RIP Saw 500i

[South_Prairie_Saw]

Co-axial or for me it would be an Interapid 312-B

Whoops forgot, dial test indicator is pretty common

 

[Stump Shot]

I’d be curious to see this vid and the setup. While you’re 100% correct in dialing in the bore to be straight. Did they hit the base, or the holes for the screws? That would def create some problems if they’re going off a cast profile for precise location….

A CNC mill needs at least “zeros” in three directions. X and Y (bore centerline most likely) but I’d think that they’d have to pick up the holes in cylinder to help align it in the proper orientation. Z is depth. Not sure if they’re setting depth from the base or the band, depends on how it was programmed.

I should again say I’ve never ported cylinders or down saw work in a lathe. BUT I’ve spent 15 years in the CNC world and still work on the carbide side as of right now. I’d love to see it work but the machine is only as good as the person behind it

I don'[t know chit about cnc machinihng but it is quite interesting. I can't find the vidja now and wouldn't post it anyways, it was just so I could kind of peak into that world and see what goes on was all. It may really be all super accurate and all that it's claimed to be, I just don't know how one goes about programing these and if it's truly doing good or not. In this case it measured the flat part of the four corners of the base and four spots on the bore fairly shallow. I just can't picture how the band cut can be true and concentric when the cylinder was tilted to be flat.
Which anyone that's done this long enough can tell you that once in a while you'll run into bases that are not made perfectly square to the bore from the factory. I think one of the worst cases I came across was .008" off, and I had to double check my triple check to confirm that this indeed was the case. To me anyway, this is why truing it on a lathe makes an accurate job when done even if it takes me much longer to do so. I believe the cnc can do just as good, it certainly can do it much faster, I'm too old and wouldn't live long enough to make such an investment pay. The idea of being able to offer custom performance parts is a sound one and as more and more people do this surely it will get better and better as time goes on just like any other industry.

 

[Sloughfoot]

I have common dial test indicators. Some make of co-ax is what I'm asking about.

 

[South_Prairie_Saw]

I have common dial test indicators. Some make of co-ax is what I'm asking about.

I’d be comfortable with this indicator, SPI isn’t top of the line but not chit either.

Haas, who is a manufacturer of CNC machines has recently come out with a ton of “Haas” branded items, one of them being a co ax. Their stuff is priced at a lower price point but would be more than adequate for saw work I’d think. They even have their own branded carbide tooling as well now

 

[sawmikaze]

I'm never gonna get over adult men wearing sleep wear in public! Or sweat pants ,unless you're leaving or going to the gym.
I don't really give a *s-word about what other people do, but shame seems like a thing of the past.

You get it.

People need made fun of again. It's a character builder.

 

[sawmikaze]

Chainsaw content on YouTube is tough while BBR isn’t all too far from my neck of the woods, there’s so much talking and not much else. Seems like an alright guy but yeah a little much for me. I do like Gordy’s channel as he has some variety and they just get down to it and cut. Lot of “influencer” types and they aren’t for me. YouTube is great, just have to find stuff worth watching but again, a lot of these guys have an ego

I think I have some form of retardation where I can't pay attention to stupid sh!t for more than 30 seconds. The only time I click on a chainsaw video is when I'm on the *s-wordter and 30 seconds in I feel my testosterone go down and my embarrassment for myself going up for even giving it that 30 seconds.

I don't have time to worry about what other people do, I wouldn't care anyway..I was never much of a follower to begin with.