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I can't speak as to comparisons, but I have been very happy with the 45 degree 4" facemill I bought from Glacern.

Glacern Machine Tools - FM45 Facemills

The other trick besides changing the batteries that has worked for me is making sure the emitter and receiver surfaces are clean.

When you say 5-axis, do you mean 3+2 or simultaneous 5-axis?

I've been very happy with HSMWorks, both the product and support.

Two caveats:

I don't use HSMWorks for turning,
You should...

Can you take a video with your phone and post it? Or take a picture of the end mill with a close up of how the insert is mounted?

The induction heating element in a shrink fit unit and a the flame from a propane torch do exactly the same thing to the tool holder. Heating isn't used to soften or harden the tool holder, it is...

I am not disagreeing with you. I was affirming that you were right and I was wrong.

The cheap way to do shrink fit is with a propane torch. ymmv

A new Techniks unit is $3,850 USD on e-bay. Used ones show up for ~$1,000 every once in a while. Used holders show up all the time...

Hmmm. Sorry about promulgating bad info. I had thought that spindle orientation is what preserved, um, spindle orientation across power cycles. I thought I had read somewhere that rigid tapping...

The probe/tool offset setter is super valuable to me and i had to get the IPS in order to use the probe. Other than that I never use IPS.

I bought the hard drive and extra memory and never use...

You might check out HSMWorks for Solidworks.

HSMWorks - The CAM Solution for SolidWorks

I've been very happy with the product, with the rate of improvements, and with the technical support. ...

Here's the TM1 drawing at Haas.

http://haasportal.net/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TM-1%20(P)_Machine%20Views.pdf

I have had good luck asking tool makers for models (most recently Renishaw sent me a model for a probe). You might check with your HFO.

Are you needing this for CAM or floor lay-out or...? I...

I'm curious about the trade-off in rigidity between 5-axis vs 3-axis machining.

With 5-axis, I can see tool lengths being shorter. With 3-axis, you have an inherently more rigid machine.

Most...

I do not know if the following is accurate.

Feature Article - Copper Beryllium Vs. Beryllium-Free Copper - 08/02

"Carlos Cruz Wilson, a metals specialist for Houston, TX-based National Bronze...

Any chance your IPR could be millimeters per revolution?

In order to get to 2800 IPM at a .0038 IPR, you'd need a spindle that could reach 736,842 RPM and a coating that could withstand 91368 SFM in aluminum.

I checked Micro100's speeds and feeds for single flute end mills in aluminum.

They suggest 656-1476 SFM, and .0002" - .0039" IPT/IPR. The range (over 10x) on IPR surprised me.

You can download...

Well, slotting .135" 6061 aluminum with a single-flute 12 mm (.4724") cutter, I'd probably go 790 SFM/6392 RPM. For a feedrate I'd go 24.157 IPM. The IPR would be .0038 (which is the same as the...

Plugging it into the handy dandy Machinist's Calculator available at http://www.cnccookbook.com/GWCalcFeedsSpeeds.htm, I get:

6061 Aluminum
High Performance HSS Endmill
.5" Tool diameter
3...

I've been happy with Blasocut 4000 for a couple of years. It will foam a bit if I forget to pay attention to the concentratIon, but get it back to the correct level and it's fine.

I also use it...

I also came to machining from software.

Haas Super Mini Mill 2 (similar to your Hurco with a slightly smaller work area and 5 less HP)

Solidworks for modeling
HSMWorks for CAM

Techniks...

I have several Parlec shrink fit holders and they've been fine. My main issue with them is they are hard to read because of the finish they put on their holders (dark gray satin and they just use...

For er-32 I use an er torque wrench set to 80-90% of 125 lb/ft (factory recommendation for my collets).

A useful overview of different tool holding methods on a bunch of different parameters is...

I use er-32 collet chucks to machine d2.

I have end mill holders but don't use them.

I've started using shrink fit holders and vastly prefer them to either collet chucks or end mill holders. ...

Here's what microcarve does with your image (I haven't spent any time optimizing it - just used default values):

http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy288/Rabscuttle/microcarve.jpg?t=1275204697

Hey, Jeff.

I assume you are using SolidWorks for your modeling if you are using CamWorks?

I have a Haas mini-mill and used to use CamWorks before switching to HSMWorks.

If that's the case,...

I poked at the downloading problem. It's actually kind of an interesting problem.

What's going on is that when I download from a non-firewalled PC, it downloads fine.

When I use a firewall,...

Hey.

I've been using version 1. Will I need to get a new code for Version 2?

Also, I am getting errors trying to download.

Nice to see the new features.

Gabe

MSC is quite expensive even when on sale. They've been great on the service side (e.g. very promptly replaced an expensive end mill shipment that was lost in shipment when the packaging was...

One suggestion would be to attach a camera to the spindle to give a tool's eye view of a router. I had previously seen your videos on the SR100 on YouTube, and that's what made me think of this.