Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

DPT ZeroPak


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 4 1234 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 46
Like Tree70Likes

Thread: The new cnc lathe has arrived.

  1. #1
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481

    The new cnc lathe has arrived.

    Nearly 6 months to get here, shes big and heavy, 8 tons, twin spindle multi axis lathe, took half the day to get it into the shop.
    Looking forward to getting it up and running, the last few months we have been having a really hard time keeping stock on the shelf.

    Name:  photo.JPG
Views: 1979
Size:  682.1 KBName:  photo 1.JPG
Views: 1055
Size:  703.9 KBName:  photo 2.JPG
Views: 1085
Size:  475.2 KB
    Name:  photo 3.JPG
Views: 2033
Size:  562.5 KBName:  photo 4.JPG
Views: 2048
Size:  528.6 KB
    Philipo, Wildman, P38 and 13 others like this.

  2. #2
    Caretaker
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Hawkes Bay
    Posts
    8,756
    Wow, very nice

    Can you post up a list of components/services you wish to offer forum members.
    kiwi39 likes this.
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time

  3. #3
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481
    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    Wow, very nice

    Can you post up a list of components/services you wish to offer forum members.
    Everything we do at the moment is on the website DPT Machinists - DPT Machinists but we are going to be bringing out new products soon, will keep the forum posted.

  4. #4
    ebf
    ebf is offline
    Mushroom juice ! Hic ! ebf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Above the Hutt
    Posts
    6,872
    Wow, that is very cool, wonder if I could hide one of those in my workshop without the Mrs noticing

    Did you have CNC machine before DPT ? Programming on that monster would be a steep learning curve.
    kiwi39 likes this.
    Viva la Howa ! R.I.P. Toby | Black rifles matter... | #illegitimate_ute

  5. #5
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481
    Quote Originally Posted by ebf View Post
    Wow, that is very cool, wonder if I could hide one of those in my workshop without the Mrs noticing

    Did you have CNC machine before DPT ? Programming on that monster would be a steep learning curve.
    Yup we did, much smaller and without live tooling Y axis and sub spindle, so the new one will be much more complex to program.
    We will have both lathes running for a few months just to get stock built up.

  6. #6
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481
    Aside from the cnc we will shortly be offering chambering and barrel fluting services.
    And most likly bedding at some stage.

  7. #7
    Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2012
    Location
    N/A
    Posts
    7,631
    Awesome, a good tool which I'm sure will help to continue your business's growth!

  8. #8
    ebf
    ebf is offline
    Mushroom juice ! Hic ! ebf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Above the Hutt
    Posts
    6,872
    neat example of the kind of stuff you can do on a twin spindle lathe

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZdqo7blY-A

    scary technology
    P38, kokako, stumpy and 1 others like this.
    Viva la Howa ! R.I.P. Toby | Black rifles matter... | #illegitimate_ute

  9. #9
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481
    From old to new, 600ml coke bottle sitting on the tool turret of the old lathe and new lathe to give size comparison

    Name:  photo 6.JPG
Views: 1725
Size:  693.6 KB
    Name:  photo 5.JPG
Views: 1762
Size:  560.7 KB
    DAF, Wildman, ebf and 3 others like this.

  10. #10
    DPT
    DPT is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    481
    Quote Originally Posted by hamsav View Post
    AWESOME ............probly cost more than my house tho. Just out of interest .... how long would it take a experienced operator to set ( program ? ) the machine to make the sprocket flange in ebf's post.... not that I want one
    Cost a lot more than mine! That one in the video would probably have to be done on cad first them cam the G code, something I cant do at the moment. But for someone good at it maybe an hour or so? then another hour or so to set the tools.

    I write all of my programs in G code, probably took 5 hours to write the program for the baffles and get it right, it takes me about two hours to set the tools for different programs, example: change between the rear section of the suppressor to the baffles.

    It is time consuming and not worth it for one offs, when I set the lathe we would do 500-1000 parts.

    The new lathe should be able to hold enough tools to allow me to run all of the suppressor parts without change tools, that will save a hell of a lot of time.

  11. #11
    OCD Gravity Test Specialist kiwi39's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Kapiti, Wellington
    Posts
    1,807
    Quote Originally Posted by ebf View Post
    Wow, that is very cool, wonder if I could hide one of those in my workshop without the Mrs noticing
    No.

    Mrs Kiwi and I had coffee with her the other day.

    Fair to say she's onto you ... you should consider digging yourself a secret "room" under the house to hide all the stuff you buy
    DAF and ebf like this.

  12. #12
    P38
    P38 is offline
    Member P38's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Hastings
    Posts
    5,692
    Quote Originally Posted by ebf View Post
    neat example of the kind of stuff you can do on a twin spindle lathe

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZdqo7blY-A

    scary technology
    @ebf

    Scary Good.

    With a Twin spindle lathe and a Five Axis Machine centre there is nothing you couldn't make.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LCaRqQ8Qf8

    Try and do that on a Cincinnati or Bridgeport.

    When I was an apprentice toolmaker we got the first CNC lathe in Hawkes Bay ...... Had to write the code on a ticker tape then tread this into the lathe.

    And I though that was out of this world.

    Cheers
    Pete
    Danny and Tommy like this.

  13. #13
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Middle Earth
    Posts
    231
    Very nice, live tooling is cool. Guess you got bar feed n parts catcher? G codes are very interesting - used to use a small Mazack?
    That was very user friendly and they got a morseki? Not long before I left can't remember if it had the driven tailstock -she was a fancy bit of kit. If I had a spare 40k I'd be all over a small cnc for my side of the garage. We put it up after the quakes and the concrete placer recons you could park a tank on the pad

  14. #14
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    Lower Hutt
    Posts
    78

    Chassis

    Would you be able to make a MDT Chassis type with that gear?
    Stay off the ridgeline.
    The only good assumption is to assume that movement, shape, colour, sound, is always human. Follow this rule and identify your target.

  15. #15
    Official Cheese Shaman Spanners's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Chch
    Posts
    6,322
    Cam is stupidly easy when you have software that is integrated to the cam.
    I use solidworks and solid cam.
    You can learn enough in an arvo to get parts coming off the machine.
    What control is it running?

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Making a Sharps Barrel in my lathe.
    By homebrew.357 in forum Projects and Home Builds
    Replies: 273
    Last Post: 08-03-2021, 05:22 PM
  2. Anyone got a lathe at home
    By specweapon in forum Projects and Home Builds
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 14-07-2014, 09:55 PM
  3. Is there anyone in Dunedin that can drive a lathe?
    By gimp in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 20
    Last Post: 19-02-2012, 06:34 AM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!