Manual vs CAM for quick one-off parts... manual won in 5 minutes flat

I had to make a simple bracket last week, just three holes and a slot on some 1/4 plate. Our new guy spends 20 minutes in Fusion CAM setting up toolpaths for everything. I just jogged the machine manually with the hand wheels and had the part done in 5 minutes. Don't get me wrong, CAM is great for production runs but for a single part that's barely got any features? The old school way still beats it. Anyone else find themselves fighting the urge to just grab the handwheels instead of setting up a whole program?

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emma68417d ago

Wait, hold on. Twenty minutes for three holes and a slot on quarter inch plate? I literally paused reading and checked if I was in a simulation or something. That's not even a job for the mill, that's a drill press and a file kind of day. Someone spent a third of an hour clicking buttons to make a part a trained monkey could crank out with a center punch and a prayer. I feel like I need to sit down.