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warpedmephisto
03-14-2005, 09:34 PM
After talking with Michael on the phone for a while tonight, I am deciding to get a small table top CNC mill for myself. I know this is somewhat off topic, but I might be able to offer some sort of Tribal services with it at some point when I get the entire setup going (I'm guessing somewhere around a year from now). I am going to be getting a Taig CNC Mill (info here (http://www.taigtools.com/cmill.html).) Now in order to afford all of this, I am going to be putting up quite a few of my Tribals for sale on this site, and the other site we don't mention here. ;) Anyways, should turn out good and I'll have a nice little CNC setup going on shortly. I'll let you all know how it develops!
can'tthink of1
03-14-2005, 10:39 PM
Cool beans. Ya keeping the phalanx I hope.

Any ideas ya tossing around right now on custom stuff?
warpedmephisto
03-14-2005, 10:49 PM
Yep, planning on keeping the Phalanx, Matrix, and maybe 1 or 2 other nice Tribals along with my custom projects that I'm working on. I have about 8 Tribals and an Angel Speed that I need to get together and sell off. That should pay for the mill setup, computer, and a bit of tooling.

I've got tons of ideas in my head for custom stuff, but I honestly have no idea if that will ever become a reality. I think I'm mostly going to be concentrating on body milling type stuff and possibly some other cool things like that, but nothing as far as products... at least I haven't thought about it anyways.
Ducky
03-14-2005, 10:53 PM
dude... custom eye covers..... :grin: that would be pretty dang sick.

maybe ill send my milled tribal to ya and have ya mill it just a wee bit more... make it look even uglier.... :p
warpedmephisto
03-14-2005, 10:55 PM
Remember, this is far off from a reality. I'm still in the stages of gathering funds and finalizing ideas on what to get. Let alone after I get it, I have to set it up, learn how to use it, and then test it out, make sure everything works, works great, and then I can start doing work consistently. I imagine this will all start coming together in about a year or so.
MasterOfPupets
03-14-2005, 11:00 PM
If only I would've seen that you'd be selling guns an hour ago, I wouldn't have bought an Addrenaline Imp. :(
warpedmephisto
03-15-2005, 05:36 PM
Sell it off and buy some of my stuff! :P
usagi_tetsu
03-15-2005, 07:13 PM
Sweet dude, I will have to hold off on sending my Twister body to anyone and have you do it.
bullschmidt2k3
03-15-2005, 07:44 PM
sweetness! We have a CNC mill at our shop, but it's really small and I have no idea how to use it...
warpedmephisto
03-15-2005, 07:46 PM
Is it like the one in the link I posted? I will just be getting the table top version. It has about 9.5" x 5.5" x 6" of travel. Not much, but just enough to do paintball gun bodies and assorted paintball items.
bullschmidt2k3
03-15-2005, 07:59 PM
no, it's smaller, and it is incases inside of like a plastic shield thing... I think it's from like the 80's That one looks alot nicer
Edwin
03-15-2005, 08:41 PM
They have a TAIG on Ebay right now.... ....<=2hrs left.
Edwin
03-15-2005, 08:43 PM
This is what I want??? Anyone got $32000.00

http://www.kdcapital.com/images/Quote308720.jpg
bullschmidt2k3
03-15-2005, 08:44 PM
lol, that's pocket change...
warpedmephisto
03-15-2005, 09:49 PM
Yeah, I saw the Taigs up for sale on Ebay, but I think I'd rather buy new than used - especially for how reasonably priced the new ones are. Hopefully next year when I'm in college I'll get a chance to use the nice big CNC mill they have up there. :)
cdarnell
03-16-2005, 12:29 AM
Warped,
make sure when you get the mill you get servo control motors instead if stepper ones. the reason is steppers are told where to move and they move that much and wait for the next command, servo's on the other hand also provide feedback. they get told where to move and when they get there they reply saying they got there, they help over come errors when the motor does not move correct. they will run you extra $$ but are worth it.
warpedmephisto
03-16-2005, 12:42 PM
Hmm.. I'll have to check with Blue and make sure that I get the servo ones instead of the steppers.
CrazyLemurBoy
03-16-2005, 03:47 PM
I have 6 CNC machines, all desktop and decent. I don't use them for paintball, however. Personal use mostly; that and 4 are broken :-P
warpedmephisto
03-16-2005, 04:34 PM
Wow! What models do you have? What kind of products do you produce with them?
Minigoth1
03-16-2005, 07:00 PM
Before you sell any of your tribals...wait till mine gets sold. :)
usagi_tetsu
03-16-2005, 08:49 PM
This is what I want??? Anyone got $32000.00 *image removed to save on load times*

Man, that'd be nice to have, but right now, if I bought that thing, I'd have to live in it... and it would have to be able to take me to work as well. *sigh*
CrazyLemurBoy
03-17-2005, 03:02 PM
I have two emco mills, 3 spectra lights, and one I can't remember. I use mostly my PC MILL 55 and my PC TURN 55. Decent size machines, I use it to make small parts.
warpedmephisto
03-17-2005, 03:38 PM
Showoff... ;)
CrazyLemurBoy
03-17-2005, 03:49 PM
Hehehe, :-D
bullschmidt2k3
03-17-2005, 05:33 PM
The ones in our shop are something old an ghetto...
CrazyLemurBoy
03-17-2005, 08:35 PM
Mine are about 7 years old... still pretty good.
XtraBoy
03-17-2005, 09:02 PM
WOOTTT!!! Warped is getting himself a CNC mill, can i say... YES!!!

I recently caught myself in a delima... Needing a trustworthy cnc machinist that i could trust and would know would do a good job... ME262 was my original (long time ago) choice, but uhh, thats gone..

Yes! (oh warped, you dont mind milling a spyder body, do you :p)

(warped, do you know cad??)
warpedmephisto
03-17-2005, 09:16 PM
I've taken 5 classes on CAD in high school. I still have to get the dang thing and get it all set up properly and get it running before I can do anything!
CrazyLemurBoy
03-17-2005, 09:41 PM
Time is our friend.
XtraBoy
03-17-2005, 10:45 PM
uhh... drafting..

my counselor said yes, the drafting teacher is good... Little did we know she was going to leave and become a cop..

So we got this beaner ass, mexico loving lady that absolutley hates white people... Im one of the few white people in her class... she used to constantly harrass me, was quite fun/funny actually..

I wanted to learn cad... but after taking that class, never again.
MasterOfPupets
03-17-2005, 10:55 PM
Depending on the program, CAD is relatively easy.
CrazyLemurBoy
03-18-2005, 01:31 PM
uhh... drafting..

my counselor said yes, the drafting teacher is good... Little did we know she was going to leave and become a cop..

So we got this beaner ass, mexico loving lady that absolutley hates white people... Im one of the few white people in her class... she used to constantly harrass me, was quite fun/funny actually..

I wanted to learn cad... but after taking that class, never again.

Beaner ass? Excuse me, I'm Cuban... I will murder you. My rep from NPS will stick you like a pig.