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It all really depends on how much taper they want in the back of the spline since hobbing leaves quite a bit.

Sorry to hear about that man. Hopefully your efforts will pay off and it wont go to waste.

Any new update?

Cool video. I used to work at a gear making company i even worked on manual hobbers. Dirty dirty work lol the hobbers ran oil coolant and even though they were "manual" it was just push a button and...

it will prob still vibrate with the endmill. You prob need a more rigid setup for your workpiece.

Collet chucks are fine for smaller endmills say under 1/2" if there isnt a huge need for accuracy below .010 you can get it more accurate, but it usually takes alot more time and thier isnt any real...

Looks like a pretty standard facemill so should work well. Good finish too prob somewhere between a 32 and 64 by the looks of it.

Yea the economy doesn't help, and alot of publications are going away from printed media to digital also.

I have nightmares working with drills this size. One day they will run fine the next they snap off with the same cycle. If you can afford it carbide would be your best bet, like nova said they self...

Well you need 2 witness markes on seperate surfaces. Exp X and y, most castings leave 1/8" - 1/4" on any surface that needs to be finished Divided this in half and use a measured quardinate on the...

Well about 2 or 3 years ago almost all our aluminum in the US was exported to china prob the same with steel. This has a drawback though of it becoming more expensive for us to buy at home.

I guess it depends on what material your going to use for the form. One way you could do it altohugh it would take more time. Make your foam mold, then form a fiberglass mold around it with a enamel...

All really cool items. I really like the detail for those knuckles.

Hehe no unfortunatly I dont fish, although I do live next to Lake Winnebago.

I dont even know where to start. Ill start with this awesome. How is the repeatability on it? What do you figure the total cost to be with vice?

Prototrak makes a very nice machine, I used to work on one for about a year. They have a nice simple conversational control. I also worked on a prototrak that looked almost exactly like that lower...

could be worse :) was 0 degress in wisconsin for like the past week.

Wow such a cool project. I just read though all 24 pages, and will definatly keep checking back for further progress on this.

Well its best to try and tighten down on the flats so the endmill wont pull out or spin, you can also make flats or grooves in the endmill using a grinding wheel if you have a carbide wheel(at least...

Something like this should work well even though it says its for woodworking.

http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=5352&refcode=05INFROO

Very cool. any update on the project?

I bought a set of fowler 0-6 for under $400. Sure they arent the greatest mics in the world, but they are very smooth for the price. the 0-2 come with friction and the rest came rachet style, havent...

When I left my last job they kept all my speed and feed guides so im going to print out my own. Does anyone know of some sites with good printable info. Im looking for standard milling/drilling...

Yea Nitronic 50 is really a pain to machine. Slow RPM high chip load. If you have to pilot drill use as small a drill as you can.

Awsome thanks for all the help. Im still working on getting my boss to send me for paid training :) in the mean time ill just do my own little stuff with it. heres a pic of the part now moved :)

Nm figured it out thanks for the help guys.

what you dont have my file anymore cadcam its the same one you helped me with before. :) Ill put it up again tommorow if I can or if you want you could search for me last post its still linked there...

I figured out how to "copy" :) the view, but I cant get it to set the view as the home position for the toolpaths.

forgot to mention its 9.1 I dont know how to do all that cope stuff. Ill see if I can figure it out.

I have my toolpaths done, but I need to move my x,y to the top left corner of my part if your viewing it from the top. My part doesnt have a corner on that side, but that needs to be my zero how do I...