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I would most likely agree with it being a broaching tool of sorts, but what is confusing is the void in the middle and what appears to be a mounting hole. It does start out at a diameter of 1.705"...

Glad to see I am not the only one that hasn't seen this before, shredder, maybe but doesn't seem to have enough cutting bite. I was leaning towards a broaching tool also or a reamer. One appears to...

Wheres my head, I should have known that one, must have been used by some heavy duty mechbots, at 12 pounds each i don't think any of us would be swing these around for very long.

Normally I am the go to guy to know figure out what things are and how they work. Well someone brought me something from a closed down machine shop that I have not seen before, no marks, no part...

Thanks for the replies. No we do not have a cnc lathe, just standard lathes. I have tried doing this project on them but it is to difficult and hard to repeat.
I do have a IGES file available for...

I need to make plastic handles out of a 1.5" diameter plastic rod.
I plan on cutting the rod down to the length I need and inserting into a collet holder which will go into the spindle of the HAAS...

Hmmm. nice idea, but. maybe I am not explaining enough. The job I have requires me to drill 64 .052 and 16 .125 holes in a varing degree of pattern.
Each hole has to be within +-.0002 tolerance...

I have a VF2 machine and recently was asked to make some parts that need exact tolerances (+- .0002). So I did some accuracy test holes with different drill bits and lines with some end mills. I...

In a request for the file in MC9 here it is.

Yes I have 3D capabilities, at least I think I do, I have been doing quite a bit of drawing in 3D. Mill level 3 is what the program states.

The...

I am trying to create a proper toolpath with a .250 ball endmill.
I have tried numerous toolpaths and settings and cannot get the ball endmill to follow the cavity in the bottom of the cylinder....

Thanks for the responses.
As to respond to Mike M, I wish I could use one program, unfortunately, the government contracts and engineers are very specific and use BobCad proprietary files, If I was...

Wow great!
This is what I was looking for, excellent information.
It's not easy learning so many different cad/cam programs, Bobcad for my wire EDM's, Camworks for my lathe, and now learning...

OK I have some very simple projects. the project is to make a logo on a sign, all i have is a rough drawing of the lines I need to follow, easy enough to draw out until I tried to get a toolpath to...

Thanks for the responses. It took me awhile to get back here cause I have been out of town.
Most of the information has been very helpful and corrected most of the problems I have been having.
As...

I have Mastercam X and a HAAS VF2 machine, I have a few problems with it writing the G code out to the machine.
First problem comes when initiating Mastercam to write the G-code, I get a error...

OK Thanks will give that a try.

Hello,
I am trying to find a post processor for mastercam X and haas vf2.
I have one at the shop but I do not have one on my laptop and can't get back to the shop for a couple of days ( out of...

Just bought a 2002 Haas VF2. I have it hooked up and ready to go.
I would like a basic dry run program that I could send from MastercamX to the machine that may involve a tool change, turning on/off...