Cool Stuff at Dunwoody: Haas CNC Lathe

Haas Automation, Inc. donated a CNC lathe to Dunwoody earlier this year. Here's a quick look at it in action with help from Machining Technology Senior Instructor Brian Nelsen and one of his students (who preferred to remain anonymous). Please note that the shield was left open in order to capture a better view. That's not standard operating procedure. We don't recommend running a CNC lathe like that for normal use. And anytime you are doing machining work -- wear safety glasses.

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Education

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• Haas
• Dunwoody College
• Machining
• CNC Lathe

[nepheuzero3]

nice machine.. and simple to setup.... but next time close the door before you have a flying part.... good video

[DunwoodyCollege]

Yes, that's a very good point. We have the door open so that people can see what the lathe is doing and we're running it on aluminum stock, but this is not standard operating procedure. The shield should be closed when running a CNC lathe or mill.

[1977rvbrooksville]

how long did it take to program the machine to run that process

[DunwoodyCollege]

About two minutes.

[carrieimel85]

o real complex program any first day button jockey can cut aluminum

[DunwoodyCollege]

This is just a demonstration of one piece of equipment in our shop -- our Machining graduates learn a lot more than how to cut aluminum on a CNC lathe, and they work on both computer controlled and traditional mechanical devices.

[roketarider]

For Lathes Nakamuras are king but Mazaks are fast reliable accurate and packed with options most lathes don't come with for a very affordible price.

[Feliksenin]

Haas sucks and sounds also terribad :)

[badassaz01]

Hey its captain kangaroo!

[calvnio]

What was your max spindle speed set at? Seemed pretty blazing fast to me!

[ydna2]

LOL at the people criticizing the demo from this FREE machine. Yes, from the only CNC company that actively donates machine tools to schools. There are many "better" machines out there but your understanding of machine shop efficiency changes when YOU are the one that actually has to pay off the massive loan after buying one machine for the price of 5.

[Mitheevil1]

Congratulations to you and your students on the opportunity to have CNC equipment for their training... I work in a machine shop in Northern Wisconsin.. We have recently added two Haas Mills and a Haas Lathe as well to our very large machine shop..Two more Mills are on the way as well... I would just like to mention to your students that CNC training is a very valuable skill as I have seen first hand how hard it is to find skilled machinists in our area.. Stay focused :0)

[jtjoser]

Haas are good bang for buck, accuracy is acceptable, but REPEATABILITY? Nope. Thats where Mori's, Okuma's, Makino's, Matsuura's etc. come in. If your a job shop doing 100-300 parts, Haas are ok machines. But if your a productive shop that runs pallet changers and the machine dont stop 24/7, then the high end machines are needed because of their repeatabilty. Personally I love our YCM NSV's they run circles around Haas and go head to head against the high end machines for a fraction of the price!

[mgunning52375]

People are so stupid. A Haas bang for your buck can not be beat. I have a Haas VF3SS. Very fast and accurate. I would put it accuracy against Mori's I have run. Haas has come a long way. Of you have to compare apples to apples.

[pashaahsj]

DAMN IT i wanted to see the part where the bit at the end came off :'( but the camera pointed away :'(((

[gecker]

well for me it good for the student to have an experience in a CNC lathe machine in a college/university. During my college days we have lathe machine but its not a CNC, It's a big luck for student handling a CNC lathe machine during OJT (on the job training) in my time. :)