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35hp on the mill spindle, 100hp on the turning spindle. I didn't say I only have worked with 3-4 axis. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Ive already programmed this machine. Not hard. Also we have an...

I wouldn't say it was too much machine, but too less machine. If we were given the limits they are now giving us on capabilities of machine, we wouldn't be where we are now. They had drawings of our...

I don't know if revenge is worth $470,000.(nuts)

On December 1st of last year we started up a new You Ji Vertical Turning Lathe 2000C. This machine looked like a metal eater when first installed. On December 4th the milling spindle froze. It was...

Andre'B is right. I used to use ballnose to put radii on corners, so I wouldn't have to lay part down, and do with an endmill. To get a .25 rad. you should just start at a z-.375 & x-.125, and G2 or...

I have put asterisks in post and succeeded in getting them around where I want tool comment to go. Here is what I am getting:

(XXX )
(P/N:)
(BOGLINO - DATE:)
(********************)
( T07=* *)...

Right now I have a post that I have edited a little and it has a tool list in the beginning. I've been successful in getting it to list correct tool numbers in order they are used, but would like it...

First of all we are a 100 year old company that manufactures shredders/pulverizers for the recycling industry. We make our own machines pretty much from the ground up. The biggest shredder we make,...

We have an old G & L 25VS. It's been an "alright" machine for years. It has a lot of little things on it that just don't work. Since we just bought a new Okuma Millac-1052V to replace it, I am...

I recently got my hands on a 2" and 3" Sumo Tec Iscar feedmills, but I am waiting to try them out. (Big end discs coming into Okuma soon) Anyone have any experience with these? I have to admit they...

Sorry everybody, we chopped it up and scrapped it out. Thanks for the replies though!

That's what the consensus is around here also. Just thought I'd get some opinions. Thanks for the reply!

We have an old ('80's) G & L VB-4 VMC, that we currently do not use. I was only being used as basically a CNC drill press as of late. It's not in the best shape, but I think it still runs. Does...

Sorry I forgot, the installer is healing just fine. He had some surgeries, and from what I hear they were successful.:nono:

Machine is up and running. It's real nice. The chip wash doesn't work at all, but I have Okuma working on that as we speak. I really like the tool presetter, and the renishaw probe. They are cutting...

Has anyone heard of, or used the Meta-Lax Stress relieving system? From what I understand it uses vibrations to stress relieve a part instead of doing it thermally. If anyone has any experience or...

Our Millac-1052v is still not installed (day 6). Our installers have only sent one guy the last 3 days, and he has never installed one of these. Then yesterday he had the table jogging, and was...

I think you set too many rules on this one. The guys on here are geniuses, but do not like to be told what to post. I think you screwed the pooch. Sorry, I know there are alot of guys on here running...

We are currently installing at Okuma-Howa Millac 1052, and we have the Okuma Operating Sytem with THINC capabilities. You can order it either way. It's nice to see Okuma finally went with the chip...

Sorry, after looking at picture I now realize we were all talking about the same thing. I guess I just couldn't picture your way. Hope all this helped original poster.

I don't know = third base?

Shouldn't that be (with left hand) thumb up, index pointing away from you (like a gun), and middle finger to the right. Thumb is Z+, index is Y+, and middle finger is X+.

This is just a shot in the dark, but I used to have what looked like perpendicular to the cut rib problems with 3-D contour milling. If that made sense. What I found out was that basically it was...

We have an old Harrison CNC lathe, and the shop foreman wants to be able to have me program it from my computer. It uses those little SanDisk disks to save programs written in conversational on it. I...

Hang out your reamer a little farther then you have it now. Drill a smaller diameter hole to ream. This will force reamer to follow hole. Also the stoning suggestion is a great one.

Last place I worked, we used a lot of SGS Alu-power high helix 3-flt carbide e-mills. They were great. You could rough and finish with them. They never chattered, and you could slam them into corners...

Right now, I just pull our Autocad files into Mastercam and create toolpaths, and geometry in Mastercam. Most cad/cam software will let you do that. Since you are an engineer, and have been through...

I would suggest you learn how to program manually first, then move on to cad/cam. I was an operator, and just by looking at the programs, I taught myself how to program at the machine. Easy parts at...

Open your post and look for a line similar to this

arcoutput : 0 # 0 = IJK, 1 = R no sign, 2 = R signed neg. over 180

Change to 0 and you are set. Also look for arctype :, and what setting...

My experience is you need a high chip load on tools. Tools need to cut not rub. If they start rubbing and heating up, they will break down faster than you can say "e-stop." Lot's of coolant!

Well, nevermind the whole post. With some more patient searching I was able to draw the tool in Mastercam and import it into my tool library. At first I thought your post wasn't very helpful, but in...