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Well i figured id start a new thread.
Before I get into details. A little about myself, I went to school for precesion machine tool at warren tech. I spent 2.5 years there learning everything from basic manual mills, lathes, and surface grinders to edm machines, cnc machines, and even a breif crash course in plastic injection molding. I was taught everything I know by an old school master tool and die maker. Since then I've worked in the industry as a cnc operator in a production shop.
However I soon discovered the best way to kill a good hobby is to make it your job.
Ok actually production cnc gets extremely repetitive and boring. I fell asleep and got canned.
Went into automotive machining and eventually became a mechanic. Ive been in automotive for about 10 years now.
A few years ago I purchased a harbor freight 8x12 (14) lathe at a swap meet to support my other hobby, road racing. I've been wanting a mill ever since. But old iron is limited and expensive here in Colorado.
So i began looking into what started as the harbor freight round column rf45 clone. That eventually snowballed into a drastically reduced tooling budget and more machine. I stumbled upon a charter oak 12z mill. After moderate research I chose the 12z and placed a deposit. I ordered the machine while out of stock back on october 1st. Paul did give me a discount due to the item being out of stock.
Due to unfortunate shipping problems to no fault of charter oak I'm expecting to get my new mill late November but more likely early December. So you can expect to see some pictures in the coming months. But ill say right now not expecting to make chips right away. This was the absolute top of my budget and there isn't much of anything left for tooling right now.
After I recover from buying the mill ill be buying tooling to go with it.
Stay tuned for updates!
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Before I get into details. A little about myself, I went to school for precesion machine tool at warren tech. I spent 2.5 years there learning everything from basic manual mills, lathes, and surface grinders to edm machines, cnc machines, and even a breif crash course in plastic injection molding. I was taught everything I know by an old school master tool and die maker. Since then I've worked in the industry as a cnc operator in a production shop.
However I soon discovered the best way to kill a good hobby is to make it your job.
Ok actually production cnc gets extremely repetitive and boring. I fell asleep and got canned.
Went into automotive machining and eventually became a mechanic. Ive been in automotive for about 10 years now.
A few years ago I purchased a harbor freight 8x12 (14) lathe at a swap meet to support my other hobby, road racing. I've been wanting a mill ever since. But old iron is limited and expensive here in Colorado.
So i began looking into what started as the harbor freight round column rf45 clone. That eventually snowballed into a drastically reduced tooling budget and more machine. I stumbled upon a charter oak 12z mill. After moderate research I chose the 12z and placed a deposit. I ordered the machine while out of stock back on october 1st. Paul did give me a discount due to the item being out of stock.
Due to unfortunate shipping problems to no fault of charter oak I'm expecting to get my new mill late November but more likely early December. So you can expect to see some pictures in the coming months. But ill say right now not expecting to make chips right away. This was the absolute top of my budget and there isn't much of anything left for tooling right now.
After I recover from buying the mill ill be buying tooling to go with it.
Stay tuned for updates!
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