I am looking for a holder for MGMN-1.5 inserts with a 12 mm shank. The part number for this would be MGIVR2012-1.5, but I cannot find anyone who sells this. Can anyone help?
It's for gang tooling...
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I am looking for a holder for MGMN-1.5 inserts with a 12 mm shank. The part number for this would be MGIVR2012-1.5, but I cannot find anyone who sells this. Can anyone help?
It's for gang tooling...
Soft aluminium, soft brass and copper - a world of pain without an air blast to clear the chips and lubrication to prevent 'Built Up Edge'.
Cheers
Roger
There is a extra charge from our CNC manufacturer for lifting the pen when etching these strings of text so I need one line
Amazing idea. Do they say why? How much is the 'extra charge'?
Cheers...
Yes.
Just limit the voltage and current. The servo drive should allow that.
Cheers
roger
I use a vacuum table for PCBs. I can shave the surface before I start so it is FLAT. I start with a thick top!
Some vacuum tables have holes everywhere. That is unnecessary and expensive.
A single...
Yes, G61 would do that.
Cheers
Roger
Which only goes to show just how many causes there can be for 'problems'. :p
And how really difficult it can be to diagnose things when one have only half (or less) of the info one needs and would...
Most likely (I think) your servo drive is oscillating. Have you changed ANY parameters in any of the drives recently?
Or, perish the thought, there could be a component failure in the drive in the...
You need to measure the actual voltage going into the BOB. It may be hovering right at the witching threshold.
Electrical noise is probably also a problem.
My Mach3 spindle DRO works fine.
...
Hi Pete
Ah so - LM24.
Machining practice [for LM24] is similar to that for other Aluminium castings alloys containing Silicon. Whilst there is not the tendency to drag associated with high...
Well, stop it from shifting!
Try adding clamps beside the profile. Top clamps will hold it down, but are often not good enough to stop sideways movement Been there.
Cheers
Roger
Opinion only, based on vacuum-forming work done for me decades ago:
(Dear me - that long ago?)
If the first material vacuum-forms very well, I have some doubts whether it is standard PETG. Of...
I don't think the problem is in the cutter, but in the lack of lubricant on the cutter.
I use an air blast to clear the chips and a pulsed misting of 3:1 kero/olive oil. If I see any scruff on the...
Go back to Mach 3 & ESS
You have Mach3 and the ESS and all the machine HW. Zero cost to try it.
Cheers
Roger
(W7, Mach3 .062, ESS, Geckos)
Hi WesM
Not so fast.
The spec on the drives is 220 V +/- 10%. That means they can take 220 + 22 = 240 V. That is very close to what you have right now.
The next thing to consider is just what...
In Mach4 you can edit the screen within the session, and on the fly.
Now that is something I did not know.
I guess what we are seeing here is a reflection of the huge increases in performance of...
Hi Craig
I have not really played with Mach4, so I cannot comment on the relative ease of modification.
I was only saying that I found modifying Mach3 to be fairly easy.
Cheers
Roger
PS: am...
Hi Craig
Among the things that Mach4 does, and so much better than Mach3, is that the screen is highly user editable. If you want a particular screen you can make it.
I have to dispute this bit...
W7, Mach3, ESS, Gecko servoss, 4 axes. Steel, titanium, aluminium, plastics.
No mucking around. I am 'customer support' :p
Has been running very reliably for many years.
Cheers
Roger
Could it be that we have two different groups here? One group keen to innovate, develop and explore, and another group keen to use their machine to make things right now.
For sure, I can see the...
For PCBs I use the pins as described by Craig, with a vacuum table. Works very well.
Cheers
Roger
Transmutation of lead into gold.
Chuckle.
Could be a bit of a scam.
Cheers
Roger
600 W Baldor DC PM motor, 3,500 RPM max, huge overload capacity. Steel, titanium anything.
I find 600 W quite enough.
Cheers
Roger
Me, I would put two hard straight alignment edges on the table, on the X and Y axes. I would align the spindle to these edges (ie X=0 and Y=0).
If necessary you can change the X & Y zeros later, by...
Homework - yes indeed!
Cheers
Roger
I machine a lot of hard and soft Aluminium and various plastics.
I use a strong air blast with a pulsed misting. The air blast prevent second cuts, and the mist keeps the cutter 'wet' so chips don't...
Hi Roger
Stick with what you have got: Mach3 + ESS. Works just fine for me.
Cheers
Roger
Yes Mach 3 absolutely works, but for how long?
Contrary to some popular rumours, software does NOT decay with time. A bit is a bit. Backups help of course.
Mach3 runs perfectly well on W10 and...
'is the Gcode required industry standard or close to it'.
G-code IS an industry Standard: it was defined by NIST after much industry discussion (and some compromises).
(NIST: National Institute for...
Hi Craig
Well, I suggest we are both correct.
There is no questiont that NIST G-code is a Standard.
On the other hand, we all know that many older companies pursue variations of their own. I...