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I am looking for a white background, blue line, dimensional print for a website background. Lathe or Mill part...

That is thermal growth an order of magnitude I have never seen. Eventually despite how hot it is it should stabilize out though. I and our machines are also spoiled with Climate Control being heat...

Humidity should have nothing to do with it. And more info such as, bar feeding, chuckwork, material, tooling etc etc would be helpful. On it's face does not sound like a machine issue to me though....

Amazed that this is even a question. Seriously. There is no question. Mori.

I am moonlighting at a shop that needs some extra help and convenietly I need some extra money (if there is such a thing).
They have two beautiful new Mori CL's. Both are equipped with the Renishaw...

Sounds like your RPM is way too low and, feed at that RPM too slow.
I would start at 300sfm and work up from there if possible. I would keep chipload on the low side as it sounds like you are...

I would agree the addition of end of blocks before and after the M00 and comment line is a good idea. Aside from the comment being the only thing that operators can see, it is handy to be able to...

I suppose the question should have been asked is, what is not wrong with those two pics. Next time I have a fixturing problem get me his name and number...so I can put it in my do not hire under any...

First thing that comes to mind is, I noticed a few other pcs. of junk lying around that were not somehow worked into the fixturing of the part. ;0

For very light machining or polishing some heavy masking tape on the jaws will work. For slightly heavier, some brass shim stock should keep things from getting scratched up. As previously mentioned...

Interestingly some the posters questioned what was wrong with the pic...Could be a good thread to start for the less experienced.(pics of what not to do and why..)
I am not into ridiculing people,...

Truthfully we have all done things we shouldn't have out of neccessity or ignorance. And gotten away with a few here and there.....
I agree with the poster that given the fact that R8 collets were...

'If something can go wrong, it will'

it would be

'Something will go wrong, once you KNOW that it can'

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Strange how that works isn't it....I find that it happens more so when I...

Talk to the engineer and see if you can undercut the bottom of the hex bore. Then you can simply rotary broach it or if the material is relatively easy to machine you can just force a stationary...

Not familiar with how you use the G76 cycle in your control, but 3500rpm seems pretty damn fast for the machine to keep up with itself. It probably can't speed up or slow down the axis motion at that...

A common household spray bottle or old Simple Green bottle is really good for applying small amounts of coolant. This will allow you to mix up only a small amount and you will use it before it goes...

Maybe more so in this trade than any other, if you a labeled a hacker it will follow you. And it is damn near impossible to get rid of that moniker. I don't ever want someone to come into my shop and...

I have never understood how one could properly dry run a job looking through a filthy window, a tiny window, a window in the wrong place etc. I am not by any means saying that this is a safe...

If you wanted to generate an arc from 12-6 it should start at 90 and end at 270
If you wanted to generate an arc from 6-12 it should start at 270 and end at 90
3'oclock is an angle of 0 and 360...

This may be bringing up a touchy subject but I can't remember being in, or working in, too many shops where the door interlocks worked at all. Never had an installer by-pass an interlock but all were...

I think I would outfit the machine with a "table plate", that will allow you to put "T" slots dowel pin holes, tapped holes etc and any other needed items onto it. Done that with a couple machines...

In the forseeable future I see all new machines hooked up to the Internet 24-7 and then the real problems will start. Gonna have to put firewalls and anti-spyware on them etc.
I would bet that you...

I guess we found the option police! Just kidding, I see your point and agree that one should be paid for work but it would be more palatable to have some of these more common needed options, ON to...

Time to call the $500.00 an hour contract lawyer I suppose. It would seem hard for me to believe that they would find out if options are turned on after the sale of the machine. Especially if one was...

Form tapping would be your best bet then you could do the holes complete without having to finish them to depth after. And coolant should be more than sufficient in mild steel. May want to blow the...

Put the G43 H? on you first Z move and put the G49 on your last Z move home. I re-read what I wrote and it could be confusing. There is most likely a G code list in your manual look for one that...

Not familiar with your type of machine at all but using O instead of zero on a Fanuc is all wrong. A Fanuc would require:G43 H2. G43 turning on length comp and H as the tool length offset. If this...

Usually get a Christmas Bonus of at least a weeks pay..........But at this point, in this economy, I'm not expecting anything and happy to still have a job!

You are probably best off with a smaller local tool supply house that has a machinist or two that have retired from cutting metal and now do technical sales. I have such a resource and they have come...

I have found that tooling companies stand out in different areas. My tooling inventory contains stuff from near everyone.
Iscar for turning, parting and drilling
Kennametal for grooving (top notch)...