I figured I'd make a just for fun/off topic thread (if it's allowed)....
So what did you do/break today...?
Well... I will start... I have been running my mill (97 Torq-cut 22) all day from about 10:00 am until the toolchanger started giving me trouble (invalid switch states when the toolchanger was out). That was about 2:30-ish. I decided it was time to stop and grab some lunch. after a couple hour lunch (pasta and the last 3/4 of Patriot Games). after fiddling with the tool changer and doing some internet search I figured it was the toolchanger bouncing a bit... thanks forhire. I pulled the cover and felt the tip of the "out" sensor and it wasn't crushed so I loosened the lock nut and threaded it in about 2/3's of a turn.
After a bit of testing, it seemed to be working better with no errors - Yeay!
Back to it... I have a run to finish. So I am plunking along 7m33s at a time. Of course my brother called and I talked to him for a bit... this was my fatal mistake... everything was going fine until, several parts in I hear a loud KACHUNK.... followed very rapidly by me slamming the e-stop.
After a quick search I find my 2.5" x 2.5" x 2.125" block of 6061-t6 sitting in the large pile chips at the bottom of the machine... I must have not tightened the vise enough... likely from being distracted by a phone call...
I pull out my glacern 3" face mill and it seems ok... I rotated one of the inserts just in case. Unfortunately, the little block that acts as an index on my BT40 spindle fell off. A closer inspection reveals that the head of the screw seems to have popped off. I will have to go to Ace hardware in the morning. If that is the only damage, I will be grateful.
So what did you do/break today?
Richard