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New five axis
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What brand is your new five axis machining center? We have three five axis Mazaks at our shop. Would love to see pictures of your new machine. Good luck with your block project! I know how much work is involved in a project of this magnitude!! :MECOOL: Gerry |
Gerry,
The mill is a Sunstrand 5 axis mill. The travels are 48 X 65 X 66. 66 inches of Z! The A axis is +/- 150 degrees, B axis is 360 degrees. We got it with a pallet changer. The work involved with this project grows everyday! We pulled it out of a Naval research center. They said it held 0.0001 inches in all axis. We are really happy with the machine. It is built like a tank. It came to us on 3 semi trucks. The picture here is of the main column which arrived on the last truck this morning! It is a horizontal mill so the "Z" axis is sticking straight up right now in this picture. When it is assembled, the "Z" axis will stick straight out at you (we will stand this monster up on end). The man in the picture "Sandwich" gives you some sense of the scale of this baby. David :):):) http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...umn_medium.JPG |
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-Dean |
Dean,
Machines for "special devices" aren't nearly this big! (At least for the action part). David :eek: :eek: :eek: |
Damn,
A car from an ex-Russian Mig Factory and a block from a ex-US Navy Nuke Factory It just don't get better than that! |
Big Boss, :LOL: :LOL:
...and how did a nice Mormon boy get mixed up with all this International intrigue? |
Fixture it right and you could machine an entire billet car on that mama!
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Aluminum block
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Why didn't you cross bolt the main caps?? What grade aluminum? What did and how did you get the air bubbles out of the casting during the pour? Cylinder wall thickness and how wide are the journals. I'm interested in purchasing. Thanks. |
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especially when contemplating spending thousands of dollars!! ;) :D |
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:LOL: So when did David set up the foundry to cast the alloy ingots? Man these Kirkhams never stop!
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Seriously, read through the thread and you'll find those answers. |
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big-boss,
We are always looking to get better. It is much easier to stand on the shoulders of giants! Ernie, :) Jack, The thought has crossed my mind more than once... Gotta run and put that baby together. More pictures soon. David :):):) |
David,
Any updates? Inquiring minds want to know!:3DSMILE: Kevin |
Kevin,
Our Windows XP disaster set us back a week and then we sold a bunch of cars...dang customers! :) I had to get back into production to meet delivery schedules. So we will get back on the project in the middle of next week. I also bought 4 more mills to keep up with unexpected demand this year. They will arrive shortly. David :):):) |
David,
You mentioned intake manifolds in the future at KMS. Do you plan to do a webber manifold? Man I hope so!!! Getting the weight of a 427FE with Webbers down would be amazing! |
Justin,
I have thought several times about a weber intake for FE's that didn't weigh a ton. David :):):) |
That's what I'm talkin about! I know you've got a million things going on...but...you gotta do it!:D
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