Here is my repurposed surface plate. Calibration stickers were still good when installed.2yr ⋅ 62SlabSide ⋅ r/Machinists
the cutting oil is carcinogenic, but you'll never be in contact with the mist so it's ok1yr ⋅ ItsDaBurner ⋅ r/Machinists
$30 yard sale find. I'm going back tomorrow for an $80 micro lathe. I am a machinist apprentice, slowly building up a tool collection of my own.1yr ⋅ chem_nerd_works ⋅ r/Machinists
Help me think of a witty label to stick on the band saw to remind my fellow machinists that a saw blade is capable of lasting more than 1 or 2 days.10mo ⋅ afhaldeman ⋅ r/Machinists
in response to the cheese that was milled in a precious post, behold a turned carrot2yr ⋅ Callandor34 ⋅ r/Machinists
Nice, the 1.5 hour cycle ran first time without incident! The last tool is retracting and the part is moving forward. Nothing could go wrong.4mo ⋅ chobbes ⋅ r/Machinists
My shop buys ripped up old t shirts for our rags. What they’ve done?!11mo ⋅ AvalancheQueen ⋅ r/Machinists
Not all shop lunches are bad. I’ve been here for 9 months, we’ve had 4 shop lunches of Steak, Ribs, (Quality) pizza, and Steak today. Wouldn’t let us go back to work after the beers tho. Super bummer.1yr ⋅ 23Golf ⋅ r/Machinists
when I saw the pay for 10 years experience I laughed my ass off.1yr ⋅ Disastrous-Housing83 ⋅ r/Machinists
I got a raise! It used to take us 2:15 per part in the conversational Prototrak lathe but I used knowledge/experience from my apprenticeship to get them done in 16 seconds on the G-Code Chevalier. It feels so fucking good to be rewarded for getting better at my job.2yr ⋅ Psychedelic_Yogurt ⋅ r/Machinists
Every time I take a couple days holiday I come back to find stuff like this.1yr ⋅ dandav95 ⋅ r/Machinists
Are we the only ones that use a old lathe chuck for the Christmas tree?1yr ⋅ DerZermatschteStern ⋅ r/Machinists
Ewwww... Shit like this kills me... This isn't kindergarten. Don't treat adults like kindergarteners.... You got a few bad eggs then show them the door . (Sorry not really machinist related. Please remove if needed)2yr ⋅ mrmeanah ⋅ r/Machinists
I know it doesn't look like much, but I wrote a CAM program from scratch. This demo piece was over 10,000 lines of G-code.2yr ⋅ feelin_raudi ⋅ r/Machinists
Making customer supplied M4 screws into captive ones. 6000 of these to do. £2 coin for scale!1yr ⋅ Geoguy180 ⋅ r/Machinists
Damn, Youtube. I was just looking for TIG welding help. On another note, how are everyone's Virginias doing?2yr ⋅ PointyDogElbows ⋅ r/Machinists
Hope everyone is having a great weekend, I’m stuck in the shop roughing out 50pcs of 304ss 🫠🙃1yr ⋅ Voyager788 ⋅ r/Machinists
Here’s a great idea: Let’s keep the same gage blocks taped together for a decade until their functionality is destroyed1yr ⋅ garbagebargage ⋅ r/Machinists
How many times do you remind someone to take the chuck key out before you like FUCK IT I'M DONE 2yr ⋅ ChrisMaj ⋅ r/Machinists
Charmin toilet paper thinks it is soft? They have nothing on the garbage steel every one of these stupid screws is made of. I won the battle today.1yr ⋅ souobixo ⋅ r/Machinists
I don’t think +/- .00002” is exactly necessary but what the hell do I know2yr ⋅ Black_Dolomite ⋅ r/Machinists
Ever in the middle of some BS job and think “What am I doing with my life.”1yr ⋅ chobbes ⋅ r/Machinists
Employer is paying for my certificate in precision machining, and giving me raises for completing each class! Hard to not take advantage of that.3yr ⋅ nopenope9191 ⋅ r/Machinists
