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Great Lakes Oil Company GLOC Syn EDM+ Dielectric
Nope, it's still sealed and sitting in the corner. It's about last on my list of priorities until I can find an injection molding machine.- jhov
- Post #12
- Forum: EDM Machining
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ER32 and ER40 torque wrench adaptors
I'm not suggesting not torqueing them. I'm just saying that I doubt torqueing them to within +/- a tenth of a ft/lb is necessary. I'm sure any competent manufacturer would spec torques with an appropriate margin for error that can be applied by common standard tools in any shop. So if its a few...- jhov
- Post #40
- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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ER32 and ER40 torque wrench adaptors
Is there any real advantage to having accurate torques on ER collets? What difference does it make if it is a few % off, if it's off the same every time? I've never heard of anyone argue the need for precise torques on collets, just consistent torques that are in the ballpark.- jhov
- Post #37
- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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Solidworks prices more than doubling?
I'm glad to share. Decent, non-predatory CAD/CAM companies are rare these days. The few that exist need all the attention they can get to keep their heads above water with the likes of Autodesk and similar out to monopolize the market through shady business practices while milking their... -
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How old of Brother is TOO old?
RS232 can be used either for drip feeding or for file transfers. Some can file transfer but not drip feed. I've encountered a such a machine. Make sure it can drip feed if your programs can't fit in memory. Also make sure it can do circular and helical interpolation. I believe they were options...- jhov
- Post #9
- Forum: CNC Machining
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Solidworks prices more than doubling?
The first year of maintenance was included and maintenance is 25% of the initial cost. If you choose not to continue with maintenance, it's 50% of the initial cost to return to maintenance regardless of how long you've been off it. I paid $2500 for my license and opted not to stay on... -
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Solidworks prices more than doubling?
Yes and no. The base CAD is fully featured and they don't strip out functionality to sell you separately, but they do sell specialty extensions for gear design, electronics routing, nesting, CAM and more detailed analysis. -
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Solidworks prices more than doubling?
I use T-Flex. It has it's quirks but I vastly prefer it over Solidworks and the like. I was between T-Flex and ZW3D when I was shopping. At that time, I found T-Flex to be much more flexible overall and a better fit for a general purpose CAD system. It also comes with some built in lite analysis... -
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$25k VMC Garage Buying Advice
It could be both.. You could run it to a 14-50R plug in the garage, which goes to an RPC, which is again plugged into a 6-50R. So the entire 3 phase system is plugged into the wall.- jhov
- Post #71
- Forum: CNC Machining
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WTB - torx screw for Iscar facemill
The above seller is good, but didn't have what I was looking for once. I ended up buying them from this listing from China. They work fine. https://www.ebay.com/itm/183914902651 From your part #, you'd need M4 x 10mm long. Maybe 9mm long if the hole is threaded exactly to 9.6mm.- jhov
- Post #4
- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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Poll on general electronics failures on CNC
Could you not just reflow the solder with a hot air station?- jhov
- Post #16
- Forum: CNC Machining
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For sale - 7050 from large forging
I bought some 12 x 18.5 x 2.5" 7050 plate a while ago for $150 per plate for prototype injection molds. I should have bought more.- jhov
- Post #18
- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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Does anyone make a quiet CNC Lathe
What kind of work do you do with your lathe? Toolroom style lathes don't have hydraulics so they're quiet. Power chucks are limited to pneumatic (weaker gripping force, lower max RPMs) and chip management sucks though, but that may not matter much depending on your usage.- jhov
- Post #3
- Forum: CNC Machining
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For sale - 7050 from large forging
Since its coming out of Canada, you might want to specify if that's CAD or USD.- jhov
- Post #12
- Forum: Tooling, Parts and Accessories For Sale or Wanted
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Just Bought a Fiber Laser Marking Machine From AliExpress
We're getting into semantics here, but I didn't say fiat currency has agency, I said it is agency; as in it is the result of someone elses agency (their ability to take action as you define). It doesn't just sit there. It doesn't exist. It's only made real by those with the power to force their... -
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Just Bought a Fiber Laser Marking Machine From AliExpress
Money has no agency but fiat currency IS agency. It is the tool of those who create and control it to exercise their power and is actively used to force their will upon others. -
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Moving a small CNC to new state: Cost, DIY, and Insurance
I guess I've just been lucky then. My Brother came out of California to Ohio and I did exactly as I described. I spent some time on the phone to organize it all but it all worked out as planned.- jhov
- Post #18
- Forum: Material Handling and Rigging
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Moving a small CNC to new state: Cost, DIY, and Insurance
For such a nice machine and for such a long haul, I'd have a freight carrier put it on a conestoga trailer. No need to hire a rigger for such an easy to move machine. If you don't already have one, buy a heavy duty pallet jack to move it around and rent a 10k lift to load/unload. You could save...- jhov
- Post #12
- Forum: Material Handling and Rigging
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"How much to buy/own such and such machine" Seems this guy knows what he's getting into....
Are you suggesting that all shops outside of California are incompetent or is it just your preference to only deal with incompetent shops outside of California?- jhov
- Post #33
- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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What CAD Program for Personal Projects
I use Rhino and T-Flex (which uses the Parasolid kernel) and I do a lot of back and forth between the two and I haven't had any such issues. Also, Rhino does SubD modeling now too and has a bunch of tools to make working with Mesh, SubD, NURBS and Solids all very interchangeable. It's awesome...