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they're strictly for roughing, lots of very shallow (.005" for endmills) passes, definitely don't want to try to finish with them. i think they really shine in harder materials. big advantages are you don't chip the square corner, and ultimately go through fewer tools, the high feed endmill will...

kinda what i was thinking. i was pretty gun shy about it

i found a '95 model vmc for a very reasonable price, however the seller knows nothing about it. it belonged to his rentors, they left it when they moved out. he sent me a pic of the serial tag, all it says under model is '3' im not familiar with older haas machines, or what vmc models they had...

I've got a 2000 chevalier falcon 1830mb tool room bed mill with the 5hp variable speed pulley drive and the head is starting to make some noise. I figured I'd get the parts so that I have them on hand for when it needs done but I called chevalier and the parts are discontinued. Anyone have a...

Thanks for the input fellas. I'll have to look into the options here and decide what to do when I have time to do it, which at this rate should be sometime in the next 10 years haha

I'm not trying to integrate it into the CNC control, so that simplifies things. I'm not familiar with these systems, what pot and VFD do I need for a 5 hp 240v 3 phase motor?

Hi, I've got an idea, not original by any means, but I have a chevalier 1830mb which is essentially a bed mill with a variable speed pulley 5hp Bridgeport head. I'm wondering about making the motor itself variable speed, and setting the belt to a position that it runs well, but have a dial...

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What part of DFW are you in? I've got a small shop in Kaufman

I'm nowhere near there geographically, but do you have the manuals? When I bought my 3300 the seller emailed them to me as a pdf file. I may be able to send them to you if that would help

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I worked in a small shop (6-7people including office staff) and the HR responsibilities were handled by the op manager who was excessively long winded. I'd go in asking a question on a part, which would be answered in the first 45 seconds, but take 20 minutes to tell a story.. Anyways, we had...

Clearly a poor choice of name here hahaha

Just finished up a production run in D2 with +/-.001" tolerance and did well as long as I stayed on top of tool wear. I've got a 3 axis mill (30x18x22) and a 14x40 lathe. It's not much but it's a start

Hey all. ive got a small part time shop near Dallas-Ft Worth. i work full time in a machine shop but i want to grow my customer base at my home shop and eventually turn it full time once i can invest in the machines and shop space to do so. I own the machines in my shop free and clear, so i...

Awesome, thanks for the input!

I'd love to help you out on this, email me at [email protected]

thank you for the input, i'll keep my eyes open

I'm looking for a reasonably priced turning center for my home shop, I'm considering something like a qt or sqt. I don't know a ton about Mazak model numbers or comparables but those have caught my eye and would fit nicely in my space. How user friendly is the mazatrol controller? I've...

The first VMC I ever ran was a TM2P. Very user friendly control and easy to navigate. I do believe the side doors clear. For the kind of work you're describing I don't see a ton of benefits of going to a VF2. (in my mind I'm thinking the VF offers faster rapids, rpm and tool changes, don't know...