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Some carbide tools do come with too long of a shank and need to be shortened or you wear out just the first 1/4 in. and need it retipped.
CarbideBob about sums it up and is how I would do it and am...

That looks good.

I did not Graduate from High School but have been a Machinist for over 40 years. Run all the latest 5 Axes Machines and Robots. Program the Machines with various types of Software. Started out when...

I can't beleave these holes are for a .625 or 5/8 dowell pin. That's just plain dumb. Interpolated holes are only as good as the machine they are cut on. In all the 4 quadrants there will be a line...

I would try 350 to 500 RPM and rough it first. Then finish cut it. Depending on the overall size of the stock it will more than likely go "PEETUNG" when you unclamp it. Warp city....if you know what...

To perfectly align parts when I flip them I first put 3/8 in. dowell holes in my blanks edges and also into the spoilboard for operation one and for the flip, operation two. Cut first operation using...

We had our Milling table Machined Flat in a Bridge Mill at a local Machine Shop. You don't really need to grind it to get it flat and smooth but you will need to take it off the machine to do it...

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So I take it the Couplers and their 24 teeth and their tapered pins are ok? Are you in that far yet?

This a bit of a problem when it comes to moving your programs around I know.....beleave me I know. Having to keep all the programs seperated into the machines they will run on is a *****. But that's...

Ok Ok, I get it now what you are asking. I guess I didn't really understand the question before. But as I see it you want to be able to "Turn on Options" that you have not paid for by hacking into...

I have used Alphacam from "Planit" for the last 4 years with pretty good luck. I used Mastercrap (as you call it) before that and didn't really like it.

I didn't realize you had that smart of chimps working there. But password protection I beleave is not in there. If they can figure out how to use a paperclip to rotate the control locks then a...

I just took a tour of NZ via google "Street View" it's a nice place where you live. I would like to visit there some day.

Hey Snowie I didn't mean to insinuate you didn't know what you are doing or in over your head in any way. But it just sounded like to me that the turret got wacked againt something and got out of...

A thousand $$$ in U.S. funds will not go far here. If your buget is tight I'd search else where. Looks like a bunch of headachs to me. You will be plagued with electrical problems being it was left...

It irks me that these Sofware developers put out updates without doing enough testing to ensure they work properly. Then they hastely put out an update to fix the issue. What with the prices they...

Yes, your control has keys does it not? If so lock them and remove the keys. Problem solved. Besides if you do not want employees messing around in there and you tell them not to and they do anyway....

If the head is not Sq. to the table then it is impossible to produce good parts. your sides of the parts wouldn't even be sq. to your part. As you found out holes etc. will be off location also. On a...

P20 is a modified 4130 and 4135 Steel used mostly in mold making. P20 varies depending on where it comes from and requires different machining approach dependant on it's carbon and Moloy content as...

Good Job !
A lot of people responding to these posts assume many things depending or their set-up not yours. So unless "all information" is provided you will get posts that do not relate to your...

Crawl before you can walk. Walk before you can skip. Skip before you can jog. Jog before you can run. You get the idea? You cannot go to any kind of school and come out a CNC Programmer for anyone....

So ok you got your table/router bed going for $1250.00. Now what about spindle? I would suggest $5,000.00 range for a good one. Hope you did get alot for that Mustang you're gonna need it. Oh yeah I...

Judging from all of your posts you are having alot of problems with this lathe getting it going etc. You really need a tech. to look at it for you and get it setup correctly. Going about it the way...

No other dongle will work for you. You have to contact software supplier for a replacement. My dongle for Alphacam costs $3,000.00 If I have the prepaid maint. plan it is only $300.00 . These dongles...

The only problem I can see with this type of spindle is that you do not have the abbility to "Quick Change" your tools. Changing tools and setting them is a problem here....

Push the button.....Let's see some parts..LOL

Just how I would have done it......Glad to hear it's working for ya.

Perfect.... you have the rear of the clamp slightly elevated and the clamping force is directly on the end of your clamp and the underside of your part is now supported.
Happy machining ! ! !

Every tool manufacture uses "their own" geometry to do the primary and secondary angles of their tools and is usually calculated depending on the material to be cut and the forces to be encountered...