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I don't know mastercam as we use Creo (Pro/E). The Y axis shown in your pic would need be defined as the Z of the sequence coordinate system to generate the toolpath I believe your trying to create....

We have mill/turn machine that has a "3rd station" for a tool block mounted directly to the turret. Here is a pic of that tool block. I used what is called uni-force clamps from Mitee-Bite (link...

Wow. We looked at the Mac Turn & ended up going with Hitachi Super Hicells back in 2001. We looked at the Multus about 1-1/2 years ago & decided on Mazak J300 Integrex. Looks like those were pretty...

I supect the form you want will not work in your favor either. I think a hex or star shape would be more acheivable. There is no break point for your chips except at 2 oposing points of the form 180...

Another possible broach supplier. My gut tellls me that small, that deep & that material is doubtful.

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That would be nice.

Same subject matter.

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Just to clarify. The original post implied mill application to me, which was the assumption of my reply. We do not use G41/G42 comp on turned features except in very RARE cases (tight tolerance ball...

I fail to understand why you would want to regenerate & reload a program each & every time you want to make a wear adjustment, which is what this suggests, even IF the operator had access to the CAM...

This should be a seperate post. You'll get better information that way. I can't give you a lot of guidance with this little info. It dependes on your application. Thread mills are are produced with...

Another consideration. The fewer numbers you require the operator to enter at the control, the smaller the risk of typo's or just plain errors.

Hi Alex.
We have always used CAM for programming & have always programmed centerline of tool using cutter comp only for deflection & tool diameter compensation. (1.00 mill milling a 2.00 hole would...

"Does anyone know at what peripheral speed it will explode?........I could keep pumping it up until it did, but can't really afford to"

I most certaninly wouldn't want to be standing anywhere...

Thanks again gentlemen! I shortened the feed line to 4" (valve to cyclinder) which made a noticeable difference. I'm not where I want to be yet, but ever closer. It works pretty well @ 110 psi, ok @...

Makes sense. Thank you both for the responses. I now have a variable to "evaluate" on my experiment (feed line). I'd made numerous other changes (hoped to be improvements) but with , what seemed,...

This thread was very timely for me. I learned a few things just when I was looking into pneumatics myself. Thanks to all. I heard yesterday from an unknown source (to me) that the length of feed line...

LOL. Always cool to do something "unconventional" with good results. But be careful who you share that info with.

Does volume affect force at all? (I assume not). In othere words does a 1.5" bore air cylinder with a 2" stroke at 100 psi exert exactly the same linear force as the same 1.5" bore air cylinder with...

Looking for MTB's that offer simple 2 axis CNC lathe equipment with a Quick Change Tooling system (similar to the KV40 tooling Hitachi Seiki utilized in years past). Can anyone offer a solution?

These are the closest options I'm aware of currently, but hoping for even better. We have a Mazak Nexus 250 MSY using a combo of VDI & C4 Capto. Workable, but less than ideal. We also have a J300...

Can anyone direct me to makers of CNC lathes with quick change tooling? Hitachi Seiki used to make them (& we own a few), but is no longer in business. I glanced at Mori's (aquired Hitachi) website...

Rob,

I did a quiick search of me email looking for info regarding the G17XC coding, to no avail. I also did not find anything in the post comments about the % sign origianlly mentioned. I was...

Rob,

I just looked through the post comments & did not find anything speceific to the G17 code. I found it in a macro, but no comment info. Just going off memory, we put that in to eplicitly...

Sorry. I've been tied up. Based on memory, Yes. I believe this was in fact one of the tweaks we made but will try to look after lunch.

Yes, it is possible. But I don't remember exactly how to get there. I do remember that is is pretty simple to do though. It's just a matter of finding it.

Rob,

Our original post was developed & purchased externally. The maintenance is now being handled internally so I have access to the history section of the post for the tweaks we've made...

Hi Rob. We have a J300 in operation using strictly EIA generated from Pro/Engineer (which is now called Creo) CAM post processed through Icam. I'm not execatly sure what you're specifically looking...

Great little machines if you wnat to do drilling. Not recommended for milling purposes from my viewpoint. It'll get you by with light duty milling in aluminum as you mentioned, but don't be too wild...

Might have been the other way around, but oh well.

It also depends whether you desire conversational programming capability or not.

Specifically the one I wondered why wasn't on the list. Very popular, it seems. Others come to mind as well.

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