Chose a 5th axis over a bigger vise and no regrets so far

I had to pick between adding a rotary 5th axis to my Haas or buying a bigger Kurt vise for the big job I keep getting. Went with the 5th axis last month, messed up the first setup bad, but once I got the offsets right it cut setup time on those angled brackets in half. Anyone else run a trunnion for small batch stuff or do you just muscle through with angle plates?

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brooke_nguyen6513d ago

Three setups in, and I’m already seeing how that upfront headache pays off every time you touch the part again. It’s kinda like how I finally got a second drying station at the shop, the first week was pure chaos but now every dog gets out the door faster. I mean, once you accept the learning curve, anything that cuts repeat work is pretty hard to regret.