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2 flute ball endmills are a MUST.

While MSC does carry alot of items they are sort of a one stop shop. However my cutting tools are waayyyy over priced from them. I use local suppliers that offer better deals and most importantly...

My carbide face Starrett mic has been dragging off rounds and flats for the past 25 years, I have yet to see any wear on the faces, if your reaching in a machine for a measurement it's just not...

That story actually reminded me of a little story,, FYI, when cutting onions while cooking at home and your hands smell,, rub them under running water while rubbing a stainless steel sink,, the smell...

I have seen really cool things made with Rhino but in the moldmaking trade it seems unheard of. For us we are Solid Works and Pro-E, although I would not call Pro-E mid grade, its top of the line...

I personally don't use a radial stepover very often for several reasons, in this case the center will end up with a tiny stepover and the outside a large stepover, I would cut the flats with a flat...

Alot of medical companies need ISO 9001 certification, we are a mold builder and never went thru that process, that would be a question to ask. We do not do much medical molding because of it.. I...

Do not use a floating holder for rigid tapping. Tap must be in a collet or milling chuck, tight!

Whenever I buy a new tool it always comes with a small tube of anti seize, usually its the copper based, however Hitachi uses something that is darker and looks more like graphite, I would say just...

We have a Fidia, which is a head-head machine, and a FPT Stinger, which is a head-table machine. The 5axis machines are most certainly not as rigid as our larger 3x machines, but they are quite...

A word of caution, many small ej pins are stepped, for example a .032 dia pin would have a .125 shank. So the relief for the pin would actually be around
.156 dia. Not just the next drill size over...

I saw that video on another forum, I watched it over and over, it's the most impressive 5x video I have ever seen. I would like to say that I could probably do that with our software, but on the...

I am not sure what "other guy" you are referring to. I did indeed buy the Haimer from Sussex Tool, even though they might not have it on their website, the sales guys stop in all the time and I...

Mikron,Makino and Roeders belong on the top of the list also

I am not sure why you guys are having such a problem with your venders, I bought one of these (the digital version) a few years back for arount 450$. I do most of my purchaces from Sussex Tool Supply...

I do all my hardmilling, and any milling for that matter, with Acculube air oil mist, the only thing I ever use coolant for is washing the chips out of the machine.

We have the Hurco's here for our shop guys, the big plus is the conversational programming, fill in the blanks and off you go.. The reliability on the machine is horrible, toolchangers always...

My spindle on the 5x machine will not even let me start it up until it does a "prelube" cycle for 3 minutes, then a canned warm up cycle is mandatory, yes it takes a few minutes of the day, but I...

Since I am a 5axis programmer and operator, your thread title had me a little curious. After going thru all your photos, my first though is "holy s%*@t you have waaaay to much time on your hands....

Cutting Tool Engineeering is a fine magazine. I also read Moldmaking Technology.

I have the Haimer, digital readout version,, I really like it, I believe it was about $480.

I agree with tooldude, high feed type tools on hard S-7 has not worked very well for me, much better off with a full depth trochoidal path, if you have the cam to make the program for it.

First of all I never wear any gloves around anything spinning, just to get that out of the way! To answer your question I have a thin pair of yellow kevler gloves inside a pair of Ansell gloves,...

There is a company called Single Source technology. www.singlesourcetech.com They supply allot of my endmills, also they are a Makino rep, and have many good applications guys there to talk to....

I guess there is an argument on both sides of that issue, zipping along that fast with a light depth, there is very little toolpressure, both on the machine and on the spindle, where as doing more of...

I can't believe no one responded to this video yet, so I must speak. In the very recent past it seems as though alot of endmill manufactures were making the "high feed" carbide tools, four flute...

That is a good article by Seco,, they are also great tools by the way. I will explaine this a little different way. Chip thinning,, think of the chip load you program as chip advancement per tooth, ...

Honestly I have never done it, I program with powermill by delcam, and they have a deticated plunge milling strategy, which works fine, but, they advised me against using it on our 5x machine, it's...

Plunge milling with a drilling cycle is a no-no, sounds like it would work but your tool would only last a few plunges, the high end cam systems that strictly do plunge milling actually back the...

I will get the pics for you this weekend.