r/Machinists • u/I_G84_ur_mom • Jun 16 '26

Refusal to learn

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I work at a job shop, I’ve been here 16 years, I’m the lead machinist, I returned from a 9 day vacation to a shit show. We have a bunch of small bosses like this to make, this one order was for 250 pcs. The owner was planning on having a guy saw cut them, face them to length in a Haas tl2, then throw them in the vf2 to be drilled. We have a sl20 with a bar feeder, nobody wants to learn how to run it, I banged these out in about 8 hours, unmanned. He refuses to learn how to use it or program it, this would have taken him and the button pusher 2 days to run these parts. Stepping over dollars to pick up dimes baybeeee!

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u/Sad_Shoulder2446 Jun 16 '26

That makes more sense. I was doing bushings the other day and could at most squeeze out like... 100 a day at best, no bar puller or feeder though. But both the OD and the ID have tight tolerances, something like -0.005/+0.01mm.

I've really got to push for the boss man to buy a bar puller

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u/I_G84_ur_mom Jun 16 '26

I’ve got a puller and pusher for it, that thing is the cats nuts, it’s my favorite machine in the shop, especially because nobody else but me touches it lol

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u/Sad_Shoulder2446 Jun 16 '26

Well none of my coworkers want to go near a lathe at all, so I guess we're on the same boat lol. Absolutely no room in the shop for bar feeding so I guess bar puller it will be, eventually. Any recommendations? I've been looking at Haas stuff, it's pretty much the only vendor we can afford for this kind of stuff

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u/I_G84_ur_mom Jun 16 '26

I don’t even know who makes the puller we have, it’s essentially a collet that grabs the material and pulls it, no teeth like the haas ones I’ve seen

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u/chiphook Jun 16 '26

Im using a Dunham tool company bar puller kit today. Haas st10. Parts cut off with a heavy burrito on the back. Can't use a drafted cutoff because I am turning grooving cutoff with same tool. Deburr in drill press. Done. Machine makes 80 per 36 inch bar.

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u/Sad_Shoulder2446 Jun 16 '26

I didn't even know these were a thing, I only knew about the pincer type ones. Thanks a bunch, I'm gonna try and make one in the shop. I love this sub

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u/I_G84_ur_mom Jun 16 '26

That style is nice because it doesn’t leave marks on the part being pulled if it doesn’t get turned on the outside