Looking into buying a CNC knee mill. Not needing anything real fancy, just basic things so I can be on another mill doing something else. I am looking at one mill with Fanuc 6M controller, late '80's model. Other has Anilam 1400 controller, probably around same age, maybe little newer. Don't have all the info on that one yet. My question is which is the better controller as far as ease of learning (I have some CNC experience), longevity, tech support, and overall functioning as far as having greater capabilities? thanks.
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Fanuc or Anilam Controller Best?
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can't find yuotube video cnc lathe twin spindle
I watched a video a couple years ago with a cnc lathe with a rotating chuck on the tailstock end that rotated vertical then the part was milled by a vertical mill head. I think it was making a spray nozzle. Any idea what to use for a search title. thanks
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Hurco Ultimax queery
Hello guys,
I recently acquired a Hurco machining centre (3 axis) to do one job that our sub-contractors were struggling with. I am new to CNC milling (and therefore the Ultimax system). I need to machine a curve into a bore which is effectively a step round 180deg, which starts 17.55mm into the job in z, rises to 12.67 into the job at 90deg, and back down to 17.55mm in at the 180deg.
I have attached some pictures for aid, i hope these are clear.
Note - the step is flat. I am struggling to get the feature programmed in 3d.
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Any help will be much appreciated.
T13.
I recently acquired a Hurco machining centre (3 axis) to do one job that our sub-contractors were struggling with. I am new to CNC milling (and therefore the Ultimax system). I need to machine a curve into a bore which is effectively a step round 180deg, which starts 17.55mm into the job in z, rises to 12.67 into the job at 90deg, and back down to 17.55mm in at the 180deg.
I have attached some pictures for aid, i hope these are clear.
Note - the step is flat. I am struggling to get the feature programmed in 3d.
Any help will be much appreciated.
T13.
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Small Easy Fun Milling Projects/Gift Ideas?
Anyone have any ideas for small jobs to cut little gifts or ornaments? Would anyone be willing to share CAD or gcode for it?
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Fanuc Alarm AL1106 Tool Home Position Miss (A9.6)
Hi
I've been machining today on my micocut 1300 with Fanuc oi-mc control, when an alarm popped up.
AL1106 Tool Home Position Miss (A9.6) the magazine will reference but i can not get rid of the alarm,
I did delete a tool out of the data table could it be this ?
It keeps saying check tool data table and wont tool change.
Any pointers or ideas?
Thanks in advance
I've been machining today on my micocut 1300 with Fanuc oi-mc control, when an alarm popped up.
AL1106 Tool Home Position Miss (A9.6) the magazine will reference but i can not get rid of the alarm,
I did delete a tool out of the data table could it be this ?
It keeps saying check tool data table and wont tool change.
Any pointers or ideas?
Thanks in advance
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Harrison Alpha Keywaying
Hi. I'm based in the UK and operate a Harrison Alpha XM1550. It's a 3 axis lathe X Z and C with axial and radial driven tooling and manual Capto tool holding. I'm turning shafts with keyways in them. The problem I'm having is the keyways are not in the centre of the shaft. I've clocked the tool height with a 20mm spot drill in a collet and it's between 0.15 and 0.25 high compared to the spindle centre. I clamped a finger clock to the spindle and clocked the spot drill to X0.0 and the dial read +0.15 at the top and -0.15 at the bottom. The manufacturers say it's meant to be 0.1 high to allow for thermal expansion. But after running the spindle at 2000rpm for 20 mins the measurements only get slightly worse. Has anyone experienced this.
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CNC Lathe 3 jaw chuck vs a Collet Chuck
I have a Mazak QT-15 lathe with a good Kitagawa 8" chuck on it. I saw a hardinge S20 collet chuck for sale not far from me- link below. Seems like it could be useful and the price is good. I do have some parts in mind that would be maybe a little better in a collet but the 3 jaw would be workable too. So, is a collet chuck a useful tool to have in for versatility sake?
S2 CNC Lathe Collet Closer S-2 Collets A2-6 Spindle Mount
S2 CNC Lathe Collet Closer S-2 Collets A2-6 Spindle Mount
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OKUMA Cadet, Kitagawa Chuck Chuck pressure ?
(all jobs are HOTT~!!)
Have a hot job in the Cadet. 5/16" 303 SS rods.
Nothing is coming out, I am going crazier..
Finally see that part is moving in the chuck.
Try another part, and I cannot move it in the chuck.
Actual cutting forces on these small parts are not as much as I am putting on the part to test the grip.
Going in circles..
Finally start to tear the chuck off the spindle. What a fight.
Can't turn the threaded nut on the end of the draw tube... The wrench is mangling itself, not gripping the nut...
Finally I get in adult supervision, and the chuck easily unscrews off of the draw tube.
