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Tried using a G10 G90 and the appropriate L and R number to enter an offset into a Fanuc 16M control and it kicked out on me saying it was an invalid G code?

Is the G10 feature something one has...

I am almost 23, I started machining in a Wood shop (routers/manual mills to make jigs and fixtures for the other areas of the shop, lathes, radial arm drills that sorta crap). It was a hellish job...

I am from Fond DU Lac WI myself. If you were looking in Milwaukee (city was built on its industrialization) instead of Madison id say you have a pretty good chance of getting in at one of the...

That was sort of my plan, get a younger CNC machine, and retrofit/rebuild some older Manuals with good iron to get the shop up and running in the most cost effective way.

The problem is trying to...

Yeh Rockford i've heard good things about.

My goal is to hopefully kick off my shop in the next year or two so I am concentrating on HBM's either Pallet Type or Floor (have found some decent floor...

Ahhh see I was lead to believe by afew guys that have had both, that the Jig bore was very similar (albeit alittle more accurate) to the capabilities of the G&L. Now I think you've made my decision...

Holy **** only 5200? that sounds like a pretty damn good deal to me.

Is it a pallet type or a floor type? If it could fit into the old foundation for one of the machines that old company that used...

Now i've been searching for a Boring Mill (looking into starting my own shop w/ some startup money/savings I have laid away for a rainy day and expand on the medium sized shop that was at one time my...

Yeh they shut down Fadal, and now according to those of my buddies at G&L who still work there, are working on shutting the doors to Giddings and Lewis machine shop. Word is they are going to buy...

I worked full time while going through school (still am), and I would say unless you are going to work at an OEM, the typical shop will start you off at alot less then 15/hour. However that is my...

After hundreds of applications and sent out resumes, I've finally found a place that would possibly like me to work there. They have a large vertical mill (manual) that they need run. It has 2...

I recently got into machining as the economy started failing. I worked at an OEM in Wisconsin (Giddings and Lewis Machine Tools LLC) in the Large part machine shop.

Now I have about a year and a...