{"id":36,"date":"2020-12-28T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2022-01-22T17:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T01:24:04","slug":"cnc-machining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/making\/cnc-machining\/","title":{"rendered":"CNC Machining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[delete placeholder text below]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A major addition to the workshop is a Tormach PCNC 1100 milling machine. \u00a0The process of installing and bringing up the machine has involved extensive infrastructure improvements for power, compressed air, even &#8220;heavy lifting&#8221; equipment to manage the machine and it&#8217;s accessories.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that is the very satisfying task of learning about numerical-controlled machining. \u00a0It&#8217;s almost entirely new to me, and beyond digesting a mountain of information there&#8217;s the challenge of mastering a powerful system without having it destroy itself or me in the process. \u00a0It&#8217;s like a malevolent genie that will do exactly what you wish for; an ill-considered request will be ruthlessly executed with disastrous effect. \u00a0So you proceed slowly, cautiously, and develop a healthy respect for the tool.<\/p>\n<p>The fly cutter is useful for &#8220;facing,&#8221; or applying a mirror-like surface to a workpiece. \u00a0This one uses a carbide insert as the cutter. \u00a0The brass fitting was added to show the finish of a single pass on aluminum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[delete placeholder text below] A major addition to the workshop is a Tormach PCNC 1100 milling machine. \u00a0The process of installing and bringing up the machine has involved extensive infrastructure improvements for power, compressed air, even &#8220;heavy lifting&#8221; equipment to manage the machine and it&#8217;s accessories. On top of that is the very satisfying task&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470,"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/470"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryinterestingthings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}