MY work

well people ask what I do and I say CNC operator and the go :confused:

so here is a graphic representation

I use THIS:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/407336machine.jpg

To turn THIS:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/826689blank.jpg

into THIS:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/356059finished.jpg

powered by THIS:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/177560coke.jpg

it's only coke, but it gets me through the day.

work in progress:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/104379op1.jpg

dude nice calendar.

Originally posted by darkness
dude nice calendar.


I second that!!!:D

Looks like someone has to much time on there hands at work to take pics....if i was your boss i'd kick your ass and tell you to stop pissing around :finger: :finger: :finger:

j/k :D

if the machine is going then he can stick it up his ass cos I'm workin :D

on long jobs we spend most of the time reading magazines and listening to the radio
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/656507bench.jpg

Originally posted by tazdev
if the machine is going then he can stick it up his ass cos I'm workin :D

on long jobs we spend most of the time reading magazines and listening to the radio
http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/656507bench.jpg

Jist a wild stab in the dark...........but that is the NZPC magazine with the white Evo with the Titanium exhaust right?

I like your magazine taste


Oh- and pity the poor fools when they make PMan boss :D

Originally posted by Jimster


Jist a wild stab in the dark...........but that is the NZPC magazine with the white Evo with the Titanium exhaust right?

I like your magazine taste


Oh- and pity the poor fools when they make PMan boss :D

nope it's the Feb 2002 issue with Rhys McGregors 9 second (now 8 second) GT-R

Nice. :cool:

I like your calender too. This thread wasn't inspired by a little AIM convo the other day, was it? :p

sort of.

a guy at work is trying to sell his GTS-T so we were going to take some pics to put on the SDU forums forsale section, but he hadn't washed it. The camera was there, I got bored, took some photos.

but yeah hopefully it will stop people asking

No RALPH calendars allowed at work
No digital cameras allowed at work
No sitting reading magazines allowed at work'
No fun allowed at work
No sleeping on nightshift allowed at work[officially;) ]


Work is the shit that you have to do to earn enough money that you don't have to work.:bloated:

Originally posted by taranaki

No sleeping on nightshift allowed at work[officially;) ]


No nightshift at all. No overtime at the moment either:(

woo hoo, great calendar. :D


and your work looks like one of my classes in high school, worked on a lathe most of the day making stuff like that, just not as big.

Originally posted by taranaki
No RALPH calendars allowed at work
No digital cameras allowed at work
No sitting reading magazines allowed at work'
No fun allowed at work
No sleeping on nightshift allowed at work[officially;) ]


Work is the shit that you have to do to earn enough money that you don't have to work.:bloated:
Join TranzRail ;)

Very nice

i was kinda lookin to get into that kinda line of work being a cnc operator is it at all worth the time for the training plus is the pay reasonable???
:confused:

The pay can be reasonable. Just not where I'm working.

The work can be very monotonous and dull.

What is that big metallic thing you make on the CNC lathe? I'm guessing it's a part for something big and mechnical. I made a shift knob on an old school lathe once, not bad for HS.

Originally posted by tazdev
if the machine is going then he can stick it up his ass cos I'm workin :D

on long jobs we spend most of the time reading magazines and listening to the radio


What about plastic modeling?

:p

CNC is fun...

...when you get to design and mill it yourself LOL.

I'm a CNC programmer of sorts, although I only work on CNC routers, so it's all 2 dimensional, and basically, all I have to do is trace lines on the DXF files, but sometimes I mill some stuff for myself which is fun...

Sounds Good

Originally posted by Porsche
What is that big metallic thing you make on the CNC lathe? I'm guessing it's a part for something big and mechnical.

It is a bronze lower clutch for a mid sized marine whinch. Just 1 of many parts we make. If you have a Simpson Lawrence winch chances are we made it.



Huudo: no plastic modelling at work, place is too messy

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
and your work looks like one of my classes in high school, worked on a lathe most of the day making stuff like that, just not as big.

werd, I took that class too, one of the most fun classes I've ever taken :)

I'm one of the few that knew what you meant by CNC operator :D

I made a few things in that class, a puller, an F clamp and something else. We used horizontal and vertical band saws, drill press, lathe, milling machine, horizontal drill thingy (but goes down into a pre-drilled hole, then you move the piece around on a horizontal plane to cut grooves and what not), tap and die, all that fun stuff (a frickin file too though :mad: ) I just regret not taking welding :(

Nice Taz. So you get to play witn an Ikegai Lathe, is it a base 2 axis or will it also use live tooling? It brings back memories from years past thought I ran mostly Okuma Howa's.

I hear you about the repetative or monotonous nature of CNC operating. I was so happy to be off the shop floor after 18 years of pushing those buttons, though I do for the odd job or two.

simple 2 axis lathe that often has a mind of its own:(

Originally posted by tazdev
simple 2 axis lathe that often has a mind of its own:(


Hahahaha remember machines don't make mistakes only humans do. At least that is what my last boss in the states used to tell me :rolleyes:

Originally posted by RazorGTR



Hahahaha remember machines don't make mistakes only humans do.


human error is inevitable,but to stuff things up completely requires Windows98 or above.