Then.... YIKES ......... we find the cause of all the symptoms.
The inside of the chuck is ground into mangled scrap iron.
Several of the nuts into the spider have the heads broken off.
The heads were floating around inside and ground into everything,
The spider was mangled so that the draw tube nut could not turn to remove/install the chuck.
This explains why it could make good parts, then bad parts.. Grip hard on a part, then next part might be loose.
Those screw heads were getting in and blocking the chuck sometimes, and then falling someplace else, and not interfering...
Get on the phone, and get a new B208 chuck on it's way. Red Label.
Expecting it in in the morning, about the time you read this.
The $4,000.00 question is why did the SHCS's all break and destroy everything in sight?
Installed a new pressure gauge on the hydraulic unit.
It is reading about 420 PSI.
Where should this be running?
Is that enough to rip everything apart?
This machine was bought as a rebuild-able hulk.
My first encounter with a turning center.
We rebuilt the spindle bearings and more inside the head stock.
Mechanically, it is in pretty good shape. (except that chuck.... )
The chuck was used, from another shop..
Granted it had the jaws worn out pretty bad, but we made many tens of thousands of good parts once we cut a corrective taper in the top jaws.
Any helpful suggestions on setting the proper chuck pressure, and what is too much.. any other issues that could have caused this thing to self destruct?
Thanks for helping out a turning newbie...
Have a hot job in the Cadet. 5/16" 303 SS rods.
Nothing is coming out, I am going crazier..
Finally see that part is moving in the chuck.
Try another part, and I cannot move it in the chuck.
Actual cutting forces on these small parts are not as much as I am putting on the part to test the grip.
Going in circles..
Finally start to tear the chuck off the spindle. What a fight.
Can't turn the threaded nut on the end of the draw tube... The wrench is mangling itself, not gripping the nut...
Finally I get in adult supervision, and the chuck easily unscrews off of the draw tube.
Then.... YIKES ......... we find the cause of all the symptoms.
The inside of the chuck is ground into mangled scrap iron.
Several of the nuts into the spider have the heads broken off.
The heads were floating around inside and ground into everything,
The spider was mangled so that the draw tube nut could not turn to remove/install the chuck.
This explains why it could make good parts, then bad parts.. Grip hard on a part, then next part might be loose.
Those screw heads were getting in and blocking the chuck sometimes, and then falling someplace else, and not interfering...
Get on the phone, and get a new B208 chuck on it's way. Red Label.
Expecting it in in the morning, about the time you read this.
The $4,000.00 question is why did the SHCS's all break and destroy everything in sight?
Installed a new pressure gauge on the hydraulic unit.
It is reading about 420 PSI.
Where should this be running?
Is that enough to rip everything apart?
This machine was bought as a rebuild-able hulk.
My first encounter with a turning center.
We rebuilt the spindle bearings and more inside the head stock.
Mechanically, it is in pretty good shape. (except that chuck.... )
The chuck was used, from another shop..
Granted it had the jaws worn out pretty bad, but we made many tens of thousands of good parts once we cut a corrective taper in the top jaws.
Any helpful suggestions on setting the proper chuck pressure, and what is too much.. any other issues that could have caused this thing to self destruct?
Thanks for helping out a turning newbie...
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cnc machined parts in China
Most of people would visit Japan if they come to Asia in first time.They always believe everything is good if they are made in Japan:willy_nilly::scratchchin:.We also would buy many many electronic product from Japan,but most of the components of the product is made in China.Our factory also would provide many many machining components for our customer from Japan each month.:cool:
In China,not only the price,but also the quality,the cnc machined parts could meet your requirements completely.
Jevny technology could offer all kinds of cnc parts for your design requirements.
Any RFQ for cnc machined parts in China,please send mail to daniel.lou@jevny.com.:cheers::cheers:We would reply you within 2 hours.(www.jevny.com/+8675527215655/Huaidecuigang Industrial Park,Fuyong Town, Bao'an District,Shenzhen City,Guangdong Province,China)
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In China,not only the price,but also the quality,the cnc machined parts could meet your requirements completely.
Jevny technology could offer all kinds of cnc parts for your design requirements.
Any RFQ for cnc machined parts in China,please send mail to daniel.lou@jevny.com.:cheers::cheers:We would reply you within 2 hours.(www.jevny.com/+8675527215655/Huaidecuigang Industrial Park,Fuyong Town, Bao'an District,Shenzhen City,Guangdong Province,China)
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DoAll Vertical Mill Tramming with Fixed Head
Can anyone help me with how to tram my DoAll 760 CNC vertical mill. I'm guessing it will need to be done below the table somehow. I don't have an operators manual so I'm needing help. Thanks in advance.↧
Small promotion, 5 axis Fanuc operator to lead 4 axis Hass cell, any tips on Hass?