New machine day. The rigging guys said it was the biggest machine they ever put in someone’s garage.5mo ⋅ BASE1530 ⋅ r/Machinists
Well, she’s hooked. There is a labor shortage for button pushers everywhere except in my shop.1yr ⋅ souobixo ⋅ r/Machinists
Started at a new job and this company allows us to bring our pups. Since I knew I’d be on the CMM all day and not making chips I figured why not see how she does. Dahlia has been doing great!1yr ⋅ eat_your_young ⋅ r/Machinists
Always write down your steps when manual machining. Was rather proud of this and ready to flip it and finish it. Until I realized I put all the bores on the wrong side.1yr ⋅ IAmOgdensHammer ⋅ r/Machinists
When an unattended tool gets loaded with chips in a 11.5 deep hole breaks the tip off, welds itself back together, then breaks at the arbor. . . And welds itself back together again. . . . Without ruining the inserts. . .2yr ⋅ Broken_3_wood ⋅ r/Machinists
You know it’s going to be a rough day when you come in to find a blood stained feed hold button3yr ⋅ Dr_Madthrust ⋅ r/Machinists
This shit post is dedicated to all my fellow night shift idiots about to start work right now.3yr ⋅ TeaBreezy ⋅ r/Machinists
A year ago I acquired this Royersford Excelsior 20 drill press. Today I'm wrapping up with the restoration. I have to say it turned out to be a beauty.3yr ⋅ mrpapageorgio13 ⋅ r/Machinists
What’s your favorite note you’ve seen for something that’s been scrapped or broken.2yr ⋅ Tsconspiracy ⋅ r/Machinists
Since you liked my setup blocks drawer, here’s another top drawer3yr ⋅ Whereisthefrontpage ⋅ r/Machinists
engineering student here. I've been playing around with an old manual mill at my school's robotics club in order to not become the kind of engineer you guys talk about. Kinda proud of the tolerance i got on this piece. others dimentions are +-0.2mm (don't look at the holes alignement though).11mo ⋅ liiamarl ⋅ r/Machinists
Welcome to trade school! Don’t mind the Busch lite cans and cough syrup in the tool crib2yr ⋅ Stellar-42 ⋅ r/Machinists
Holding tight tolerance on a bore .0002 on the mill. The bore is slightly egg shaped. Tolerance is 1.4000-1.4004. Measures about .1.4001-1.4003.1yr ⋅ highspeedbruh ⋅ r/Machinists
Had some extra time at work so I made some weightlifting bar collars from aluminium3yr ⋅ Sipulijee ⋅ r/Machinists
After posting “The Precision Backscratcher” image I created yesterday, I received request for another machinist quirk. So today I would like to present to you, “The Workboot Air Conditioner”2yr ⋅ Inevitable_Lawyer_19 ⋅ r/Machinists
Biggest n baddest endmill I’ve ever ripped. 42mm dia. X 300mm length. Solid carbide. $6000 tool. 🤯🤯🤯1yr ⋅ porkchopmachining ⋅ r/Machinists
Can you come in on Sunday and make a replacement part? We have an extra casting! The extra casting:2yr ⋅ Bootziscool ⋅ r/Machinists
Boss makes a dollar and we make a dime, that’s why we make butt plugs on company time3yr ⋅ ccrrww ⋅ r/Machinists
Got this new endmill in... not cutting great (surface finish is poor) any tips?2yr ⋅ Purpskirt ⋅ r/Machinists
I made my own automatic drilling machine. Works great. Deposits a tiny drop of oil along the upcoming row. Has so far drilled millions of 1/16” holes through 1/8” anodized sheets. Spindle motor is an old fan motor from ebay. Fixed rpm optimal for application. Refrigerator fan cools spindle motor.2yr ⋅ pastafaz ⋅ r/Machinists
“Hey, has one of the engineers been messing around in the shop?” “Yeah. “Why?”2yr ⋅ souobixo ⋅ r/Machinists
