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I will agree that the Cal Motion USB drive works really well. We use it to drip feed an Anilam 3000M. On our Mazak VCN 510C I do a work around on program size by zipping the file, transfering to...

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Portable CNC Machine Shop - Mobile Parts Hospital manufactured at Clegg Ind., Inc.

Interesting info.

Nice page John. I believe you are the best person to help Andrew on his way.
Have a fine day gentlemen!

It is hard to answer your question without specific's on what you are going to cut. You have to realise that machining is not something you learn over night. It has taken me 25 years to accrue the...

I'm pointing out the obvious here but, remember when grinding your tool bits keep them cool. Don't burn the edges or you will lose tool life. I keep some water close at hand and dip my tool...

Try posting a message on CADCAMTrainer.com. Sorin, owner of site, does the training for BobCAD. There are several very good BCC programmers over there.

Have you tried the Anilam site yet? We have an Anilam 3000M and I downloaded the programming manual right off the web site. If your control isn't listed a quick email may get you what you need. The...

My personal box is a Kennedy #526 top, MC-28 two drawer riser and a #297 roller box. These boxes are pretty much full. I have been in the trade for almost 30 years and have collected all this through...

I agree, go with a name brand box. You can get replacement locks and drawer dividers etc. later when you need them. I have Kenndy boxes. Good duty box not as expensive as Gerstner. I really love the...

Don't ya just love the fact you can't change out individual buttons. The overlay begins to get worn and lets coolant and dirt into the board and bingo! You get to order a new board and overlay.

Could be that your board switches are bad. We have had a very simular problem, spindle speed increase would work, decrease would not. We had to replace the entire control circuit board to fix.

Sounds to me like their programmer likes to be very sure the machine is in position and offsets cleared. I know on older model Fanuc, like our 6TB, you can not start a program in any other position...

I'll agree on the training CD's. You can also take a training class. The guy that teaches these, Sorin, is very good with BCC. Three days of hands on training with the ability to ask him questions...

Try Kevin Zierke at Precision Service. They are located in Addison IL. They do a lot of work rebuilding machines for Mazak. Kevin is a great guy.

Website: www.4rebuild.com
Phone: 630-628-9900

You have to decide what is the deciding factor. Can you wait and save up for a more main stream software or do you need a cheaper system?
I can tell you that we started using BobCAD at V19 and now...

We have been hiring at $8.50 for a fresh newby. The bad part of that is the last time we hired I went through 9 people trying to find someone that would show up everyday, on time and ready to work....

I'm in the same boat as pdoherty. I do not know the Haas cycles and can only give general suggestions. I also agree that anything you can do to stiffen up your part will be a big help.

Are you infeeding this thread? Radial feeding will put too much surface contact and cause chatter.

We use to thread rotary shoulder tools. The best advice I can give is check your workholding. Chuck up as close to the thread as possible, use pie jaws to increase surface contact and damped chatter....

For a newby there is a book on Amazon - Programming of CNC Machines:Student Workbook by Ken Evans. I am using it to teach a couple of our employees. Check it out.

Thanks for the replies. Now I just have to get the big guy off his wallet and get it bought.

I am looking for opinions on the Anilam 3300MK control. We are about to purchase a 3 or possibly 4 axis mill. Started out looking for a CNC knee mill but am also looking at bed mills. This will be...

I'm with ajl6549. I believe your problem lies in using G92 which is your global work coordinate and G54 work offset coordinate at the same time. I would think you want to use either G92 or G54 not...

Guess I have the same problem. Read the post, jumped right in with both feet then read it again. I have the manuals but not in electronic form. I can not send them to you shimon. My apologies. These...

Is this a CNC machine? That's what I mean by what control. Newer Mazak's have some form of Mazatrol control on them. T-32, T-plus, Fusion....etc. Older machines have Fanuc contols....

Mazak what? We have QT30 lathes, QT 300 lathe, VMC 510C mill and Mazak M5 powermaster with Fanuc 6TB lathe. There are a lot of Mazak models and control options out there.

I have been to one of the seminars. I got a lot out of it and I enjoyed going. Sorin is by far the best I have encountered when using this software. He makes the class interesting. We purchased the...

Just a sneaky bit of information here. If you are interested in purchasing a BobCAD add on or upgrade. Wait until Friday to inquire about the price. It is VERY adjustable. If they are running short...

Format for G86 on Fagor 8050T is:
G86X(start point X)Z(Start point Z)Q(finish point X)R(finish point Z)I(depth of thread)B(depth of threading passes)D(safety distance in X)L(depth of finish...

I'm with mxtras, maybe a hat and one of those jackets with the sleeves that buckle in the back.....