Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Korg,

Do you have a link to those marble sculptures please?

cheers, DL

Here you go:
Matthew Simmonds - Sculptures in Marble and Stone

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Originally Posted by bacicat

Yeah, looks like a test piece. Damn, that can do a lot! Yes that chuck change was awesome. So, what does one of those cost. I was looking for a small lathe and milling machine, but I could always upgrade....

Also, that appeared to be a solid steel billet by the surface rust on it, but no coolant or lubricant was used. What are the tools made of? And what a tool selection - most machines I've seen have a rotating tool head with 10 or 15 tools. That sucker had a conveyor full!

Where did that lotto ticket go...

I doubt you'd get something like this for under 750K. We had a couple of very similar machines in Albury with these quick change chucks which had about 60-70 spaces. Can be a nightmare to set up manually, but with auto/sensor measuring, the machine does it all in its stride.
Our machines didn't have tilting heads, which I think is termed 4th axis (?). If Brian steps in, he'll have the correct info on that bit I'm sure.

As for cooling fluids, the only reason its not used in the vid is so we can see what's actually going on. Without coolant of some description, a) the tool will become very blunt very quickly, and b), the swarf will not be directed to where it can be extracted from the machine.
If you look at the vid, you'll see where its cutting the end of a boss, there is a hefty burr on the finishing side. Denotes a blunt tool.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Korg,

Do you have a link to those marble sculptures please?

cheers, DL

They are really awesome.

They remind me of the Pandulena Caves (Pandavleni) in India. Hand carved straight out the side of a mountain. Wicked.
http://www.google.com.au/url'sa=t&rc...iIKf4DVSVpHZbA

Didn't we used to have pictures on here once?

Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist

Didn't we used to have pictures on here once?

Show us what you have.