[AT] OT: non-tractor covid-19 activates

[Steve W.]

Ken Knierim wrote:
> Steve: thanks for all the video and manufacturing information. I'd seen 
> shapers sitting around and knew generally how they worked (from a 
> retired machinist/engineer/shop wizard neighbor) but this is the first 
> time I've seen one in action. My son and I watched the machine work 
> 
> The new neighbor has 4 Haas and a Brother for CNC equipment now; any of 
> them are impressive to watch but the Brother is a step up (to me 
> anyway). Fast and efficient. Of course, the neighbor is pretty 
> fastidious and cares for his equipment well too. 
> 
> Jim: the neighbor fought with the coolant mist in his shop; it was 
> wrecking the AC filters and getting into everything until he got a HEPA 
> filtered system for abating the mess. Didn't take long before he had 
> them on all the machines. Afterward the filters in the AC system would 
> actually last a decent amount of time (rather than daily replacements). 
> It might not apply to what you were doing (since the CNC's are fairly 
> well enclosed) but I know it bothered him until he found and installed 
> the filtration systems.
> 
> very informative. Thanks!
> 
> Ken in AZ
> 

Want to see shapers being used, hit the Abom79 channel on youtube. He 
now runs his own manual machine shop after working for Motion.

-- 
Steve W.