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Looking for drawing and programming software for cnc milling that competes with mastercam for a lot less that is available to a small machine shop. Must work with haas controller. Anybody point me...

I would have to agree there must be a misalignment in the bearings most likely in the housing as the shaft would probably be machined in one setup and the housing may have been rotated in the lathe...

if you are making linear bearings the only thing that is really critical is that the two sets of holes have the exact center to center location and this can be accomplished by simply clamping the two...

Well i could share a couple. About 10 yrs ago i was working for my father in now my machine and fab shop and we had just bought our first hydraulic press brake from a local business going out and...

Hey all this ionfo has been great a have just bought a Haas VF-OE 20 x 20 x 30 VMC with a 4th axis and was looking for confirmation that i had bought well with Haas. I will still have to experience...

Thanks guys i bought it hope it works out.

If you really want to use a dial indicator what you need to do is weld a spindle from the junkyard with a hub on to a plate and weld that to something heavy to keep it sturdy. then weld a tube out...

My favorite machines are the ones i build myself of course. Boring and milling machines for portable or application specific work is my favorite but the fun is in building them once thats done hell...

I think we all find the site and find that theres tons of other neat and informative stuff goin on on this sita and never take the time to go back and edit our profiles although I'm sure that many of...

Hey Dave I feel much the same and am in the same situation and i put in a stereo thats volume controlled at different areas as some runnning louder machines want it louder and the ones needing to...

Yeah on manual machines and its not fun, what type of machining? I have had luck using ceramic in a lathe. Heavy cutting i find a good chipbreaker and small rad on the nose slow and medium to heavy...

I agree with viper on the laser if not try rough grinding the edges off first to remove the worst part of the hardness from the plasma. Check the air for water dampness in the line tends to make...

i also have had the best luck with spiral flute taps and found osg to be the best choice per part from a cost perspective 316 ss this was

worked weekends and summers sweepin chips n drilling holes at age 12 in my fathers shop quit school at gr 10 and worked at the shop conventional machining and taking the crap load for the shop...

with 2 parts you should do this setup clamped together as you dont want to hit this size twice.

a hole saw that large in alum will want to bind if you go this rout e use lots of coolant and a wire brush to clean the chips from the teeth as you peck up and down in the part. 2 3/4 dia should be...

drilling a hole at the end of the key slot really helps in blind keys and wow what a tool to shape the key all i have ever done was either cut off a broken broach and use it in the tool post of the...

my advice is imagine what career it is that you really want and find the job that will get you to that the fastest and approach the giver of that job and tell them you want that job and you will...

not knowing all the info makes it hard to say although if the quantities are as you say i would probably build a double stage punch to punch this out possibly. The first stage springloaded to clamp...

never liked boring heads myself i found that a homemade bar with a tool sticking out and a dial indicator works the best in most situations. you lose a lot of rigidity as you limit the tool size to...

i dont know what size your parts are although at our shop we use a dishwasher and reqular dish soap for some smaller parts and it works great

hey this is great i just found this site tonight in my search for information on a haas VF-OE vertical machining center. I currently have a conventional machine shop primarily focused on repair and...