$3.oo part in 3 hours

[epanzella]

A good friend had a broken nylon part on his shower door which (of course) is no longer made. After parting off a slice of 3 inch aluminum bar stock I had a shiny new $3.00 part a mere 3 hours later

 

[Ulma Doctor]

Nice copy!

 

[SLK001]

3 hours? Must have had many coffee breaks! Your new part should outlast the door!

 

[FOMOGO]

Some times the little parts take longer than the big ones. Nice job. Mike

 

[Karl_T]

3 hours? Must have had many coffee breaks! Your new part should outlast the door!

Na, that's all setup time. 20 minutes to setup, 20 seconds to cut, then next tool. ya da ya da

 

[epanzella]

3 hours? Must have had many coffee breaks! Your new part should outlast the door!

I dunno, I thought 3 hours was good! Tuff little part to hold without lots of setups. That slot was too deep for my little end mills to reach from each end so I had to use a .110 drill in the deepest part and then go almost to it with a thin T-slot cutter. Then I had to file out the sliver between the drilled and milled holes. I still would rather just pay the 3 bucks!

 

[Bourbon]

But it will last longer

 

[markba633csi]

One of those Big "Little" jobs
A 3D printer would be perfect for that, then you'd only spend 5 hours programming and another hour to print it
-M

 

[talvare]

I'm confused. Isn't that normal ?

Ted

 

[vocatexas]

I heard it said one time that machining is a hobby where you use $20,000 worth of equipment to make $2.00 parts!