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Well,I finally got around to giving the above a go and cracked it straight away thanks to your video mate and it made complete sense once i seen how its done so thanks for the help with this its much...

Sorry for the late reply.
Thats exactly it.
Do you mind me asking how you did it so if it comes along again in other rad sizes i know how to do it myself please because iv been trying for ages and...

Hi
Yes it was supposed to be .625".
It was just gone 5am here when I wrote this so the old brain wasn't firing full cylinder when I wrote it so many thanks for spitting that.
I'll give that file a...

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Iv got a job to do using 1" x 5/8" ali flat bar where i need to mill a radious groove of 1.25" in the top x .125" deep over 4" of length.
This job needs to be a snug fit on some 1.25" tubes...

Running the machine on a rotary for some people gives problems on the fanuc side as it can sense the false or phantom phase as a phase down so doesn't function properly.
I had two fanuc lathes and a...

Master cam will be fine for programing its just the post processor that you need to get right for generating the code but mastercam should be able to help you with that if its not already in the...

Never seen a 20 pot changer as most where 12 pot but that doesn't mean to say there isn't a 20 pot.
Mines a 1986 model with Fanuc OM which I prefer with 4k spindle but they did do a 8k and 12k...

The control parts shouldn't be a problem and neither should the motors and bearings etc but you might start hitting problems when it comes to stupid things like what I'm looking for in this post yet...

For the price I paid for it I'm happy....lol.
It does what I need it to do but when you've used newer machines and are used to running at high speeds and feeds it's a bit of a pain when you have to...

Could some kind sole with a 412 please have a look on the plug connector that goes on to the proximity switch on the top of the tool changer and possibly give me the makers name and part no for the...

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Has anyone ever changed the spindle bearings on a 412x with 4000 rpm spindle as I could do with the bearing numbers if anyone can help??

Cheers
Jay

No body spent £1000's and Woolworths did they especially on cadcam software.



Sounds like a feasable answer so we shall have to wait and see what comes up next.:)

You raise a good point about the dongle and thats taken on board but id still like to know if bobcad have thought of this and out anything in place.

I haven't suggested that bobcad is or will be going out of business its an hypothetical question.
Is there provisions in place if in the event that they do so that people will still be able to...

Seeing has we have bobcad staff on this forum i would have thought one or two of them may have given an answer to this question?
Im not saying bobcad will go bust but theres always a maybe so it...

Iv owned v23 for 3 years now and although i wasnt very happy at the begining with the sales tactics it has grown on me so i downloaded the v24 version a few weeks ago to trial and have been bombarded...

Does have any details such as part numbers and places to buy a thyristor for the Lynx 08 spindle speed board please?
Iv searched all over the net and nothing matches the number thats on the old...

Have you tried Denford direct as they have some parts still or you could try the Denford owners club through Denfords own website as some poeple offer their old stuff for sale on there:)

You would be far better off with a digital inverter as these are much quieter than the rotary type and run really smooth.
Im runnign a full machine shop off a 20HP digital and i never know its there...

Sounds like your restricted to G92 only but this can be change by parameters to give you G54 to G59 but you have to pay Fanuc:rolleyes:

Would be nice if i knew but i cant expect anyone to land in trouble over a silly thing like that.
I did contemplate having a play with the 900 parameters to see what they turn up but it wold be just...

Stuff that:eek:
Looks like ill be going with out then:(

Thanks for the help guys:)

Just another way of extracting money isnt it:(

If this is a parameter then does anyone know how much Fanuc charge to have this option set please?

Good question, OMC is ringing a bell:)

Can anyone tell me if its a parameter that controls the copying function on the OM control or if its an add on in the software please?
Im used to working machines with the copy function already...

Position now closed thanks.
Will take a look at everyones quotes and offers and get back to the lucky person who i decide to use.

thanks:)

Sorry for not getting back to you guys sooner but iv been very busy here.
Many thanks for all where interested in this position as iv had a very large amount of PM's from people.
I have tried to...

Im looking for quotes on hourly rates so wont be handing anything out until quotes are in.


Thanks to everyone who has so far given me quotes.
I will let this run for a few days before handing...

Does anyone have or know wher i can get hold of a 200mm diameter 3 jaw lathe chuck from in either manual or pneumatic operation from with an A2-3 spindle fitting please?

j:)