Picking up on a thread
Good Morning, I have one part that I need to re cut the thread on, the only problem is that I have taken it out of the machine(cnc lathe) thinking it was ok but the thread (M50x1.5) is tight and needs...
View ArticleIs 400-800 holes good life for a 5-40 tap??
I am 5-40 (cut) tapping into a #37 hole in annealed 4140. The machine is a brand new Brother TC-S2Dn and I am using an ER32 tap collet. I am going about .300" deep and using Blaizer coolant. I have...
View ArticleMori Seiki SH-403 ATC Problems
I've been having a problem with my Mori Seiki SH-403 ATC arm cycling. Intermittently it will not complete the ATC cycle, not always on the same tools. It will begin the cycle, get partway through, then...
View ArticleAvoiding Leaks on Thru-Tool Lathe Tooling with Flats
Hey guys, I'm sure this issue has been discussed before, but I wasn't able to find the right keywords to get any search results... We have two Haas lathes, an TL30 and ST30, and both use tooling blocks...
View ArticleWhat do I need to know when adding a 4th axis?
I would like to add a 4th axis to my Trak LPM. I have been seeing a lot of jobs that would be handy on a 4th. I will need it to do both indexing and full out rotary interpolation. What does it mean if...
View ArticleOhh gol dammit am I going to regret buying a Milltronics bridgemill
Or not? I am looking to pickup a 80x150" bridge mill for some huge weldments that need dusting. I tried to call Milltronics a couple days in a row to talk about a longer X axis than offered as I heard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Requesting a discussion about fixturing for small plastic parts in medium...
I make three parts for one project and the customer is talking about more runs in larger numbers. I'm using the smallest of three parts as the extreme example, but the other two have their own...
View ArticleThe top brand U.S. Machine Tools
Dear sirs , I'm a market researcher in a machine accessories manufacturer, I'm doing a research of famous U.S. Machine tools manufacturer , all I know about the brand of U.S. machine tools brand is :...
View ArticleAPI thread repair - pulled threads
i have a 7 1/16 15m cross with bad threads. does anyone know what the procedure is for repairing? i am of the mind to drill it out, weld it up and re-drill and tap it. before i roll the dice, i though...
View ArticleMachineability Inconel 600 vs. 316L SS
Just received a RFQ to saw, face and chamfer tubing from the above mentioned material. In the past these parts have been 316L welded seam tubing, and the carbide salesmen loved us! How will...
View ArticleMath
A project in the shop just got complicated. The project is in a three axis Matsuura vertical mill with a manual a and b axis; tilt rotary table that is, calibrated in degrees min sec. The part has...
View Articleswitching from programming citizen swiss to tsugami swiss
I've been at new employer for a month now. I couldn't ask for a better group of coworkers. It's definitely a learning experience. I had always programmed and setup citizen L20 VIII and K16E machines....
View ArticleFanuc Oi-Tc - RESET to reset program pointer ..
Guys Does anyone have a parameter that can be changed which would coerce this miserable thing to reset the program pointer back to the top of the program in MEM mode when RESET is pressed? I mean, in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SEM MT30R servomotor disassembly help
Hello, What have I missed to allow me to remove the armature (see photos)? I need to clean the gunk off of the commutator. Thanks, Bill Attached Thumbnails
View Articlechevalier falcon 2040 mb mill
I am helping a friend with setting up his Chevalier 2040mb mill and we are having issues with the software. When we turn the mill on we get a message that says the machine has a problem with parameter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unusual ground end mills
saw these on the online auction site , I don't think I've been around long enough ...never seen one.Anybody know what attributes or possible "failurebutes" this may have. Maybe this is a manual machine...
View ArticleThreading and Grooving Stainless Steel 304
We have been machining few small components in SS304. After various permutations and combinations we have not been able to decide on the toolings,machine speed and feed to be used for proper machining...
View ArticleFanuc keep relays- any book list them all ?
Had a problem with the Robodrill yesterday where I forgot to home Z before a turret move*, Z over traveled upwards....I got rid of over travel alarm via P and Cancel bootup trick, but I couldn't get...
View ArticleFanuc 6T 410 Servo Alarm
After running perfectly for the past couple months after diagnosing a 401 alarm to a cracked insulator on an indicator fuse my Okuma NC4PS running a Fanuc 6T is having another issue. Over the past...
View ArticleAdvice on Haas ST-10
I'm currently running a 1994 Hyundai HiT 8S and thinking of replacing it with a new Haas ST-10. My garage is my shop and has limited space and power (running a from a phase converter) so machines much...
View Article