Where did you buy this machine through?
Type: Posts; User: eltejano
Where did you buy this machine through?
One of my customers has a machine shop and they have about 50 of them. He said he would give me one.
Found a video of the cylindrical probe.
https://youtu.be/kacnj-kpErw
I have seen the Tschorn ones in Germany. I sometimes spend nearly half the year over there. They are pretty nice. I didnt realize that they had a cylindrical tip for them.Thank you for mentioning...
For sure get Pathpilot. I have not had one problem with it. I had problems with Mach on Z before. 3 times is decided it was time to plunge. All 3 times I was right next to the machine and hit the...
I was cleaning the mill the other day and touched the x motor and was surprised at how hot it was. Good to now it was nothing.
When you do conversational programming on pathpilot, it uses this to know the tool diameter for lead in and such. If you don't have them in there, it will lead in the center of the tool because it...
So you set your tool lengths individually for each tool in every job? Holy ****, I would spend half of my time setting tool lengths if I did that. I do spot checks to make sure the offsets are...
The previous machine I used had the exact same setup as mine. The only difference was that mine has runout at the taper and the other one had almost none. I have a part I was making where I was...
Well, maybe they will not be replacing the spindle. I sent videos of the spindle and they seem to be not sure if it warrants replacement. I have been back and forth with 2 people. One went on...
Well, that is one hell of an oversight.
What issues were they having?
Its a shape I saw on some extruded aluminum supplier that I had modeled last year for something else.
I was going to add shelves coming down and put an aluminum sheet metal plate slightly tilted...
I was thinking of something similar for the wall right next to my machine. I will space the holes a little farther and make a few changes still. I am designing a ton of shelves I'll be cutting on...
I was
Also, I recommend you toss that Tormach r8 collet, I was checking the contact patch on mine and it was terrible. I also checked the collet from a different machine and it was bad, too....
A runout test bar is a lot more expensive that a Tormach spindle.
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I am thinking...
Thank you, everyone, for your input.
I like this idea. Thought about a footswitch but really dont want anything else on the ground.
I dont have a runout test bar. But runout at the taper with an indicator is a pretty good indicator that runout exists.
I sent video and pictures. They said they would send me a spindle tomorrow.
I have enough headache dealing with runout at the tool, dont need runout at the spindle to give me a bigger headache.
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I understand that you need an spindle runout test bar to really check the runout. Runout check at the taper only tells a small bit of the story. At best, it shows that there is a minimum of the...
Its the spindle. I have it marked on the high side. I got all my cutters marked on the opposite, low side. If I dont line them up just right, the runout can get crazy. In the morning, I come out,...
I have about 30 dedicated holders at the moment and they all get used. The ones I, especially, want numbered are my drills. I use some drills that are similar in size and I use all stub drills so it...
Just curious what everyone else's spindle runout was. I measure mine at the taper and got about .0008, almost a whole thou. Does this seem a bit excessive? My gear had mill drill was almost...
Its probably the ATC. I was checking it out at Zbot last month.
Better not be a next generation mill after I just bought the 1100.
I just took that off and tossed it in the stand. I ran my cables through the opening. You could always drill a hole with a hole saw on the panel and pop a rubber grommet in it and run your cable...
I use Aspire, HSM works, Fusion 360 and I number my tools the same in all of them. Especially tools 1-20, they never change. If anything, the only tools I have changed are drill bits that I dont use...
Would be nice to be able to customize the UI, just like different colors and maybe even themes, fonts. I know it makes no difference and it is useless but I like changing things up sometimes.