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Don't stop at the rapids. You need to increase to 6000RPM also for full efficiency. Follow this link for the rapids, and inside this thread is another link for the spindle mod.
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I wouldn't call that a mistake...just an oversight. The design is cosmetically flawless and all efforts should focused on retaining looks as well as function. One possibility would be to lose the...

That is what I am picturing....and plenty of room for extra O-Rings.

Nice drawing.

He has already given you everything you need to build one...make sure you follow the link to his personal pics website by clicking on the first pics in this post. For the nozzles, try looking at QPM...

He is keeping it on with two set screws.

The diameter you have chosen (same as above spindle collar) will fit into tool changer pocket and in between tools, so no problems there. Rather than...

It moves to a safe position near the corner....not to the corner. If it were actually at the corner, your 6mm ruby ball would be touching the vice by 3mm. The reason it changes when you hit part...

Assuming that you have the tool changer on your TM-1, the only drawback I see to the design is that you are filling a reservoir with coolant (the cavity around your spindle) without any check valve...

That is a killer design. I do have a couple of questions: Are the jets tapped and what is the black stuff oozing from around the jets? Is that the way (threaded ID jets) it is done on other VMCs...

I have the TM-3. I run an Accupro coated carbide .5" 3 flute high helix for aluminum. MSC sells it to me for $38. It has a 1.25" flute length. I run it in my mill at 5000 rpm and 45 ipm, .375...

If there is, I can't find it. That would be a powerful tool, wouldn't it? Something that would automatically regenerate all toolpaths to give you mirror image parts. For $15,000, I would expect...

Excellent points. I hadn't thought of the fact that I would be pushing the cutter rather than dragging it (there goes my surface finishes). I guess there is no easy way of going about this. Thanks.

O.K.....I am trying to be lazy here. I have an intricate part that I make for the drag racing industry. I made my model for right handed people and have written tons of code (Mastercam) that...

We bought the TM-3 first of the year and love it. Get away from even thinking about the conversational side of the machine unless you have yet to buy the cam software; it is extremely limited unless...

I just posted a question about wearing out a usb port and realize that a rs232 cable is in my future. What Software needs to be running on a PC to communicate directly to a Haas? Can you drip feed...

That's what I feared. I guess it is time to figure out my RS232 port. What intermediate software is necessary to have the mill and computer talk?

Is there any way to modify a program that you have stored on your USB drive while it is still in your mill? I find that while troubleshooting a program during it's initial run, I am constantly...

I assume the TM-3 comment was a joke. If it wasn't, and you do not know what a TM-3 is and you bought the Hurco, I would ask you what you were doing in this forum. My Haas Toolroom Mill is a 2008...

Why would you pay Haas to make something that you could, provided that you have any degree of lathe?

What do you plan to use them for out of curiosity?

My new TM-3 says Kurzdell (Spelling?) Michigan on the casting. Since that is where many of the automaker foundries were, that is where my money sits.

I am working on a project and have been tweaking the first step to death. I currently have the bulk of the program running with a spindle load of around 60-80 percent, but there are a few strokes...

I had a similar issue recently. And mine was after using the probe for a while. I all of a sudden lost .075" of every tool I had in the magazine. The remedy was to re-calibrate the spindle probe...

I have a toolroom mill (open model, 4000 rpm) and am running a program that is doing a lot of pocketing and profiling in 6061 aluminum with a 1/2 inch, 3 flute, crest cut (roughing and finishing)...

There are many accurate responses here; here is my $.02.

I bought a TM-3 in January. I have a job shop rather than a production shop but I get requests for quantity runs (generally 50-ish at a...

Ok. Here is an update from today's visit from a different HFO technician. Would you believe he beat me to work?!? I actually made chips today that weren't ruby! Let me give you a rundown on...

I appreciate all of the offers for help. I will be taking some of you up on your offers, but first let me give everyone an update to the story. I received a call at work today from a (I assume my)...

OK. I have worked in a machine shop for over 20 years. I am good with computers and assumed this would be a simple transition. This is kicking my butt!! I got the WIPS have figured out how to set...

This may be like kicking a dead mule, but I am about to buy a toolroom mill and I wanted to pair it up with a TL-2, but after reading some of the posts in this forum, I am skiddish. There seems to...

I am about to purchase a Haas toolroom mill. I am torn between the TM-2 and the TM-3. $5000 is alot of money for an extra 4" of Y axis, IMO. I am curious what you guys think. Also, I would like to...

I have been asking for the price of the converted X3 and the price of all of their options, but I have had no luck doing so. My emails and pms have gone unanswered. Can anyone tell me some of their...