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We have a D2 part that needs to be heat treated to 60 Rockwell that has two m6 helicoil inserts in it, will they be alright if we heat treat it with them in there? Standard practice for d2 heat...

Lol jesus you guys went off into the weeds. Ok all I'm asking is that say you're milling a .125" hole, or maybe some weird size where you can't just run a reamer through the hole so you have to bore...

What do you guys do when you are milling a tight tolerance hole with an endmill and can feel a taper towards the bottom. Assume it's a new endmill that's interpolating (ramping down) down the hole....

I program/ run various machines and regularly find myself at a loss for words as to what specifically to call a certain part features. Like, is this a "tang" or maybe a "wing", I could call it the...

Yes that was it Thanks Guys!

In the old gibbs if i wanted to split a circle to have two point connected on each end it was plug-ins/geometry/ geo tools/ split circle. But i'm not seeing anything like that in the new gibbs...

Will coolant affect anodize at all? I need to machine some clear anodized parts and want to know if i use coolant will it eat away at the finish at all?

I'm getting a "3054 alarm c FWMB illegal. 25504" I think it has to do with code. It's on an okuma vertical mill MB-46VA it's not listed in the code book with the machine. What's FWMB?

Anyone have any good recommendations for milling polycarb for a good finish. I'll be milling out a .250 deep window in a .375 thick piece of clear polycarb. I'll volume mill out the window leaving a...

Yea I've know about friction drilling and self tapping screws and all that but we don't have any of that here and we don't really have enough time to order new tools, so is it a crap shoot between...

That's pretty much it. Should I use a cut or a roll tap when tapping thin sheet metal? Specifically around 14,15 gauge stainless steel with 10-32, 8-32, 6-32 screws.