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    Default Huge gantry mill getting installed at Man diesel

    Found this and thought I would pass it on, it's massive and a lot of work installing it.
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geMHGydIvqI&feature=related"]YouTube - MAN Diesel - Zeitraffer[/ame]

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    oh great, now I want one. Not sure it would fit in the shed though.
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    Stuart,
    You could machine your shed out of solid block with that machine.
    Mm.

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    Or maybe Stuart and Ken could save money by buying the block in bulk!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Metalman View Post
    Stuart,
    You could machine your shed out of solid block with that machine.
    Mm.
    I'd be the only guy on my neighbourhood with a billet shed!!!

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    Bloody 'ell.

    And here I've been struggling to mill a small piece of aluminium in my Unimat 3 lathe / mill.

    That is ruckin refarkable.

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    You could start scraping on it as a beginner, and be a seasoned expert by the time you where finished.
    I couldn't get over the engine blocks it was machining at the end.

    Stuart,
    I like the sound of a billet shed. You would never be the only guy in the neighborhood with one, because the neighborhood would have to move out to install it. LOL

    Dave

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    Talking about billet sheds, someone should invent a big plastic shed, say container size.

    "Just plonk it down there, no, maybe over there". "And I'll have the clip-on extension".

    Ken

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    20-40ft shipping container?

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    Cool video. That machine is a lot bigger than the one being installed at work. Compared to the one in the video it is a baby with a bed of only 20000mm with the gantry having two spindles. New to me will be the ability to drop the high speed spindles (aluminium work) and put in low speed spindles (steel and titanium) very much the way a tool holder is changed. It will be a compliment to the 58000mm bed length 4 gantry, 2 and 3 spindle machine we've had for over 20 years.

    Pete

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    Well theres certainly enough room on the block here to put the shed. Watching the neighbors lights dip every time I started it might upset em a bit tho. Certainly would be bragging rights around here. Would have to employ someone just to clean up the swarf...... Ok now back to reality.
    Frisky wife, happy life. ​Then I woke up. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.
    From an early age my father taught me to wear welding gloves . "Its not to protect your hands son, its to put out the fire when u set yourself alight".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stustoys View Post
    I'd be the only guy on my neighbourhood with a billet shed!!!
    Its at this point, if this was an American forum, where a several page long argument over the definition of a billet would start.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stustoys View Post
    I'd be the only guy on my neighbourhood with a billet shed!!!

    we can all stay there when we visit

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    hahaha...just like lego

    I was also going to ask if they were diesel engine blocks runnning back n forth in the foreground...I reckon they were...wonder if one will fit in the cruiser

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    Even better would be to machine your new shed out of a billet of titanium.. Never rust, very strong....

    Back to the video..... I wonder who gets to clean the windows in that shed when they get spattered with coolant

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