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slowest summer in our 20 years.
I read an article a week or two ago that laid out a strategy of only striking at a small number of upstream power train plants. Then when the rest of the plants have to stop, the companies will lay off the employees, allowing the laid off workers to go on unemployment. Then the UAW strike fund...- adamm
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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New Incoming ERP - CorvusERP! For small shops and up!
Masochism?- adamm
- Post #49
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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New Incoming ERP - CorvusERP! For small shops and up!
Both government and contractors are running ITAR on cloud services that comply with the relevant requirements for handling government data. There are a bunch of contractors running fully on the Microsoft cloud handling ITAR data. My point is that the general statement that keeps coming up on...- adamm
- Post #47
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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New Incoming ERP - CorvusERP! For small shops and up!
Categorically untrue. The US DoD is itself running on AWS and Azure clouds for many things. US Navy nuclear propulsion information is allowed on Azure if you configure it correctly.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/compliance/offerings/offering-doe-10-cfr-part-810 If you're ITAR, then...- adamm
- Post #45
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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The IRS is still being incompetent
Do you know how much of that $80k was tax they should have paid anyway, and how much was the additional fines/levies/interest? Like all service providers, hiring an accountant is a decision. Do they provide more value than they cost? Not always.- adamm
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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The IRS is still being incompetent
Same deal in my area. I found for that price, I supply all the books, all the summaries, all the reports. They then shuffle around a few numbers from one category of expense to another to make it look like they did something (no change to taxes owed), then fill out 5 forms and submit it. I've...- adamm
- Post #27
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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QT15N T32-2 Soft limit on tool change in simulation
That was it. The thing that was throwing me is that other programs with the exact same tool progression were fine. I don't know why tool 3 choked the new program, but not the old ones. Anyway, thanks for pointing out the error in my ways. -
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QT15N T32-2 Soft limit on tool change in simulation
Hi Folks, I'm having trouble with a program tonight on my QT 15N with T32-2 control. I'm making a flanged bushing, and after the first tool it goes to change to a drill, and I get a soft limit error when it goes back to home position. For some reason it looks like it is trying to go passed... -
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Cyber Attack Article Aug 5 2022
Unfortunately "offline" in most cases isn't "offline" enough to be safe. The typical internal network design assumes that the firewall keeps the "bad" out, and everything on the local network can be trusted. Since Stuxnet (Perhaps earlier), this hasn't been true. All you need is one computer...- adamm
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Wheel modifications for trucks
There seem to be a bunch of guys with lowered 1-ton dually truck running those big-rig wheels. They machine down the tire mounting diameter from 24.5" to 24" and mount low profile tires, and often open up the holes like you're talking about. In that case, the trucks have boxes full of airbags... -
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ISO 9001
The think that is often missed is that ISO 9001 is often called a "quality spec". It is not. It is the requirements for a "Quality Management System". Emphasis on the "Management". It has nothing to do with holding extra tight tolerances, or extra smooth surface finishes, or nice edge...- adamm
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- Forum: Manufacturing in America and Europe
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Cyber Attack Article Aug 5 2022
US Federal government is cranking up the pressure on their vendors to adhere to the NIST 800-171 specs. It has requirements to put in place systems to defend the threats talked about in that article. (Backups, system availability, monitoring internal networks for signs of intrusions, etc)...- adamm
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Need ideas fixturing, holes true position +-.0005
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How to clock "G" (BSPP) threads?
When I worked for an automation company, we were exclusively Festo. They were reasonably priced, and easy to work with. When I left that company, I discovered that without being an OEM customer they are crazy expensive, and hard to deal with. Since then, all the push-to-connect I've used have... -
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How to clock "G" (BSPP) threads?
That is the "official" Festo position. All of their devices are G ports, and they sell both R and G male fittings. They're a big outfit of high-quality products. I assume that is industry standard. We shipped hundreds and hundreds of ports worth of Festo valve banks with R fittings in G... -
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How to clock "G" (BSPP) threads?
Another option is to use R or BSPT fittings. In a lot of (Euro) industrial pneumatic systems, all of the female ports are straight (G or BSPP), and then you can use either straight or tapered male threads (R or BSPT). The thread form and pitch are the same between the two. You need sealant on... -
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Large train derailment in Ohio.
Rolling element bearings are pretty good at reducing friction right up until the point where the rollers fail. It is very difficult to detect failing rolling element bearings by heat as an early indicator of failure. Once the rolling set fails, you're in the position of running bare...- adamm
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- Forum: Manufacturing in America and Europe
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Who makes the classic 'belt disc combo' sander/grinder with dust collection in the base ?
KBC Tools also sells King if that's what you're looking for. https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/6-125-006-DC They don't let Canadians see the US site, but perhaps the Americans can see the Canadian site? They want $2k CAD for it. However, King tools are of similar quality to JET tools... -
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Size of ROMs in old Fanuc controllers?
I've been looking at new microcontrollers, and came across some of the STM32 series that have 3 built-in timers capable of reading encoder signals, and lots of very fast IO. I'm curious how they compare in capability to old 80's CNC controls. Does anyone know how big the program, or operating...- adamm
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