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Going from waterjet to plasma simply because of the price difference. Our old water jet is falling apart and management wants a cheaper solution for the next machine.

Good afternoon all,

Looking to get some input on the best system for the price. I am looking for a 4x4 table for my company to cut up to 1/8" thick aluminum (6061 and 5052 series) as well as up to...

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I'm researching to purchase a hydraulic press for my company under $50K, the Amadas seem to be from the 1980s for that price as they are a good brand. I found the following
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We are currently looking for a used hydraulic press brake – 50 ton preferred, (don't have room for 100 ton), two-axis preferred; one-axis ok too. Looking to spend under $30K. An LVD with a Hurco back...

We are also looking at a CAMaster Stinger 1, they seem to have a good reputation. Do a youtube search for CAMaster, there is one member who posted hours of video on how to set one up for routing,...

get a little wooden skid to stand on inside the tank and move it around so you're not knee deep in garnet and scraps. we have garnet removal system and only dig it out every year or every 2 years

How do people here with experience vote when comparing getting a Flow vs a Wardjet new waterjet? Has anyone had really good or really bad experiences with either company?

Hello everyone,

My company is looking for something to replace our now-dying 4x4 waterjet. I need advice on which way to go (plasma, laser, another waterjet, punch press etc...).

1. Aluminum:...

It was the cable problem that isn't listed in many places, once we switched pin 2 and 3, it worked. Thanks for the fast reply!

Wondering what the outcome of this question was - did you ever get the drive to connect with MotionLink? I'm having the same problem of the Motionlink not being able to connect to the CNC drive -...

This may be another longshot but does it give you any message at all? Maybe it is giving you a "close operator door" message? Or maybe it wants to give you the message but something is missing in the...

Unless you made a typing mistake in the forum, remember that the correct MDI line would be:

G0 X10.

(G0 = G ZERO)

or

G1 X10. F20.

Thank you both for your input, it's been great help following your advice so far. I was able to confirm the Kollmorgen drive and the VFS5 spindle drive by looking through the machine software and the...

We do have a red light on in the back of the machine where it says "FAULT", looks like on the board for the "C" axis which is the spindle.

I've searched for a resolution / next step from here...

Hello,

We are currently having the exact opposite problem as the forum member in his thread (link below)

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/cincinnati_cnc/128368-spindle_drive_not_ready.html
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I have a CNC machine and software to design the mold I need but would like to stay away from the high prices as I will be doing low-volume items.

Does anyone have advice on materials that can be...

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Recently the machine has been "losing" characters after a program transfer.

I program everything on a PC and send everything through a DB-25 cable. This has worked fine for years but...

Oops! Got it figured out. Parameter "M37" can be reset back to zero by hitting Mechanical Jog hardkey.

Thanks anyway!

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My operator hit some button accidentally and now the tool length offsets are all wrong. We had a procedure written down for this which includes going to MDI > SET UP "Tram 0" "setup 1"...

I got a toolbox that asks "Which vertical milling machine?" "How many vises?" which in turn picks the correct post processor and generates a main program with (G54, G55, G56...) sub-programs that...

My company has had Smartcam for years and I ended up having to learn it (my background was in Mastercam).

In the last few years I have taught myself to create/edit/combine post processors,...

Thank you all for your suggestions.

The problem with using waterjet is some work on it cannot be done in 2D machining. The kit of parts includes parts that have square keyways in them, something...

Is there any way to cut G10 material ( http://www1.mscdirect.com/MSDS/MSDS00010/63408538-20040908.PDF ) without using metal tools? I have an order from a company that does MRI & Electromagnetic...

I tried emailing you but the email address failed to send... ???

Thanks for your reply!

I do have all the manuals for the 850SX and I did realize that using a macro would be the best way to...

WayneHill,

I did find that to work in Acramatic 2100 (specified in the manual) but Acramatic 850sx does not have the ",50" feature. I tried it. Thanks though!

I am using the Cincinnati Milacron Sabre (vertical cnc mill). I've looked through the manual but havn't found the best method to do this...

Id like to program one piece and (using a subprogram?)...