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CNC is producing a taper in my tapped hole
I do some 5 axis jobs, and it gets kinda complicated, and I have cut swept shapes and the program is VERY dynamic...especially if it is cutting spline type info... and feeds are changing all the time.... espcially if the file came in and was poorly made. there is no possible way anyone would sit...- dvice
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- Forum: CNC Machining
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CNC is producing a taper in my tapped hole
wow Im being lazy? I do something ive done for 20 years..... plug in the feilds on my cam package and it kicks out the wrong info...and its my fault! unbelievable.... I went into the DMG and altered the feed to .025 and the threads look nice... I just never had an issue like this before...- dvice
- Post #10
- Forum: CNC Machining
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CNC is producing a taper in my tapped hole
the .030 is the feed GIBBS CAM gave.... I installed the info as 40 TPI.... and the rpm is 400.... the program figures the feed..... based on the rpm tapped 100 of thousands of holes with the same program.... I changed the lead on the tap to .170 in the description of the tap in GIBBS, but it...- dvice
- Post #6
- Forum: CNC Machining
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CNC is producing a taper in my tapped hole
Im drilling and tapping a 4-40 hole in 440 C stainless steel. Im drilling .093 hole( slightly large) on purpose. I'm using an EXOtap coated with TiCN , plug tap 4-40 G3 2 flute . Ive drilled .550" and am tapping only.350" deep. The lead on the tap is about .170. Ive told the program it is...- dvice
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- Forum: CNC Machining
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outside the box!
does anyone else have brilliant co-workers who are always pushing the envelope, and thinking outside the box, outside the ROOM, outside the BUILDING, outside the state...even OUTSIDE this current universe????????? huh?? I found this little gem sitting in the drawer ..... I GUESS it COULD get the... -
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DMG DMU 50, loading a tool into the spindle by hand
i actually found the proceedure in one of the books I have. I wasnt pushing the PRE-SELECT button prior to turning the "release tool" button. now I think im stuck on the fact i probably have to UNLOAD a tool and LOAD my named LASER KLUM tool.... wish me luck- dvice
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- Forum: DMG MORI, Gildemeister, Maho CNC
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DMG DMU 50, loading a tool into the spindle by hand
Ive got to requalify all the aspects of the machine, and i want to start with calibrating the laser. I have the "tool standard" to use and i see in the program saved in the machine it has a tool call for TOOL 0. I have all 16 tool slots in the carousel full... so it seems I need to call tool...- dvice
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- Forum: DMG MORI, Gildemeister, Maho CNC
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what type of gage is this?
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what type of gage is this?
buddy gave me this, he doesnt know what it was for. It has a decimal number on one side and a single digit number and a "P" on the other side. Like 6 P, or 5P or 10P. on one it says 1" cir. P. as an example the 1" P has a .687 stamped near the gap. The 12P has a .180 stamped. the 7P has .308... -
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Plastic welding equipment advice
Our company wants to buy a plastic welder for polypropolyne plastic.... Ive looked some over and they range from $69 to $1200 for the hand held units we are considering... we'd want the whole kit, Ive seen Hawk, Stienel, BAK, and a few others in the OVER $500 category, which i think we want...- dvice
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- Forum: Fabrication: CNC Laser, Waterjet, Plasma, Welding
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wonder what this is
yeah I googled Pegged Pipe Studs...... you don't want to open the search results at work!!!!!!!! I can tell you that!!! dvice -
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wonder what this is
yes there is a slot on the other side!!! this looks like a rough casting and looks unused....but it is possible it is used as is...because the casting line has been ground down. dvice -
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wonder what this is
anyone know what this might be? Engineer at work got it from her fathers stuff... he has a machine shop in his basement....she asked me what its for? looks like a rough casting to me, maybe to be machined into SOMTHING that uses a keyway...but that's just a guess anyone??? dvice -
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I want to build a double rifle
I read a story of a browning sxs build into a 45-70 double rifle..........but then again, the 45-70 doesn't generate that much pressure found it: Browning B-S/S BSS Sidelock Double Rifle / Side By Side Shotgun, Blue & Engraved 28” 2 Barrel SxS Set, Rifle & Shotgun BBLS, MFD 1985 | Lock...- dvice
- Post #9
- Forum: Gunsmithing
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
well there is some info on the tap..it was hard to read....Sav-a-Thread....so apparently this tap is a 17x1.25 mm. as it turns out 1.25mm pitch basically is the same as a 20 TPI. thanks to all those who replied. -
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
ok so I just measured the tap and I was wrong about the OD..it is .675 not .687.. the pitch is 20TPI....and my plug doesn't fit...too tight....ill just re thread it tomorrow... as for the repair tap.... there is no info on it, so I don't know the brand. -
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
yeah "the right thing to do" wasn't an option...because I took the day off to install the gas tank in the floor of my boat and to lay the insulation in and then lay down the floor and rivet it all together...never to be able to work on the gas tank easily again...... so I just went with the... -
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
I posted a picture of the type of tap I used!!!!!!!!!!!!!..the SMALLER dia thread on that tap is the spark plug original thread....the larger dia thread is the thread for the OD of the insert....the insert style this tap is used for , has a thick wall!!!, NOT like a helicoil!!!!!!!...sooo I am... -
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
NOPE..... I am making a port in a gas tank I built that I was installing yesterday... and I took the day off work to do it, so I didn't want the fact I didn't have the perfect tap at home , stop me... so I just used a big tap I had on hand!!!!.....so today at work I want to single point thread... -
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spark plug repair insert THREAD DIA ?
so I have a project and I wanted as large a thread as I could find a tap for at home...and that happened to be a dual diameter thread repair tap....I rough measured the larger thread dia at about .687....didn't check the pitch...because I figured once at work Id make the plug-cap I needed to go...