New MILL

[SwedeNelson]

The new mill made it in!
HAAS is still setting it up and getting it running.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/swedenelson/NEWHAAS001-F640x480.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/swedenelson/NEWHAASMILL003-F640x480.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/swedenelson/NEWHAASMILL005-F640x480.jpg

The rest of the shop
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/swedenelson/NEWHAAS006-F640x480.jpg

We hope this confirms to everyone our commitment to being a supplier and that
we haven't taken this endeavor lightly. The next 2 or 3 months should be very interesting.


Again thank you very much for your interest and being a valued customer.

Regards
NOE Bullet Moulds
Al Nelson
aka: Swede Nelson

[popper]

Dang, if I just had a place to put one of those.

[L Erie Caster]

You got anyone that knows how to program that thing yet?

[smokeywolf]

Congrats on your new acquisition. That is one heck of a commitment.

[Mohavedog]

Dang, if I just had a place to put one of those.

Or dang, the bucks to buy it.:mrgreen:

[MikeS]

So does this mean you're going to be doing some of the manufacturing yourself, rather than the shop(s) that have been making stuff for you? Or I guess I should have said along with the shops, I don't imagine one machine would be able to replace the entire shop you've been using!

Congrats on getting that mill, it looks more complicated to learn than a simple Bridgeport mill.

[H.Callahan]

I only have one word...

WOOF!

[Horace]

Can`t help but to love the John Wayne Photos on the wall.

Horace

[tomme boy]

How much is this new mill going to increase your production?

[bld451]

Looks like it's a little close to the house. Don't go and burn yourself out!

Congrats on a nice piece of equipment!

[JeffinNZ]

Pleased to see a new piece of equipment being put to such good use!

[fcvan]

Somewhere, a guy from Kenya is saying 'you didn't build that yourself' as if someone else made the sacrifices, commitment, and investment. Good for you, great for us, great for America!

[John Guedry]

Good for you beautiful shop and machine.

[theperfessor]

Hey Swede, nice equipment. Been using a Super MiniMill for six-seven years now. They're sweet to run and have very fast tool changes. Probably a useless offer since I'm sure you know your business, but if you ever need help with anything let me know. Be glad to help if I can.

I had the thrill a couple months ago of getting a new Haas TL1 lathe, glad to see someone having that same feeling.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Al: great job! You got probably the best possible machine to make moulds on.

I have a place in my shop specifically made for one however I found out that when the Z axis is all the way up the machine is 6" too high to fit!!!!! So as a result, I don't have a Haas Mini Mill. I sure could use one.

The tool changer is the great part of a machining center. It makes it so you can do so much better work in a reasonable amount of time.

Don't skimp on the work holding tooling as it can multiply your productivity greatly. The less tool changes the machine has to make, the better.

Also a word to the wise,,, Learn how to program and run it yourself. It is not that hard and Haas has a school that is less than one week that will have you up and running quickly and easily. Relying on someone else to program and run the machine is a total loser!

Believe me I have seen it 100 times,,,," oh my programmer/mill guy called in sick today,,, my whole shop is shut down!"

You can do it! I did it, and you're smarter than me!

Good luck and we all hope to see brass 311299's coming soon!

Randy

[mstarling]

Congratulations!

Glad to see you doing well ... and able to afford more good tooling.

Keep up the good work.

[Bret4207]

My jealously is only exceeded by be my admiration for your faith in your business succeeding. Good on you!

[geargnasher]

It's a great time indeed when the success of a business is only limited by production capacity.

Gear

[David2011]

Drooling! I still have to turn wheels and watch engraved scales. Congrats! Beautiful machine.

David

[SwedeNelson]

Thank you all for taking interest.
Turned it on for the first time yesterday.

Will start to take advantage of some HAAS training Monday.
Still working on getting all the tooling in.

Frankenfab
Thank you very much for all the information you turned me on to.
It has help a lot!

Swede Nelson

[JIMinPHX]

Nice. Haas makes beautiful equipment. I'm sure that you'll put it to good use.

[crabo]

Way off topic here, but Swede, how do you post your pictures so they look like they do?

Back on topic, I used my 165 RD mold with conventional lube grooves, for the first time this morning. Thanks for making such a good product.

[frankenfab]

Frankenfab
Thank you very much for all the information you turned me on to.
It has help a lot!

Swede Nelson

You are most welcome Al! I am really excited for you!

[bowfin]

I ran a Haas mill back in my machining days. One of the better CNCs out there for production work.

Congratulations, I hope you wear it out!

[Firebricker]

I'm looking real forward to helping get a return from that machine. FB

[Flinchrock]

Trade ya my Bridgeport for it. (joke).

Seriously though, Congratulations and good luck!!!

[Just Duke]

Looks like our conversation a couple of years ago has materialized Al.
I'm very happy for you. Here's a few videos on that particular machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5U2-X9Eju0

[HighHook]

Very Nice! The up till 4am programming is going to kick in. Don't ask me how i know...

Congrats...

[looseprojectile]

Watched several of the videos.

All the time I watched I was thinking that a man with that machine could make boolit moulds in two halves and have them fit together and make a perfectly round boolit. [Several hundred a day].

What tolerances do these machines maintain?

The last time I worked in a machine shop was in the early sixties.

Just a dream.


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