.

​@@OneTruePhreakwatching is learning too. I'd say it's essential to watch others do and use it as a base for your own projects (you can do your own stuff but the idea of what or how to do sometimes is what you need to learn from others).

Fixturing solutions are mega expensive if you buy them. Had a quote for a trunion that cost more than the machine it was going on 😂

@@Minerals333 it's only viable if you have long term contracts for many parts . so this is like machinist porn. there's not many mom and pop shops that can do this. most shops don't make thousands of 1 item. i have always been involved in big stuff where a small part is like 5 feet by 3 feet.

i was just brazing. my attitude to machining was "in my own time on my own machine, thankyou". meh. make some jigs for a monthly job. 5 of them, 3 positions each. spent about two hours. "be the most expensive jigs we ever made" well, i quit over a decade ago. dropped in the other day to grab some inserts. guess whose jigs are still being used? over the years, they have probably made about $5M worth of product. for 2 hours wage and some scrap. there are some jobs you love but the management just kills it. the fact i still think of that job... still drop in and have a sticky beak occasionally... it was getting to the point that i was recording conversations we had, as without evidence, things would always get..."twisted" as to who made what decision and who reluctantly agreed... it all depended on if something worked or if it was a complete waste of time. one of the last ones was making the teeth for the land clearing bush mower things. FAE? by the time he listened, and we were grinding the carbide to a standard width and cutting slots to a standard width and brazing with brass... we lost the job due to his insistence that we use unground carbide, selective slot widths, and a lot of messing around with trilay (copper clad with silver). try heating a 1x1/2x3/4 carbide block in a steel body when you have this copper sheet dangling out as the slots so tight you cant push it in all the way at first.., and you have to get it "just" hot enough to melt the silver but not the copper... then carefully push said copper into the gap without damaging it... was taking almost 15 minutes EACH. versus about 30 seconds with brass paste. why did it even have a slot when a simple shoulder was adequate?! along with selling the tool grinder that i used to grind them at first. my only saving grace is i destroyed the 10K adjustable slot cutter in one go :) stalled the 30HP motor :) well who told me to disengage auto-feed and wind the last few MM by hand when climb milling? im just like...WTF? "it will be ok"... BANG! only in business still as its such a niche market. no other place run like that could stay profitable.

Plus the process of thinking them out and manufacturing it yourself is so satisfying. Can't explain that feeling in words

We do it all the time for milling circular or oddly shaped parts, it's nothing extraordinary. I'll admit it is quite satisfying to imagine and craft them

True artistry and innovation.

You need to be aware of the tolerances when doing so though

Vacuum fixtures are cool. They're normally not hard to make. A shop I worked for used them for the 2nd op on odd shaped parts.

@@alexbernier7903 let me put it this way The guy in charge of running the shop told us one day when we explained to him that one of the CNC lace was losing its position it would no longer recognize where the tool was touched off so it would either not touch the part or slam into the face of the chuck His solution to this problem was to smugly tell us to just program in a g28 in the program

I forgot to add the same guy also believes that regardless of the size of the hole being drilled in the material the type of material or thickness of material it takes the same amount of time to drill the hole

dude, they do just the same things that others do. But it's the show.

No it's just that this channel is one never ending machine tool commercial.

@@wildcatmahone-md6meyeah no way a normal shop would have this kit without a specific job that requires it

maybe they were struggling and didn't have the resources for expensive tooling. i don't think titan pays for any of his super machines. they don't run production. just make promotional videos.

@@ronblack7870 no, they were just stupid and backwards....even in tool and dies, theres so much use in fixtures and automation...the better companies know...and it isnt all that expensive as the schunk-stuff. You can do many things yourselves. I did anyways, and now run my own machines.

They actually don’t tell me what to push… We use what we believe in. Lots of custom fixtures also.

Or just 8 minutes of sexyness😂

Well… exactly

"Even you?"

@@brandonlittle6444 Yes, myself.

Why are you so worried about what our hands look like? It’s very strange.

Look for shops that have advanced certifications. AS9100 or ISO 13485. These shops are making aerospace and medical equipment. For most of these types of places once they get a job in the door, they own it. Aerospace and medical OEMs have a VERY hard time switching suppliers because they usually have to jump though a shit ton of hoops to make the change. These types of shops have a steadier cash flow because of the work they do. I've been at my current shop for almost 5 years now. There are machines that I wrote the programs for and did the process validation on that are still running the same parts. Mom and Pop shops that are just ISO 9001 certified are a dime a dozen and have a hard time getting/keeping the work. They have to compete on price. It also makes cash flow from month to month really unstable.

@@brandons9138 thank you for providing that information. I'll definitely use this in my future searching.