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Thanks so much. Chuckorlando, that is a very generous offer and thanks for the encouragement! Perhaps if really needed I will send you a pm. Nervous and excited all at the same time

Thanks you all so much for the advice. I do own a haas vf2 and a tl1. And a conventional mill and lathe. My hope was to get more efficient so I could try get some small job shop type work as well...

Hello, I am a 49yo that lost my non machining related job. I was in a completely different industry. I held onto hope for a year or 2 that work would come back but it has not so time to move on. ...

Thanks

Hi guys
Would the most time efficient way of setting up a center cutting tool on my tl1 be to
Dial indicate the tool (or a drill rod in the tool holder) with a dial indicator in the spindle
Press...

Hi guys, reposting this from the Haas mill side. just added a tl1 to my vf 2. Never had a cnc lathe before and having a hard time wrapping my head around the co ordinate system. Its so different to...

Hi guys, just added a tl1 to my vf 2. Never had a cnc lathe before and having a hard time wrapping my head around the co ordinate system. Its so different to the vf2 in terms of mindset. Never...

Good morning guys, about to buy a tl1 and not sure what to do regarding the turret or toolpost decision. For those who have a tl1 which way did you go and do you regret it? Also, enclosure or not? ...

Thanks a lot for the replys
Mark

that helps a lot.

Thanks very much

Mark

I would like to try get some work done before the probe gets here. All my tools are still in the offset page based on their height taken from the renishaw table tool setter. What would be the...

Just got off the phone with my HFO. They do in fact offer an exchange program. The unit does come straight from Renishaw but its through Haas. It is only 15$ more through Haas so I am doing it...

John sent me a nice and helpful pm over the weekend.
Thanks for the replys. That was what John told me I guess I was kind of hoping that with 3 or so yrs past something might have changed as far as...

well, made a stupid expensive error and crashed my probe body saturday. I searched and found an old post where heli John told about his crash and sent him a pm. That was from a while ago when he...

Thanks a lot. You are right, the probe skidded and then I hit reset for fear of breaking the stylis. I will try it again and see what happens after the first touch.
Mark

Hey guys, I have a question for those with a probe...

I am making some insert toolholders for my lathe. I am making them
5deg X 5deg. Setting X0Y0Z0 with the probe is interesting because...

Oh, ok. Got it. Sorry. It took a minute. Makes complete sense now. Thanks a lot.
Mark

Thanks a lot Matt. That make complete sense. The spin indexer I have been looking at has equally spaced holes, but I cant wrap my head around that.
Mark

Hi Guys, would anyone happen to know how many degrees apart the 10 holes are on the vernier plate of a spin indexer?

The outer plate has the 36 holes at 10 degrees apart.

I cant wrap my head...

This is the first time I have done it. I ended up getting it to work by importing the dxf then exploding the block. It worked well. Next time I will try to import the AI file.

Thanks

Mark

well it attached the dxf just not the ai file

thanks a lot, I appreciate that. I could not attach them for some reason. Would you ming either pm`ming me your email address or emailing me

[email protected]

and then I can email them to you....

ok, so I got it converted to path and imported it into sw. It was imported as a block not a normal sketch like I am used to seeing so editing it is not what I would have expected. Are there any...

Thank you very much. I appreciate the help. I will give it a try tomorrow
Mark

Thanks for the reply Trevis. I did not convert the text to path. I have not used illustrator
Before this. How do you do that?
Thanks again
Mark

hi guys, I need to import a capital letter (in a certain font) from adobe illustrator into solidworks. Give it dimensions and then machine it. I tried exporting from Illustrator as a dxf then...

have a pump pumping air into the sump. Still stinks. wasnt used much for a year and I didnt cycle the coolant. Just not sure how to dispose of it.
Mark

thanks Karl, how did you get rid of the old stuff?
Mark

Hi guys, The coolant in my vf2 has finally become so stinky it is unbearable. I need to get rid of it and start fresh. How do you guys dispose of the coolant when you need to replace it? and also...

my light like that was at the right rear by the collet tightening fixture