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    Re: What ToolSetter do you use?

    MFchief, I was really considering that. I decided it wasn't any better for my process so now I set and measure tools offline. It is actually faster than I do with the ETS. Haha.
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    Re: What ToolSetter do you use?

    Very nice video Cliff. Here's mine: https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IHwrtALdS/

    I hacked together an ETS about a year ago, but I mostly just use the height gauge for offline tool length offset now....
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    Re: PP backlash settings

    I'm not at my mill at the moment but I recall it being something like:


    admin_set_backlash x 0.005

    You have ot specify the axis and unit after the admin command.

    This is a very nice change...
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    Re: 1100M Head Casting Bolt Torque

    With the readings you got, I cannot tell if your column is off or it is just your spindle head. It could also be both.

    You can check (and fix/improve) the perpendicularity of the column to the...
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    Re: 1100M Head Casting Bolt Torque

    Did you check if your spindle is parallel to the Z axis?

    Mine wasn't and I had to shim the head to make it parallel to the Z axis in both the X and Y axis planes. Then I shimmed my column...
  6. Re: Tormach/Pathpilot - Improved Probing Features

    The ITTP is my absolute favourite tool for the Tormach. Watched this yesterday and I enjoyed the updates in PathPilot too.
  7. Re: Super Fly (Mostly Good) but doesn't plunge well.

    You need to do a roughing pass much higher than where it needs to be, then finish it to size. I use the Superfly to face fixture plate that's exactly the XY envelope of my 770. The 770 being less...
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    Re: Digital Microscope

    I use a centerscope, Cscope by TomsTinyShop. The scan function should work well but I use it manually to measure/reverse engineer existing parts.

    I also use it for the times when I need to locate...
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    Re: Talk Me Out of a Tormach 770

    I’m able to hold +/-0.01mm/0.0004” on a well tuned 770, primarily on titanium (Ti6Al4V) production pieces. Some thermal expansions in X and Y will shift the position a little. The Z zero usually...
  10. Thread: ATC Question

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    Re: ATC Question

    I had 2 Superfly's on the ATC without issue. I'm using 770S3.
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    Re: New version V2.3.4 released

    I had the probing started up slow today on a fresh day. Upon restart, it loaded up the probing feed rate in imperial values for my metric setup. This could possibly be a bug.
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    Re: PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    I have never tried changing the soft limit via the ADMIN command, only via the .ini file, but could it be that the range is set to a positive value while PathPilot expects a negative range for Y...
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    Re: buying PCNC 1100, am I asking too much?

    I think it depends on how good you can tune the machine and condition of the machine you get. I managed to get my 770 compensated with about 5 microns backlash (0.005mm/0.0002"). But with caveat, I...
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    Re: buying PCNC 1100, am I asking too much?

    Interesting. I thought mine was bad when the table dished a little in the front (Y-) center by 0.0004" (0.01mm). I guess I should feel lucky now.
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    Re: PP 2,2,4 released

    Same here. 2.2.4 without hiccups for several days of operations.
  16. Thread: PCNC 1100 Info

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    Re: PCNC 1100 Info

    Yes you need it tight, but not too tight. My comment is merely saying the same, you need the gibs as tight as possible while allowing "free movement". But that free movement is not with zero...
  17. Thread: PCNC 1100 Info

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    Re: PCNC 1100 Info

    Could the machine have been compensated for backlash? Without software compensation, there will always be quite a bit of "backlash"--or more accurately, lost motion--with the dovetail ways design of...
  18. Re: Passive probe manual calibration and accuracy [ITTP]

    You are right, keeping the orientation just right for accurate X/Y axis probing with just 3-point-contact. One can keep it at a specific orientation and it would repeat, but there would be a slightly...
  19. Passive probe manual calibration and accuracy [ITTP]

    Recently I have purposely made the tip of the ITTP stylus non-concentric, to get an “effective concentricity” upon probing, if it can even be called that. It has been working well and it is highly...
  20. Yes +/-0.01mm is the spec of the Haimer but the...

    Yes +/-0.01mm is the spec of the Haimer but the tip never maintained it concentricity so the total accuracy of the Haimer turned out much worse than that (on the Tormach at least.) It’s just...
  21. Re: tormach limitation, or am I doing something wrong?

    I had this problem with Haimer and the TTS holder for it. The concentricity of the tip always go off by +/-0.01mm after a while, but not immediate like yours did.

    Unfortunately I don't have good...
  22. Re: tormach limitation, or am I doing something wrong?

    Do you put grease or anti-seize in your spindle where it contacts the R8 collet? If yes, how much anti-seize/grease do you apply there?

    Also, if you repeatedly take the Haimer out and put it back...
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    Re: Tormach manual controls

    I use mine as a manual mill a lot. The jog shuttle works pretty good. The speed slider along with keyboard control works very well too. With MDI and G1 codes, you get to cut with "power feed" as well.
  24. Thread: RAPIDTURN VIDEOS

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    Re: RAPIDTURN VIDEOS

    Just get the sensor replaced and it should be good for max RPM (3500 if I recall correctly.) It worked very well for me on very tiny parts once I got the sensor replaced.

    I built a simple gang...
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