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Okuma Genos L250, where is the spindle hours page?
Our shop has some Okuma L250's, and i need to find the spindle hours page to see how much these machines are being ran from day to day. Does anybody know where it is? I've looked around quite a bit personally, so have my machinists and we can't seem to find it. Thank you in advance! -
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Should I start my own shop or get engineering degree? or do both?
Just as the title says... I want to start my own shop, however I also want to go to school to get my BSME. I have a great 40 hr a week job that I do not intend to leave, but it will not fulfill my desire to machine either. I have work that I can run Lights Out, however part time it will still...- Diezel
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Peck tap retract parameter?
Using a doosan dmv 3016 Ld with oi-mc controller. When I put a Q value in my G84 rigid tap cycle it pecks but does not fully retract out of the hole to flush the chips. I am pretty sure this is just a parameter change. Does anyone know what I need to change exactly?- Diezel
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How to convince dad that a machine shop is the right investment?!
Dad's partner died and his wife wanted to sell the business, so they did. He is now just sitting on this large sum of money, and I've been trying to convince him that we should start a machine shop. His experience is owning automotive shops/sales, and I am a cnc programmer/machinist. IMO this...- Diezel
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Using machine tools max rpm on aluminum
Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this issue. As long as I've been machining I've always maxed the machines rpm out when cutting aluminum. 10000 rpm generally. This machine I'm running now only goes 7800. So I write a program to do some 3D milling and the "head machinist" freaks out...- Diezel
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Peck tap with live tools on haas turn mill
Can't for the life of me figure this out! I have to tap through .625 of this al flange with a 6-32. It breaks the taps so I've been starting threads and finishing them by hand, however I am sick of it! Anybody know how to get this thing to peck tap? Using g95 which won't accept a q value and the...- Diezel
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Having Some issues with FeatureCAM
I'm trying to engrave over the C axis on a turn mill, for some reason the post is picking insane c positions. Here is in an example of a what it posts. Z-0.2017C1060.917F41.7 Z-0.2029C1060.649F40.9 Z-0.2046C1060.484F37.7 Z-0.2056C1060.426F32.1 Z-0.207C1060.381F24.5 Z-0.2085C1060.353F15.3... -
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in need of a small id grooving bar! need some help finding the right one!
So I've been searching for an ID groove tool to do some backboring for me, parts are plastic and there's a lot of them. I need something that the minimum bore is .5" or less and can cut in .125 (per side) and up to 4" deep. Tried to find a solid carbide like this and havent been able to find...- Diezel
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In need of some info for machining cast acrylic!
Parts are lathe parts. The need here is to make a hole not only straight but without chatter. Some will be drilling (speed feed peck depth), some will be boring. Also interested in feeds/speeds for turning ODs and how much stock to leave for finish. Parts also have some small grooves with...- Diezel
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Zeroing out Haas ST20Y x and y axis
So I've been trying to get this thing to zero up.. and every time I zero out the parameter, zero out the x and y axis, do the calc, and change the y parameter according to my calc for the compound axis. Then I home the machine and go to do the x axis and the y is still out?! What am I doing...- Diezel
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does anybody have a Haas SY post processor for featurecam
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Looking for some Remote programming work!
I was thinking of picking up some programming work from home. I went to school for programming and have also been a programmer in a prototype shop (2/3 and some 4 axis work). I just recently took a different job with no programming involved (other than light edits/hard offsets) and I don't want...- Diezel
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W&S sc-28 alignment problem
I'm working with this 2 axis w&s sc28 lathe and the turret is not aligned with the headstock properly. It's out .02 in the "y". I've indicated the hell out of this thing and the turret seems to seat properly, repeating itself fine and indicates straight in z. I can't drill at all with it because...- Diezel
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Joy Global
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looking for some help cutting Thompson Rod case hardened 60rc
I'm trying to cut this stuff using carbide inserts. It's steel 1566 which I don't have experience cutting in the first place, nor do i have a material database in FeatureCAM for it. I'm just facing, chamfering and tapping them on the lathe. Currently i'm using sfm 50 and feed .0005 and it's...- Diezel
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Calipers need resurfaced...
I have a pair of 6" b&s dial calipers that I got real cheap. The tip of one of the jaws is chipped. Also there is about a .0015 wear on the jaws. Can I get the jaws resurfaced? What cost am i looking at? Anybody know someone good to go to for this service? -
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New Machinist Looking for some tips on my toolbox!
I just bought a tool box (kennedy 8 drawer top box and roller) and it had a few things in it already. Some good stuff that will get me through til i can really put some cash into it. What I really need now are the measuring items. I am partial to mitutoyo and starret because of using those...