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Anyone have a post Im using the fanuc turning post works well for everything except rigid tapping ?

Spindle starts tool feeds in

but then doesnt stop and spin the other way tool just retracts...

Im considering buying a second lathe, im not really budget limited and not needing to finance it we can buy it outright cash

have the option of three new units

Two of them are Hurco, (my...

Hello all

i recentley came by a EZ path lathe ,I figured for the price compared to a manual machine it might be worth a punt and its not in bad condition for a 2000 machine , looks like its never...

I figured it out in the end after diging through the machine manual ,theres a parameter for the block lookahead, well not that exactly but the controller will take authority of the program speed and...

All the machine max feed, max rapid, spindle rpm Hp and materials are set correctly , the time if programmed traditionally is also corect from simulation to test run on the machine it is only i...

So i started to use the imachining module of Solidcam AWESOME

OR SO I THOUGHT

cycle time down to 2 minutes from an original 5 minutes or so the simulation said but

IN REALITY WHEN RUN ON A...

I have sent him a file ,the only way i can get it to reproduce the gouge is to add stock to the stock in the manager if i run it at stock +1 at x and y i get the same result as the video

mike you need HSS morph between two curves pick the top edge and pick the bottom edge of the rad

you can set the contact point of the ball nose endmill in the setup it sounds like thts what is...

mike ill send you a sample part of exactly what your trying to do when im at work tommorrow

i have the same problem, it appears when the code is posted even if your feeds and speeds are set for a tool say 10k for a 3mm ball mill ,when the part gets posted for some peculiar reason it puts...

Does anyone use their Hurco for engraving parts, im thinking scales and numbers and the odd word not artwork into aluminium components

Im struggling to get my head around the concept ? Any...

CNT's will improve resin toughness and increase its tensile properties by 15% ish if they are added correctly and in the right quantities, I have already mentioned using long strand composites as...

we bought a hurco as our first machine for our own buisness

bear in mind i used to work at one of those funny advanced manufacturing centres that is more like the mori/dmg/mazak showroom and does...

can solidcam facemill around islands

as opposed to using profile

Hi UKmxer I figured it out in the end the GPP can use two types of cutter comp one for centreline one for part profile
these are set to yes or no in the prp or gpp file

it was using radius comp...

Currently evaluating Solidcam ,Hsm works has unfortunately lost a lot of its resellers in the uk

So we have a hurco with winmax control, not using conversational it is set up to read isnc

model...

I have always followed a rule ,well its a quote by an engineer who i looked up to at the start of my career, There's no such thing as a bad material Just bad application of that material

Wood is...

No worries man :cool:

Was just wondering why your working in a similar way to making composite parts

Carbon will stiffen the structure, mould a shell fill it with rocks and local reinforcing fibres

Get rid of the...

I know this thread has been running for years and i dont have time to read it all since my last visit but has anyone put carbon fibres into their bases yet unidirectionally?
...

Carbon Gantrys are already in use

I tried to drop this hint in the epoxy granite (theoretical as no one has made anything thread) its not rocket science its composites

can i ask if anyone has also placed carbon fibre in their pours??

i didnt read the entire thread but as a composites engineering blokey im wondering why no one has mentioned adding some fibres in there?

the guy from 600lathes who does this goes in our local pub and explained it in great detail to me

ill ask him what it is

i wouldnt leave it out as it supports the bed when you bolt it down to...

thanks guys precisely what i needed

hi

i was reading somwhere about a new software control for cnc

i seem to remember it was capable of putting more pulses through to steppers or something reducing missed steps and eliminating...

hi guys

ive just finished machining up a spindle cartridge after being advised to make my own, someone showed me a picture of a simple one they had made
mines more of a cartridge with gamet...

ive been searching the web for cutting spindles but with little luck

i will not be using a modified router i need a precision spindle with a tapered collet type nose like a sherline but bigger
...