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I've got to turn a 3.5" NPT internal thread. I know I need to turn a taper of 3/4 inch per foot which is no problem (That's works out to an angle of what, 1.877 degrees)

I'm not really sure what...

I'll PM you the e-mail address.

Thank you very much!

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We've got a Macturn. The problem is that our spindles are not perfectly in line.

We don't really want to adjust them by tweaking the leveling bolts as we feel that it will just shift...

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We've got an Okuma Lathe here with a VDI turret. The turret has dowel pins in it, however our VDI holders are 'oblonged' (The hole were the dowel pin should line up is milled out in an...

It's just for looks. I tried out the 2" face mill and it was dull. I'm thinking I couldn't get the chips outa the way well enough and it was recutting them/marring up the work piece.

I then tried...

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I've got some 304 stainless I'm trying to get a nice finish on.

I'm facemilling the piece in a haas VF-2. I first tried a 2" facemill and it works 'ok' but I do get quite a few...

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I've got some 304 which I need to get a 'nice' finish on. I'm not to sure what I'm looking for. It only needs to look good.

I've got a 5 flute carbide 1/2 end mill. I'm thinking...

Bump, I'm going to 'mastercam' the part tonight!

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I'm going to do some 3d profiling in some 7075.

I've got generic 3 flute carbide ball nose end mills.

I've got a Haas VF2 with a 10K spindle. All tools will be mounted in ER32...

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I need to drill 8 1" holes in 1/4" 304 SS plate. They position needs to be pretty good (within a couple thou) but the size can be +- 0.020"

I want to do them quickly, but with a...

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Sorry, I couldn't really find an appropriate forum for this.

Anyone know where to find some 1/4" brushed and/or polished stainless sheet?

Thanks,

Mark

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We've got a VF2 coming in 1 weeks time and we need to get some tooling inline for it. We are thinking ~5 collet chucks would be ok for our needs. (Plus a couple shell mill holders/2 end...

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I know how to calculate speed and feed for a tap, just not sure what a good starting place for a mini mill would be. On one hand I'd like to run it at low revs, as the taps I...

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I'm going to a local college here to use their Mini Mill. I've got to make around 100 pieces with 2 3/8-16 tapped holes about ~1" deep, in a through hole. The material is 6061.
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Thanks for the reply Geof!

If you don't mind my asking, how did you mount that to the rotary table?

And did that start as round stock?

Well, we are about to place an order for a VF2 and HRT 210. I want to build a tombstone (even a plate would be fine) to mount to the table. Without seeing it in person, I'm not to sure how to do this...

At school we didn't have any 'fancy' cutters. We just used a #3 center drill. 7500 rpm was our max and we went ~15 IPM with a few thou DOC.

Ahh, this is a long shot, but the only thing I can think of.

Possibility of the wireframe having small 'dips' in it. And the reason they'd show on the Haas, and not the other machines is a...

You said the HFO used the same program as you were using?

I'd guess they used different tooling/different coolant.

Can you post the program? Mabye someone else in this thread can try it out.

At school we didn't have any fancy toys. We had a Haas Mini Mill, and sadly, the side doors do not open on it, so we couldn't fit long stock in it. The solution? Hacksaws. I recommend not going that...

At school we had a Haas SL-1 Lathe. And lots of 1.5" dia Alum. And lots of free time.

I'm not sure if I can say what it is I made, but I'm sure some of you can guess.

I haven't been able to...

I've tried it through DNC4U and NCSentry. Both see the remote serial port as your standard local serial port. Just tell em which port (I mapped the remote port to com 5) and the bluetooth software...

Finished rigging up an RS232 connection to my VF1 via bluetooth connection today.

It works quite well, and was done with limited effort. Cost about ~150$ Canadian for everything.

First, I...

Thanks for the suggestion. Sadly we're just starting up, and I dried up the budget long before even being able to think about insert drills.

Thanks for the reply Geof.

I do have a nice 3 flute 3/4 carb end mill I could use, but I'm not sure how rigid the part will be, so I think I'll start off with a 2 flute 3/4" HSS end mill.

I'll...

Hello all. I've got a Haas VF-1, and I have a run of 12 pieces I'm doing. Not sure what the best way of going about doing them would be.

They are 3.07" long, and I need a hole 1.5" DIA all the way...

Why are you trying to 'sting' me? I don't appreciate it, and I'm sure the rest of the forum doesn't need to hear it either. I get enough stinging from people in real life, I don't need it on what's...

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I do not know what size to bore the hole out to. That's why I started this thread, to see what size to bore a hole to. I'm not trying to hide a part--I don't have...

I don't have a bore yet. I don't know what to bore it out to. I'm going to bore the hole out on a new Haas VF-1. I'll be using an endmill.

This is rough. I phoned up NSK, and all their engineer's have gone home for the day. Phoned our bearing supplier, and they had no idea, they gave me the "oh 1 thou should be fine" Thanks for the help...