If I had a CNC lathe...
I've been thinking that I need to get a CNC lathe in the future. I know my way around my Fadal 4020, and I know a fair bit about milling (I seem to have a competency level of around the 70th percentile...
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A Good Moving Day!
Some of you guys may have seen the endless posting I have done in the Mazak forum about my resurrection of this old Mazak QT20n. I was originally able to borrow a 20,000 lb lift from a local drilling...
View ArticleEngraving with ez trak bridgeport
Any ideas on engraving with an ez trak dx mill? Looking for the right softwere to use with the machine , any help would be a great . :confused:
View ArticleAlSi12 - aluminium with silicon casted parts, machining opinions please
Hello ! I have a lot of 12% silicon aluminium parts (casted) which I need to mill (flange and couple holes). First try with TiAlN coated mill was not very couraging - although I removed only 1mm radial...
View ArticleMazak door lock / unlock
I am working on a Mazak SQT 200. The job I am running has a cycle time of about 40 seconds. The program is in EIA. The control is a Fusion 640T. The shop I work at is very much against over riding any...
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How thick of plate have you cut parts from?
We do a job frequently that we cut parts multiple parts from 3/8" 6061 plate which has worked very well in the past but have never tried anything from thicker plate. I have a very similar job that...
View ArticleGifu Tool Magazine/Changer Any experience with them?
Gifu CT5032C4V with DEX CABA65D tool arm changer. This has turned out to be the weak link on my Tree(Kao Ming) V1500 VMC. Looking at the repair log for the machine, 9 of the 12 incidents listed are...
View Articlelooking for a service to copy fanuc 0mc tape to files.
Hello all. Does anybody know of a service that will take my fanuc parameter & options tapes and convert them to files. I just finished getting an 1991roku-roku vertimac K up and running. I have...
View ArticleOkuma Mill with 700m controller
So I got my first job to rum on a Okuma mill.What pointers do you guys have for a rookie?
View ArticleFanuc 0iMC Skip input problems
Hey All, Seems like it's been 100yrs since I've posted... Anyway, now that I have an issue, I've come running. And getting to the point: I'm installing a tool probe in my Litz CV-600. Fanuc 0iMC. The...
View Articletest cuts on a cnc lathe
how many of you if any program test cuts on critical dimensions?
View ArticleThreadmilling 8-32 in molded delrin
I've done lots of thread milling, but never in plastic, and never this small. Looking at thread milling cutters from Harvey Tool, seems pretty straight forward. The hole is only .25 deep molded with a...
View ArticlePlease recommend a dnc program with quick Xon/Xoff response
I'm looking for a DNC program to drip feed a Mitsubishi Meldas 50 based Mori Seiki. This controller has very limited buffer size and most modern DNC programs seem to quit sending too slowly. I'm...
View ArticleCNC Mill Broach Tool Suggestions?
Need to broach the corners in this part but haven't been able to find a tool. I currently go in with a 1/4 and then a 3/32 in the corners and hand fit the mating parts but production is kicking up and...
View ArticleOSG E-mills...still made in Japan? OR were they Korean? Anyways they suck now
First off we dont grind any of our endmills but do alot of hand grinding on carbide and HSS. We tried to use OSG endmills (HSS and Cobalt) finish endmills for last couple years and they squeek like...
View ArticleFluorescent penetrant inspection source
Looking for a source Fluorescent penetrant inspection I have over 10,000 aerospace fasteners need to be checked. Needs to be in SoCal and good price. TIA Dave Griffith Monterey Machine Products.
View ArticleFadal 88HS control oddities.
Today I had a bizarre change of length and diameter offsets. I have had a few strange changes on the ancient lathe controls in the past, but I chalked that up to age and condition. On the Fadals, I...
View ArticlePeck cycle on fanuc 32i
I wrote a g83 cycle to peck drill a few holes (g83 z-1.25 q.075 r.1 f3.) and it isn't pecking like it should be. I was in a rush so I didn't actually see the peck depth it was making What was happening...
View Article[B]PLEASE HELP! Simple drill cycle won't work - Fadal CNC88-HS[/B]
I have wrote a simple program to drill 8 holes, and it seems to never work right on any drilling pgms I make & end up with full drill cycle info on each line. I need to use the drill cycle line one...
View ArticleSentence "turn for grind"
Hi everyone! I'm foreigner, and i have trouble with some sentce. Can you expalain to me what does it mean "turn for grind"? I will be very grateful. Jarek
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