#machinists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #machinists, aggregated by home.social.
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#introduction Hi All
Been lurking for a while to feel how everyone interacts. Already found lots of interesting things and got excited following #fossdem this year.
Main current interests are improving my minimalist natural pool to #pond conversion and using and contributing to very wide range #foss software and hardware.
Focussed #tags for the latter include:
#machinist #machinists #machining #cnc, #FreeCADFirm believer that #crossplatform should get a lot more recognition, the less silos the better!
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📣 New Podcast! "6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike" on @Spreaker #boeing #history #machinists
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-october-1995-boeing-machinists-strike--67959020 -
Anybody got an idea what type of collet this is?
Its from a high speed spindle that was found without documentation. Most likely sold by ISEL in Germany.This one is for 3mm tools, I will would like to get one for 1/8" tools.
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Would you rather fly on a plane built by people who take pride in their work and have long tenure at their post, or by harried workers, exhausted from overtime or a second job?
https://jacobin.com/2024/09/boeing-strike-safety-workers-iam
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Do I have any #machinists here?
Now that I'm thinking about building the smol CNC, I have one question.
My aim is to get down, mechanically, to a 0,01mm precision (Closed loop 200 step motor with a 2,5:1 ratio pulleys to a 1605 ballscrew). Past that, how should I treat microstepping? Half? One Quarter?
I have been told "as high as you can" but I'm not sure about that...In my head, the forces of machining (max would be a 7mm endmill on ER11) may overcome the torque avaliable in the microstep.
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Are you surprised? Is anyone surprised.
It’s been happening for years. #Boeing management fucked over unions, moved their HQ out of #Seattle, built new factories in right-to-work states, replaced skilled #machinists with knucklehead scabs, outsourced their software jobs overseas, etc. All they cared about was the next quarter's profits and goosing the stock price. This is the inevitable result.
