Toolpost Grinding on CNC?
I have a toolpost grinder that I have not used in ~ 20 yrs ~ squirelled away somewhere. Never had much luck with it any time I tried to use it. But the reality of it is that I likely didn't have the...
View Articleso... bought my first CNC machine... now what?
I could use a little guidance here. I took over a conventional machine shop earlier this year and last week bought a Hitachi Seiki VK55 mill. Once I figure out how to get it through the door, it'll be...
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fadal 88hs control question
hi guys. i just noticed this message on my controller screen the "C100%" at the top. it just goes on and off randomly. i cheked the manuals but didnt find anything. is it something to worry...
View ArticleNoobyish Fadal Question using IF statement
Assuming I don't get fired today, I would like to speed up production on one of our Fadal machines. Its a single operator job running two Fadals, making one complete part. Well, the second station is...
View ArticleHelp Hitachi Seiki TF20
Guys, Myself and few other guys would like to know how to resolve the issue below, Machine Hitachi Seiki has been down for some period of time, after turning machine back on two alarms has raised: 1060...
View ArticleAir Turbine Spindles
I have a bench top Machine with R8 collets, and I have been "trying" to use an Air Turbine Spindle from Air Turbine Tools. A 625JS. It's a great tool when it works, but I've had it for about 9 months,...
View ArticleQuick video of 5-axis porting on our new NTX2000 mill-turn....
One of these days I'll get around to doing a "New Machine Day" post, but for now here's a video of the machine doing 5-Axis porting. Programming was done with Esprit (Supplied with the machine by...
View ArticleTakisawa TC30 comments/advice please
Hi guys, I am looking at a Takisawa CNC lathe TC30. Its a 1998 lathe and still running in production. I am not familiar with Takisawa and therfore dont really know where they fall as far as quality and...
View ArticleHolding Size Problems
I have two haas sl20 lathes, one of which has recently started jumping in size part way though production and always big, it doesn't creep up , just jumps 0.2mm from no where. There are only minimal...
View ArticleCNC machine tool depreciation
I was talking with a reputable dealer in our area and he told me he calculates a rule of thumb for depreciation at 20% the first year and 10% every year after that. It sounds pretty spot on for...
View ArticleOD boring head
Anyone ever use an OD boring head? I have a .375 diameter stem 1.5 deep on a forging and it needs to be a 32 finish with no dwell marks from an endmill, material is 4140 and 410ss. This will also be on...
View ArticleLooking for HSK 80 E or A spindle speeder
As the title says. Seems like air spindles are available in HSK 80, but im wanting the torque of a speeder for our five axis grinding machine ;) Cant seem to track down an old school speeder. Figure it...
View ArticleIdeas for speeding this process up.....
Looking for ideas on speeding this process up. Using a 3/4" Kennametal mill 1-14 endmill for milling, a ktool spot mill for chamfering. I sped up the spot drill from what you see in the video (3000...
View ArticleMilltronics dnc and rs 232 questions.
So we got my partners 6 cent 5 in high gear and running(thanks to this site). I am trying to run some big 3d programs. I have been breaking them up into smaller programs, but its taking forever. I have...
View ArticleOpinions on Kennametal Mill 1-18 (insert based shoulder mill)
There have been a couple of interesting threads on insert based shoulder mills, and I thought that I would see what others think of this Kennametal line. I have a Mill 1-18 1" 2 insert cutter that has...
View ArticleBreaking Chips From Start to Finish
I just can't seem to do it. I am boring 6061 from a 1.06" through hole to 5.35" blind, around 2.5" deep. I can get it to sling perfect chips till about 5" then it wont break a chip for anything and it...
View ArticleMachining MP35N ?
Does anybody have any experience machining MP35N ? Can't post a print, but it has a 3/8-24 tapped hole going through .625 and some easy milling and turning.
View ArticleNormal operation for air/oil spindle?
Hi, I have a new to me late 80's Kitamura Mycenter 1 I am slowly but surely becoming quite familiar. I have the manuals, but they are pretty bad and I can't find in them anywhere if this is normal...
View Articlehx400g and other 400mm horizontals
Anyone familiar with the newer Kitamura HX400G? How is the reliability and accuracy? Seems to have a lot of nice options in a good package deal. How is this new arumatik control? Anyhow, we are just...
View ArticleNeed help finding tool for Trapezoidal thread.
We have a job comming ours tolling rep sell us some tooling that we quote the job from his tooling price and when they get to the shop the guys screw up and sell us the wrong tooling. We need to find a...
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