Almost a year running a big 5 axis SNK horizontal. Boss must like me. Yesterday I got a small promotion to leading a cell with Hass VF3 with 4th trunnion and 2 Hass mini mills. Going from 2nd shift to 1st, which is a promotion in itself around here. I will only have one guy, so, not really leading much but... I will get to do a little programing with Mastercam and GibbsCam.:cool: My question maybe should be posted in the Hass forum but, any tips on the differences between Fanuc and Hass and that 4th Hass Trunnion. It has a Kurt on one side and a 5axis vice on the other. Will take a pic tonight. Thanks.
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G76 or G92 Help
I have a Fanuc 21i-T Gang Tool Lathe - I want to do some threading. This will be my first time threading, so bear with me. In my research I understand my control will accept a 2 line G76 or G92 Threading Canned Cycle.
I have a piece of .313 Diameter Tubing. Wall thickness .020
I will be doing an external thread on the tube about .25 in length and will also need to do a internal thread with about a .35 length. I am guessing that starting around a 32TPI would be a good start, since the threads can't be very deep?
Could someone possibly post a sample C-Code for a program like that? Ive been told by someone that G76 is the way to go. Obviously G92 seems a little simpler. Not really sure. I know the G76 is more versatile. I have looked at Hellman CNC and read the code, Im just not quite sure what numbers to input, as Im not sure about the depths of a 32TPI
I will be doing this in 6061 T6 and Grade 9 titanium tubing. Just need a nice easy to thread pitch that can accept an internal end cap and external cap as well.
Where I start to get confused is the Min and Max Bore Diameter inputs and what to setup to make the feeds and speeds generate the 32TPI
I will be using a Mico Boring Bar with a Nikcole 60* insert
any input or codes created for me to start with would be a great help. Once I have a basic code I can watch the machine run and make any hand edits on the controller!!
I have a piece of .313 Diameter Tubing. Wall thickness .020
I will be doing an external thread on the tube about .25 in length and will also need to do a internal thread with about a .35 length. I am guessing that starting around a 32TPI would be a good start, since the threads can't be very deep?
Could someone possibly post a sample C-Code for a program like that? Ive been told by someone that G76 is the way to go. Obviously G92 seems a little simpler. Not really sure. I know the G76 is more versatile. I have looked at Hellman CNC and read the code, Im just not quite sure what numbers to input, as Im not sure about the depths of a 32TPI
I will be doing this in 6061 T6 and Grade 9 titanium tubing. Just need a nice easy to thread pitch that can accept an internal end cap and external cap as well.
Where I start to get confused is the Min and Max Bore Diameter inputs and what to setup to make the feeds and speeds generate the 32TPI
I will be using a Mico Boring Bar with a Nikcole 60* insert
any input or codes created for me to start with would be a great help. Once I have a basic code I can watch the machine run and make any hand edits on the controller!!
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Cnc Retrofit, what to buy who to use?
Hi everyone,
I have been on an odyseey of sorts with a cnc machine I purchased. I picked up a three axis wesel which was a custom made machine with a 15 x 15 table on it. It has a control solutions shadow cnc controller, 3 servo motors made by glentek which are as I understand it pulse width modulated. using glentek servo amplifiers. I am trying to use vectric software and so far have had little success, I can program the controller manually but obviously this is not a viable solution. I have spoke with many companies and have had prices to retrofit it from $2000-$10,000.
To be clear this is what I have done to the machine
1. Added the third axis servo motor it was fitted with a air press for pushing in connectors to a circuit board.
2. Added a spindle and a spindle speed controller
3. Tried to make the shadow accepted programing from vectric 2d to the control using various downloadable programs to transfer it.
Where I am at now. I am at a point that I would like to just get it working and retrofit it with steppers or what ever I need so I can make this useful. My goal with the machine is minor engraving, stamp and plate making to stamp things in leather and finally prototype parts for making folding knives.
1. Am I asking to much for it to be able to do this, programing looks like its doable
2. What do I need to get to make this happen.
3. Is there any value in selling off the shadow controller, servo glentek motors etc?
I look forward to any responses, Many times I have lost contact with companies I was trying to retrofit with because I think I am new and don't know enough and ask a lot of questions. So any help here would be great. I am not afraid to spend some on it but I don't want to be 10,000 in it Just doesn't make sense for me right now.
THanks
Ross
Einhornllc
I have been on an odyseey of sorts with a cnc machine I purchased. I picked up a three axis wesel which was a custom made machine with a 15 x 15 table on it. It has a control solutions shadow cnc controller, 3 servo motors made by glentek which are as I understand it pulse width modulated. using glentek servo amplifiers. I am trying to use vectric software and so far have had little success, I can program the controller manually but obviously this is not a viable solution. I have spoke with many companies and have had prices to retrofit it from $2000-$10,000.
