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Numerically controlled machine tooling

If you’re interested in metalwork, this is pretty fascinating.

If you’re interested in metalwork, this is pretty fascinating.

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  1. timactual

    Migawd, punched paper tape! Almost as much fun as punched cards. Those immortal words “Do not bend, fold, spindle, or mutilate” are still engraved in my memory. Along with my service number (RA…).

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  2. John Henry

    Pretty cool. This was groundbreaking at the time but completely obsolete today.
    the machine probably cost about $1mm in today’s dollars. Now you can buy a benchtop CNC mill that will do pretty much everything that K&T will do for $20-30,000
    For those who like this stuff and can get to Chicago, the International Manufacturing Technology Show is being held 9/10-9/16 at McCormick place. Over a million square feet of the latest and greatest. Info at http://www.imts.com
    A pretty amazing show. I will be there 3 days and don’t expect to see everything.
    John Henry

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  3. ultimaratioregis

    Had the opportunity to watch some pretty amazing 5- and 6- axis machines do some pretty amazing things. The CNC (computer numerically controlled) successors to the Kearney machine are simply astounding. But that one in the video is really amazing, as it was without laser adjustment and data processors. An intricate cartesian system for each and every process.
    I miss being around that kind of work.

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  4. LT Rusty

    I have a pretty nice light-duty CNC mill in my garage at home. Gantry-type, with a 24×48 inch working envelope and a 2.25HP spindle. Lots of fun to play with.
    At work I have a Bridgeport Series 1. It’s one of the old BOSS 3 models, built from the ground up as a CNC mill in 1978. I’m not sure if it was originally fed by punch-cards/punch-tape or if it had magnetic tapes, but it’s been fully updated now with modern electronics. That thing’s a beast.

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