Comments on: Tool Pr0n: Matsuura 5-Axis Mill http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: doubtingben » Blog Archive » Matsuura 5-Axis Mill http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-104414 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:45:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-104414 [...] http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/ [...] […] http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/ […]

]]> by: Jon http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100573 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:08:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100573 @John Laur Not only is the workpiece moving at that point, but the tool is moving too!! Love it when the chips fly ~6:18 left in the clip, roughing out the cylinders. @John Laur

Not only is the workpiece moving at that point, but the tool is moving too!!

Love it when the chips fly ~6:18 left in the clip, roughing out the cylinders.

]]> by: John Laur http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100217 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:43:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100217 "5 axis, how exactly does that work?" I thought. Until about 4:20 remaining in the video this thing is just a really big mill, but at that point the machine begins to do such a thing that you could not even imagine the underlying mechanics and precision necessary to accomplish its task. It is my understanding that the type of milled engine block this is producing is worth on the order of $4000-$6000 so you can imagine the cost of the machine. “5 axis, how exactly does that work?” I thought.

Until about 4:20 remaining in the video this thing is just a really big mill, but at that point the machine begins to do such a thing that you could not even imagine the underlying mechanics and precision necessary to accomplish its task.

It is my understanding that the type of milled engine block this is producing is worth on the order of $4000-$6000 so you can imagine the cost of the machine.

]]> by: Yuppers http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100021 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:39:52 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-100021 Sexy! I could watch all day. Sexy! I could watch all day.

]]> by: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-99801 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:00:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/31/tool-pr0n-matsuura-5-axis-mill/#comment-99801 Starting about 5 minutes in, the workpiece begins pivoting back and forth under the tool. I swear it's the closest I've ever come to seeing a machine dance! Absolutely breathtaking. Do I want to know what it takes to compute a toolpath for a machine like this? Starting about 5 minutes in, the workpiece begins pivoting back and forth under the tool. I swear it’s the closest I’ve ever come to seeing a machine dance! Absolutely breathtaking. Do I want to know what it takes to compute a toolpath for a machine like this?

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