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My machine does the same thing. It does not like it if you unplug it while it is in MEM mode, with a USB file open. If you do it in hand jog, and then put the USB back before you go back to MEM, it...

I've just been through this, twice. We financed because our business could pay the loan even if the machine just sat there, and we figured (correctly) we could make a lot more money, with our money,...

FWIW- guys- I got them to give me a post which just sends it home as the default toolchange location.

I think you could enter it per tool if you really wanted, but I have a wee lathe with fast...

Ya, I decided I had better RTFM... It does in fact require that- I wish there was a way to just set it to go home. Now i'm trying to run it in the air a ways back, and of course I don't have enough...

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I've got a new lathe here with a fanuc Oi-TD controller on it and i'm using gibbs 2010.

I was dry running the very first program last night, with the feed on like 10% and the rapid on...

Those duraturns are what, 60-80k new?

My 40k budget was because I'm not financing this machine...

I was looking at SL150's but most are loaded down with live tooling and a lot of stuff which...

Hi there,

It's finally time to add a lathe to my business. The parts I need to make are mostly steel, aluminum, and titanium- up to 6" diameter. Most are short- .25 to 2" long.

Damn near any...

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I'll call the tomorrow. I spoke with slater today about rotary broaching, and apparently they cannot broach a single male keyway. They can do two, 180 apart- but not one- too much force...

The keyway on these is only for alignment / assembly. The clamp load is what holds the gear in place on these. One of the guys making these gears supplies like a 1/8" little corner of a keyway haha-...

Ya, its curvilinear II-

Anyways, I see what you are saying about rotary broaching- yes, EDM is way too slow, so are 1/16" drill bits and tiny end mills.

Not sure that it wouldn't engage just...

I've seen these both one piece and with a loose keyway. I'd much rather go with a 1 piece setup.

I'm not making like 2 of these- rather hundreds- and the tool(s) would work for multiple...

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I'm working on a part which has a male keyway inside a small bore. The factory piece is sintered iron and they just press it together- easy. Machining that though- not so easy.
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I'm considering buying a mori lathe (SL-150 or similar) from the mid to late 90's. It's not going into a crazy busy production shop, but rather an enviroment where it will run probably...

Actually, I was refering to the length of bar- the parts are closer to 1.5" OD. Still should be fine though.

It always seems to me that lathes take less of a beating then VMC's-

To be...

Well-

If I was gonna buy used, I'd be looking for something less then 10 years old- and pretty low hours. The last thing I need is a 5 ton paperweight.

I've been back and forth on this soooo...

Hi guys.

I'm in the planning stages of adding a lathe. One possibility I'm considering would be a new ST-20.

Anyways, what are your guys thoughts on the bar feeders? One of the parts I'm...

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How about this, for a rotary table:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tormach-8-Motorized-Rotary-Table-30194-/310161960001?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483717ec41#ht_1526wt_1137

My part is only...

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I have the need for a very specialized grinder- one which will rotate a workpiece against a grinding wheel, which will move in and out to grind a profile on the rotating work piece.
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"Yes, I would like you to come in for an interview. Don't forget to wear a suit and bring pictures of your toolbox."

Sorry, but in the real world, there are about 50 thousand other things more...

Thats why I was thinking these:

http://www.miteebite.com/products/m_uniforce_m.html

I could basically make a plate with like 10 "mini" double vises- and make batches of 20pc.

They are a...

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I would like some advise or thoughts on how to go about making (cnc milling) this part. Machine is a haas vf2.

It is a .230" thick part, made from 6061. It's a rounded off diamond...

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For those of you who suggested carpet tape... I did a little searching and Mcmaster has something similar I think. "general purpose polyethylene tape"- says it's good for quickly...

Well, the issue isn't really tolerance so much as finish. Those plates shown make 4 parts each- so each part is small enough it's not difficult to hold a reasonable tolerance across the part. On the...

PS: The piece of stock shown is from before the fixture had those extra drill holes and circles machined into it. I'm facing one side, then flipping it over and facing / drilling / pocketing.

Here goes:

The face mill is a mitsu. ASX400 with their HTi10 aluminum inserts in it. It's a 4 insert 2.5" cutter and feeding 80ipm @ 3500 rpm for finishing. This has given excellent finish on...

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I've got some parts which are made of 1/4" 6061, and machined down to like .2" .

Anyways, the stock is wide enough that if you hold it between vise jaws, it vibrates like hell.
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The origin is currently on the corner of a fixture plate that doesn't move. It will run fine all day long, it's just wrong sometimes the next morning. It seems to only be on the Y axis, the X & Z...

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My machine has started doing something odd in the last few weeks. After I power it up in the morning, and let everything home, do the warmup program, etc- I now double check my...

That would probably help greatly... The con-rod example, they swell at the joint from the extreme clamping pressure on the joint, which is a relatively small material cross section. In this case, the...

IIRC there are equations in some manufacturing engineering text books to calculate that. I'm sure they are loaded with emperically derived constants that probably go out the window when the cutter...