Facing with shoulder mill or face mill
I am currently facing the part with a 3" shoulder mill my question is would it be faster to face with say a octogan style inserts? I am cutting 4340 steel.
View ArticleMilling Side flats on Mazak Quick Turn 250 II w/ Mazatrol
Hi, I have tried to mill flats on the side of a turned part using live tooling. I want to use the tip of the endmill and not the side flutes. I tried using "line left, endmill Out, XC... " in my...
View ArticleDynapath Buffer error
Dynapath Delta controller, compumill 3 axis, cimco edit v5, mastercam. drip feed getting a 222 buffer load in error. The machine will just stop proceeding randomly, drip continues. If I reset the error...
View ArticleSpindle taper question
After getting my Mighty MV-40 a2100 hard drive fixed I now have another question: The company I bought the machine from listed it as a Cat-40 taper. The manual says it could either be Cat-40 or BT-40....
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Kitamura Spares in Australia
Hi Guys We're having problems locating the local Kitamura agent and we need a couple of air filters PDQ. The machine is a Mycenter 0B S/N 0182 and FYI the existing filter is approx 245mm O/D x 185mm...
View ArticleLong Y-Axis Travel VMCs
Any of you guys throw out some names of some mfrs that build VMCs with 140 " and up Y axis travel? I know Mazak and Haas do.Just looking for other options too.Thanks:confused:
View ArticleVideo - Brother Roughing Aluminum
Hey guys, Just wanted to share a video I shot of my Brother S2Dn-O roughing aluminum. It's a new machine for me and the first time I really had a chance to see what it could do. I know there are some...
View ArticleRe zeroing Fanuc servo drive encoder memory- anyone got the procedure ?
2004 vintage Fanuc 21iT, servo drive encoder batteries went too low on voltage, lost position memory. Harrison 1330S lathe, if it matters. Have contacted Clausing here and Harrison in UK but Lord knows...
View ArticleHSS Feeds and Speeds
I am drilling a .156 hole in 303 SS. The drill I am using is a solid parabolic drill jobber length. I am drilling at 1000 rpms pecking .25 at a time and 1.675 deep. Carbide Depot said that the...
View ArticleG10 COMMAND format for a FANUC 18i DEAWOO DHM800 ?
hi all, what is the correct format for using this command i want to save my offsets in the program ? i dont have my manual got lost in the shop.. any help will be appreciated . thanks junior.
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New machine day comes my way.
Unload/positioning went smooth. She's a Toyoda SB 316.....3m X, 1.5m Y, 22,000 table capacity. Hopefully will make a few chips by Friday. Attached Thumbnails   Â
View ArticleSoft cover for machining center? Ideas?
We have a small machine shop and some machines are not used daily. They seem to accumulate a lot of dust from other areas of business and I would like to cover a couple of them. I would like something...
View ArticlePauline at shorelines
I have a rockler cnc mako and I am trying to engrave lettering into painted 4x36 pine signs. I am having a problem with getting a clean cut with too many wood strands being left behind in the letters....
View ArticleEngineering + set up time for new jobs
So what is the average hours spent programming and setting up a machine for a new part? I am at least 45 hours in on a semi-complex part.
View ArticleSlot Machining, Ramping or Pre-Drilling?
Hi, I am new to machining. I have around 1 year of experience in manufacturing. So I thought this is one of the best places to ask about machining related questions. My question is about slotting. We...
View ArticleFixing Thread Crossover
I'm running an Okuma V-40 doing turn, bore and thread on some 5 1/2 P110 LTC. After touching off the part, I'm having alot of trouble with crossover (threads not meeting in the middle) is there a...
View ArticleTo Swiss or not to Swiss
I went from B&S screw machines to Swiss because I ran a lot of small parts and still do. For cycle times working in the main and sub helps time wise but still hard to beat a screw machine for time....
View ArticleMatsuura with bt35
howdy all, for those of us out there who have a bt35 spindle, i found that teknics has er32 bt35 collet chucks. a little pricey but pretty good stuff. it is not listed under the bt tooling, it is...
View ArticleIs heidenhain dead in the US?
Pondering new VMC and only DMG and Hardinge seem to offer a Heidenhain. Neither really wants to sell them. Any one seen any other brands pushing them? NOT looking to change controls
View Articlealuminium endmill for al-bronze?
We have a job comming that we need to machine some part out of aluminium bronze (no idea wich grade it is). We dont work with this material often and its usually on the lathe so we knoww that we need a...
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