To be clear this is what I have done to the machine
1. Added the third axis servo motor it was fitted with a air press for pushing in connectors to a circuit board.
2. Added a spindle and a spindle speed controller
3. Tried to make the shadow accepted programing from vectric 2d to the control using various downloadable programs to transfer it.
Where I am at now. I am at a point that I would like to just get it working and retrofit it with steppers or what ever I need so I can make this useful. My goal with the machine is minor engraving, stamp and plate making to stamp things in leather and finally prototype parts for making folding knives.
1. Am I asking to much for it to be able to do this, programing looks like its doable
2. What do I need to get to make this happen.
3. Is there any value in selling off the shadow controller, servo glentek motors etc?
I look forward to any responses, Many times I have lost contact with companies I was trying to retrofit with because I think I am new and don't know enough and ask a lot of questions. So any help here would be great. I am not afraid to spend some on it but I don't want to be 10,000 in it Just doesn't make sense for me right now.
THanks
Ross
Einhornllc
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Need help holding +-0.0001" on Tormach 440
Gotcha! Couldn't resist :D
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Help with G83
Hello,
New member here. Been in the industry for almost 20 years and I have ran into a bit of an issue.
I started operating/programming a Doosan VTS1620M with a Fanuc i-Series control about 2 years ago. Everything works as it should with the programming and operations except one thing.
While the machine is performing a G83 operation, it will peck as normal with the "Q" option setting the depth of each peck before retract. However, when it returns to it's last location, it has no clearance and slams into it's last "Z" depth before continuing to drill.
I would like to know what parameter if any to modify to provide clearance for the drill as it approaches it's last "Z" location during the peck cycle.
On a side note, there is a smaller (newer) Doosan VTS in the shop that works normally. The G83 is executed and each peck stroke has 0.02" of clearance.
Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions and help.
-Justin
New member here. Been in the industry for almost 20 years and I have ran into a bit of an issue.
I started operating/programming a Doosan VTS1620M with a Fanuc i-Series control about 2 years ago. Everything works as it should with the programming and operations except one thing.
While the machine is performing a G83 operation, it will peck as normal with the "Q" option setting the depth of each peck before retract. However, when it returns to it's last location, it has no clearance and slams into it's last "Z" depth before continuing to drill.
I would like to know what parameter if any to modify to provide clearance for the drill as it approaches it's last "Z" location during the peck cycle.
On a side note, there is a smaller (newer) Doosan VTS in the shop that works normally. The G83 is executed and each peck stroke has 0.02" of clearance.
Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions and help.
-Justin
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depth issues with bobcad V28 finish pass on circle mill option
Having an issue using bobcad version 28 software on one of our Haas cnc's, when just programming to mill a pocket straight to the desired depth it will program and run perfectly dead nuts on, when selecting a rough pass and clean up pass on a circle mill option the diameter will me perfect, but the depth is off by .015 every DAMN time, only with v28, and only with the rough then finish pass option. re touched off tool and used probe to touch off Z, nothing changed, even tried taking the .5 carbide cutter out of the existing holder and switching with another empty holder in the turret, did the same damn thing, yet if you look at the program as its written by the software the depth is clearly set but it machines the rough pass area to THAT depth and the finish pass is machined to an extra .015 deep. Any thoughts where I can start to look for the cause? never had this issue before, new things I'm finding with V28, along with it misprogramming offsets and crashing my cutters :( any info or ideas would be GREAT thank you in advance!!
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Help with vickers acramatic pc2100 tool setup procedure
I have a tree milling machine with vickers acramatic pc2100 control, I haven't used it in 6 years and cant figure out the procedure for adding new tools and zeroing them. I use to know how to do it and the manual I have is useless. Couldn't find any info online. could someone help me out. Thanks
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Mitsubishi Indexable End Mill TBE202W20 and inserts
I purchased a used Mitsubishi Indexable End Mill TBE202W20 and I am having a hard time finding inserts for it.
Does anyone know where I can find some?
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Does anyone know where I can find some?
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OSP 300 periodic maintenance screen
Got an alarm that says to replace the coolant through spindle pin, but no CTS installed on this machine. Question is where do I find this allusive screen and reset the hour counter? Not on the Mac Man that I can find:angry:
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Quick Change Work Holding
I am wondering what people might recommend for quick change work holding. I recently ordered 2 new 40x20 VMC machines and I want to be able to easily run setups on either machine and swap from one to the other quickly. Many of our parts are 3"w X 30"l X 1" thick. I am wondering what folks may be doing for similar needs.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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