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  1. Re: Anyone running Superalloys such as Inco, waspalloy, rene....etc?

    Have you ever run any of these alloys before in anything else? Ive run Inconel, Stelite and Hasteloy in a mori lathe but not a swiss.
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    Re: Aniamtion/Constrain help

    do you want this to be moving in an animation or just move when you click and drag it? If you just want to click and drag I would use a distance mate.
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    Solidworks Motion Study

    Im trying to do a animation of an assembly in the motion study of doing some basic movements. My issue is my assembly is transparent were as my assembly in the model is solid. It shows my component...
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    Re: Solidworks animations

    Yes I did. Thanks!!!!
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    Solidworks animations

    I was wondering if its possible in solidworks to have 2 assemblies in an animation work together. I machine eye surgery instruments. I would like to show a scalpel which I have fully drawn up going...
  6. Re: Good place to buy swiss lathe tooling

    We use a lot of tooling from Gen Swiss. They have a complete line of tooling that work great in our lathe.
  7. Re: Milling Slots - Noob question (and correct forum)

    I used to do a lot of aluminum work on a small tool room mill haas cnc. All we had was a air blower/mister to keep the tool cool and chips clear. It was a simple setup, just an air regulator going to...
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    Re: NL2500 CAPPS programming

    Ive had CAPPS do some questionable stuff to me on our NL2500. I found a lot of times that I would have to go through it and clean up the program, a little bit of hand programming because there were a...
  9. Re: Is it possible to use Solidworks as a cam software?

    I guess im asking if its possible to use solidworks for getting xyz coordinates for making a program. Theres a few parts that I have to make that have some concave radius's that I have to mill on our...
  10. Is it possible to use Solidworks as a cam software?

    I have a Tsugami BW12 lathe and I have a part that has a radius that gets milled across the part. I don't have any fancy program generators that can do the milling side of the work for this machine....
  11. Using solidworks to help program BW12 Tsugami lathe

    I have a Tsugami BW12 lathe and I have a part that has a radius that gets milled across the part. I don't have any fancy program generators that can do the milling side of the work for this machine....
  12. Using solidworks for tool path on Tsugami BW12

    I have a Tsugami BW12 lathe and I have a part that has a radius that gets milled across the part. I don't have any fancy program generators that can do the milling side of the work for this machine. ...
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    Re: need tsugami set up help

    I currently set up and operate a Tsugami BW12 which is a 3 path machine. I took the Mastertask training online and it helped to understand the process of swiss machining. I've never been on a swiss...
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    Programming Tsugami using BW Wizard

    Does anyone here have any experience using BW Wizard programming software for Tsugami? I have a few questions.
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    Re: How to make custom threads

    Its 6.5 x .5 threads. We so a lot of machine work for the medical industry so everything is oddball.
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    How to make custom threads

    I have a job coming up were I have an OD and ID left hand thread M6.5x.5mm. Now I cant find any info for this thread existing only a M6x1.mm in the machinist handbook. I know this thread can be...
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    Arc cutting question

    Im currently programming a Tsugami BW12 lathe and need to cut an arc. The arc has a dia of .231. Material is .500 aluminum. Im using a .1875 end mill that's in one of our cross tools. How do I go...
  18. Re: Turning Threads on Kent TRL-1340 manual

    Thanks a bunch!! I got the standard threading figured out but what about metric threads. Is it the same process then just use the metric chart or is there a different process?
  19. Turning Threads on Kent TRL-1340 manual

    I'm needing a little help on turning threads on our kent lathe. Ive never done it on a manual just cnc. Ive watched some videos online and get the basics but I haven't found anything that involves a...
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    Best Solidworks Reference Manual

    I'm currently going through getting my solidworks certification. We currently have Solidworks Premium 2013. Ive been doing some searching and it seems like a lot of people recommend the Solidworks...
  21. Suggestions for drilling deep hole

    I currently have to drill a 3/16" hole with a tolerance of +.0005 minus 0 3.1" deep in a piece of titanium 6AL/4V in our Tsugami BW 12 lathe. I tried doing a peck cycle with a 3/16 drill but the...
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    Wait Code confusion

    Im working on a Tsugami BW12 3 path machine. I'm trying to figure out the wait codes. I sort of understand the M code part like M501, M502 etc but after each M code theres either P7, P6, P5 etc. What...
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    Question about M29 Rigid Tapping

    I have a quick question about the M29 Rigid Tapping feature. Im setting up a job that ive never ran before and it has a M29 in it were it taps a M3 x .5 hole. Is it possible to run it in the dry run...
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    MasterTask Training

    I'm new to the whole swiss machining and was trying to find some things online for training on a tsugami. I have experience with mori seikis and haas but nothing with the swiss. I just started at a...
  25. setting Z0 and tool Z0 geometry offsets

    Im totally new to the swiss machines. Im on a tsugami bw12 machine and was wondering how you set your z0 and tool 0. In a lot of the current programs the cutoff tool does a cutoff at the beginning of...
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    Help understanding wait codes

    I'm currently new to running a tsugami bw machine with fanuc LM1 controller. I have never ran a machine quite like this with the three different tool paths on the screen and with the wait codes that...
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