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well if you are still looking for some help I am in aurora co... I don't have a lot of spare time... But I am all ways willing to help out. If you are wanting more of a formal class instruction I can...

I think a Hackerspace with a CNC is a cool idea but ... I am going to assume some things here... the first is that you currently have no machining capabilities at all. The second is that you have few...

Yep .... by the time the work order hits the shop floor our 4 week lead time has shrunk to 1 to 2 weeks. No time to order tooling and we have to rush plating and paint. I am trying to hold on for a...

ya so I am no Guru but ..... if dia A is +\- .005 mm .... and you are supposed to be .005 mm on the profile to the bore... what the hell is b=(A+0.010)+\-.005 mm ? .... honestly to me is looks like...

I prefer an A-frame rack with cantilever bars for the longer stuff and shelves at every level in side the A-frame for the short stuff... Casters are a must or it will all ways be in the way.
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My English teachers never could figure out what was wrong with me... :) I still catch my self writing backwards but I never have had that problem with numbers.

Hennessy

Meh... I think it has nothing to do with manual vs cnc ... it is more of a change in the social dynamic. In my generation there arn't vary many "Real Men" any more... There a lot of men who act like...

Well I can honestly say that I now work at "That Shop".... You Know the one that I am talking about? The 10$ parts that someone is making for 2$ ? ..... Ya thats me.... :( ..... There is only 2 ways...

Well to be honest the best way to learn is what works for you. But that being said I have found that my manual skills are far more useful than just knowing how to run a cnc. I have bailed myself out...

http://http://thommcarr.com is the Correct link.... Did you want the Router or the Glass cutter? Both seem pretty reasonably priced... but I would expect +/- .010" not the .005 that they are...

Well dam I am sorry to hear that... :( your posts have helped me out in the past and I will miss your point of view. I wish you the best and hope to see you around the forum.

Hennessy

@ headsmess ... well I reread this thread just to make sure I wasn't missing something.

On the X,Y,Z issue .... If you rotate something "about" an axis, that axis is the center of the rotation....

Yep... that would work to :) It felt like I was forgetting something :)

Hennessy

Yes, that would be the way I would do it. But you would need bar stock and i am assuming that you are using .250 in sheet/plate to save money. So in this case soft jaws would be your best bet.
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Do you have a lathe? If so, I would use that..... If not I would suggest boring some soft jaws to the finish od. Use a small jaw spacer so you can get as much "even" clamping force to the od of the...

Ya that little zen will be good for engraving or any small wood or plastic parts.

I dont know what your budget is like but i would recommend something like this

G0463 Mill / Drill

Your...

welcome to the zone!!!

I took a look at the receivers from tactical machining and from what i can see of what is left to complete the little zen wont work. you need more travel in Z than it has...

@ Nitwit ... I don't mean to sound like an a$$ but it is never ok to just bash an engineer. Try to see his point of view. From what I can understand of your original post it seems to me that both of...

I use the Engraving tool path in Mastercam x3... if you use the "cut geometry on top" option it will generate z moves in the corners that follow the bevel up. You do need to make sure the tool is...

I don't think there is a preferred cad program. Personally I like Solidworks best but that is just my opinion. The best thing I can tell you is that no mater what cad package you are using is to make...

I don't want to bump this thread (It seams like a sore topic) but my curiosity is getting the better of me. I have got to know one thing.... To any Female Machinist or other wise out there..... Why...

I have run in to this same problem on my VMC-15 XT. Helical boring cycles are about the only thing that i found to cut cycle time and not scrap parts. I think 150.ipm is just to fast on this style of...

i am going to take a guess here.... your wanting to make a dead center correct? http://www.royalprod.com/product.cfm?catID=9&ID=68 if that's the case i would recommend just buying one. turning a ruff...

ROFLMAO !!! :) :) ...Just F.Y.I typing in all CAPS is like yelling at the top of your lungs on the internet...... Oh and if you buy the software the posts are free. :) :)

Dam i knew it !!!!! you old farts do it on purpose!!!! :stickpoke :stickpoke :) :)

Hennessy

Ah I see... now I get why Parameter 5139 is 1000. So how do I call out a peck depth?



Ya I posted here because I needed a quick reply. I got thrown in to the fire today. We needed some tooling...

I am running a lynx 200L lathe with a fanuc 21i-t control. I keep getting an invalid decimal point error. I don't know what I am missing, the manual isn't to clear and I don't get what the error code...

I have a vmc 30-16 xt and a vmc 40. the baud rates on both machines are different and I am tired of flipping mastercam back and forth. I am wondering if I can set them the same with out messing any...

welcome to the zone.

I would say this would be a good place to start :) http://www.cnczone.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48

Hennessy

lol that's cool as hell :) looks like it is just for training tho. toby is right i would have gone with a 60" to :)

Hennessy