Job Shop Work on the HAAS VM3!

John, I liked your effort and work ethic, it’s smart and productive

Fun fact I learned today. Non rotating tools don't need length or dia. Just tool number and tool type.

Isn't that RS design copywrited by Ford? how does the customer get away with that?

Thank God! John is human! And putting chamfers on modeled chamfered parts takes some extra attention. I'm a OneCnc addict for 15 years now which works like a charm, but you still have to lift the real edge of the part to z=0 before chamfering. This is why I don't put any chamfers on in CAD if I'm drawing my own parts.. I'm a one man show and I like easy chamfers in the Haas so I know they get there in the end. Thank you John! Great channel with great content. Businesswise and hands-on. Respect and best regards, Job, Delft, the Netherlands.

Wait just wait a min. ....what the H, 4 station vices?!?!? I get progressive but how do you do this on first time runs??? I get stage by stage but how do you know that’s not gonna oops blast threw the solid jaw of the moveable of second op...that’s hard to explain but it’s think ahead logic

As always thank you Judd! 😃

Yea that’s what I’ve always done. First and second op in one program Run a tool abs let it do all the work it has to do and then that tools done for the rest of the program. In production of repetitive parts I always had “pie jaws”. Micro centric air chucks. Sooo easy Soooooooo easy.

Way too thin of material if you holding any tight tolerance.....or part moving drastically to the point of flying out depending on the op tool

Muito legal. Obrigado. Brasil

Could you make something on your bass machine and your tormach and compare the end product?

Nice, but I'm a bit surprised you referenced your part on an unrelated set of elements and not on the milled features of the soft jaws, especially the Z0 which heavily impacts the "thickness" of your finished part. Well, I guess everyone has their own methods :)
Cool job!👍

How you make machine ignore left stations when you make first two pieces on the right?

Its amazing how you are willing to share even your stupid mistakes. We all make them but only few would be honest enough to share they messed up that way. Big props

"Go Lean ... it probably will be slower" - and this is the video recommended to me after seeing "Reduce Cycle Time with a Multi-Part Fixture on the Haas UMC-750P" from Haas 😂


I'm curious to try myself to see what will be faster. I have a lot of machine idle time because I'm busy doing some CAM work, topping up personal coolant and caffeine levels and more. Having a few seconds more machining time with the extra tool changes is less than that ...

I'm even more curious as to how your Lang cleaning fan is holding out after 2 years. Out new VF2ss is arriving in two weeks time and I'm tempted to install one of those things.

These un-edited videos are fire!

My dogs heard you and ran to the back door lol

When using the auto non-rotating tool touch off, on a nextgen controller, you do not need to add approximate gauge length. Here's what I do. Memory - Edit - Probing - Tool offsets - Visually confirm that the right too number is displayed - Cycle start. The machine should select tool type 4 "endmill" by default. You can use it for endmills, drill, reamers, ect.

What is the best way to contact you for cnc estimates?

i was wondering why would you not use a torque wrench when you tighten the vice jaw ? would it not prolong the life of the tool.

Thank you for this lesson

Nice shop, and man, you are having WAY too much fun! You will go far in this biz :0)

Shop drawings for each work location??

Wait to pocket the part until Op 2. that way more of it is supported when you rip off the material

mann your shop is silent
the shop i work in the compressor is noisy

one of the lates has a bad main bearing an the comprest air bursts are kiling

I am going to order a programmable coolant nozzle on my VF1

John, you’re light years ahead of me, got a 2004 Haas VF-4 machining centre. Is it possible to upgrade it’s software to a later version.

Not for a Focus RS.........parts were made for the "Roadster Shop", that is their logo

Joiking aside, I think is hurtful for USA manufacturing to keep their measurements and language in Imperial. Most of the world manufactures in metric.

Great videos all around, but what's with all the inches?

Is it necessary to run the face mill with M8 ?
Especially on aluminum .

Love how you're incorporating lean production methodologies. Great to see them in action, and your videos make for a really good training tool. Looking forward to watching more!

GET RID OF The crappy Tormach Rigs I like your vids but them rigs are complete shit their costumer service sucks A Bunch of complete shit bags!!!!! Their rigs have the worse tolerances massive back lash You get a better job off a Grizzly with a stepper kit!

Even the dog is interested.....!!!

Do you dowl your soft jaws so next time thay line up prefectly

YOU COULD HAVE TURNED THE CAMERA OFF BUT I CAN TELL FROM THE SOUND IT WAS OUT OF POSITION. BUT ALL GOOD BUD DAM NICE MACHINE..

As someone who has been a manual Tool Maker for over 30 years, I'm looking forward to the CNC way of doing work. Thanks for the great videos!

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Hi John, in fusion you can run a quick interference check in the inspect drop down. Hope that saves you some soft jaws!

we like your work in such a way ....regards

I was jus thinking... shouldn't a human be able to put a robot camera fixture as a slave to 2linear movements in there ??

op1 don't tap. op2 you should almost always.

one thing, You really shouldn't be locating on the moving jaw like that, It really shouldn't move that much in X, but better safe than sorry.

I can't even turn this off. I'm in the last couple years of my life and I always wanted to be a machinist so I bought an old lathe and old Logan lathe and I rebuilt it really nice everything's nice and tight and I taught myself how to use a manual lathe in the last couple years and I have a lot of fun. I got to cheap piece of crap Chinese manual Mill that I play with which helps but leaves me wanting. A local Aerospace company gave me call hardinge speed lathe so I told it up I got some really good deals on a turret not the size of the most tool holding Solutions. I still can't believe that they gave me that lathe. If i can even find a used tormach I will be the happiest person in the world. I have to learn this I have to. I'm really good with 3D programs I think and see 3D I was a graphic illustrator before I got sick.

I have to accomplish this it's my bucket list.

Thanks to AvE for the link.

I love how much this guy loves his stuff. He's just so jazzed to do this kinda work. I wish everyone had a job they loved this much.

What´s this last purple tool used for ?
i realy like watching your videos, although i dont understand everything :D
could you pls show more about setting up the workpiece and setting zero on the HAAS?

greetings form germany!

Even though it comes down to 5 mins a part, there's plenty of time and skill involved programming and setting up the machine, plus overhead and paying for equipment. Not just the price to run a part! The real profit comes in on reorders because you just throw on fixtures and run it

Nice pieces and lessons learned along with setting up small production runs.