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where does an operator make $24 per hour!?!? i make $18 as a setup/programmer. :(

wow. my present cnc machinist position has me setting up ~15 year old femco lathes with fanuc o-t and even THAT is more modern than this chap's machine...


look at this shot of a solid model i...

it sounds like a manual lathe with an old control on it... as you touched off the od and set your x to zero there... that code won't do anything beside smack the part on a conventional nc machine. so...

whoa man! that won't work. there is no negative zero value allowed. and all that will do is rapid move .001 in x than a few thou then back all being 2 inches off the origin to origin and back. what's...

i use mastercam x3-mu1

only annoying part of pie jaws is when you need to take them off...

i can tell you machining the table, trunnion, or vise is not the most ideal situation!

also trick are the magnetic 3- and 4-jaw chuck stops...
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i had made many sets of 6061-T651 jaw blanks for our Kurts. a lot of times it was more fun making the tooling than it was making the ridiculous tolerance part runs.

as to the roughness, i have...

imagine your an employer, you spent $150K on the software, you licensed turbo fan technology from GE, had a team of engineers spend a year+ making solid models with said technology, and then you pay...

if you have $500K to spare, Hermle C40U 5-axis with Heidenhain iTNC-530... i would have sex with these mills if i could!! well, err i had a close attachment to the two i worked on for 3 years.......

why would you need to lie a parallel on its side?? just use a shorter set. as to being bent, it sounds like you are too rough on the thin sets! this reminds me of a bizarre case of a few different...

4th is m24 and m25
5th is m26 and m27

on all controls 430 and prior, you need to have the pc configured in the control, then have pc on BEFORE booting TNC or it won't connect.

if your control has usb, you can use that. if not the TNCcremoNT software free at the site.

on the tnc530 the pc needs a static ip. go to programming and editing > mod > net123. there you put in the pc ip and subnet. reboot. you need to be in programming and editing if you want to...

looks like a dmg center. 12.25 hour cycle time... intriguing.

my hobart handler 120 (120 amp peak) is pretty nice. about $200 less than miller or lincoln which are basically the same now.

stick stabbing is an easy way to stick the rod. match strike is a sure-fire.

this thread is old.. but the C40U is a fine machine. Fast and holds tenthousandths all day. My former employer had 2 of them.

ahhh.. good old 430 and 530s. whats the problem?

i have catalina 2-20# and 2-5# aluminum cylinders all at about 800 psi full.. the vapor point of co2. the tank working pressure is 1800 so who knows. my weld supply said only steel inert gas tanks...

ok, hmm. supposedly, brazing when done properly is "as strong or stronger" than arc welding.. since surface adhesion area is far greater than a base and child metals. but i can't afford tig, so my...

ive got 71ft of 4130-chromo 1"od 3/16" wall that i was going to make a roll cage for an autocross vehicle. 1.25" od min reqd. so i plan to make other projects out of it like a dual burner stand for...

cadcam is helping me get a demo.

mastercam sucks! there so disrespectful. i tried a fourth time to contact my "rep" and said screw it. i talked to the corp people at westec in la.. its a broken record. "contact the local dealer"...

my boss handled the programming of our sim-5 machines. he left out company recently. i have called mastercam numerous times explaining that i want to try out x to see if it's worth while for my...