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03-07-2021, 06:32 AMOkuma Genos are likely still made in Taiwan too.3 replies | 241 view(s) -
03-07-2021, 06:24 AMSounds like what's missing is the parameters. If you could identify the model # more closely, serial number, control, and post pix someone here...1 replies | 84 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 06:01 AMrotarySMP replied to a thread Schaublin 125-CNC retrofit: in Schaublin, Cazeneuve, Weiler, Graziano, Mori Seiki LathesWell I think I have now reached the point of no return on this project... Mark8 replies | 552 view(s) -
03-07-2021, 05:45 AMtnmgcarbide replied to a thread Curiosity : What if any American manual mill was comparable to the best Euro mills in Cincinnati Milacron, Kearney Trecker, VN, USA Heavy Ironi have yet to see a deckel or aciera as beat to shit as an old k&t gorton mastermil or a cincy 1-d toolmaster . i'm too young to know but i'd bet...24 replies | 1302 view(s) -
03-07-2021, 04:58 AMIt's a lathe tool, which in 99% of cases is set on centre height by adding packing slips, and that's all there is to it, ...............if once at...3 replies | 87 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:53 AMYes here in OZ its becoming more of a wank every year. Had a "phone tech" here other day to fix a broken above ground lead in cable. Cant climb on...9 replies | 488 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:41 AMFlipping the coin to the other side - when you're designing a part, rather than making/measuring it - how do you determine the size of the zone or...32 replies | 26408 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:36 AMAssuming that this question is directed to me - I didn't use an optical tape. I just painted a convenient flange face on the spindle into gloss...35 replies | 1269 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:33 AMUncleFrank replied to a thread Offered Foreman Position-Need Tips/Advice in Shop Management and Owner IssuesI'd get the offer and conditions in writing. I'd ask for increased profit sharing and work by the hour at whatever rate you decide is worth it.13 replies | 305 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:26 AMjatt replied to a thread Offered Foreman Position-Need Tips/Advice in Shop Management and Owner IssuesThe opportunity to get experience at the next level up wont hurt, regardless of how it pans out at your current employ. But if it goes downhill,...13 replies | 305 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 04:25 AMBilltodd replied to a thread Hardinge HLVH EM Newby needs help in Bridgeport and Hardinge Mills and Lathes>>>2. If # 1 is a bad thing, do they make a threaded adaptor for my spindle nose so I can still use my existing 3 jaw chuck? You've spent a lot of...3 replies | 156 view(s) -
03-07-2021, 04:06 AMYou picked an "everyday object" with a whole lot of variables that will affect "stress" (I assume you are referring to stress somewhere on the shank...3 replies | 87 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:49 AMHi everybody. I saw an interesting hand-made tapping head being used on a "manual" milling machine. There was a spring loaded behind the tap clamp...0 replies | 58 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:47 AMcar2 replied to a thread Hardinge HLVH EM Newby needs help in Bridgeport and Hardinge Mills and LathesYou must have the much more common taper-nose spindle. As stated above, these use taper-mount chucks and collet-chuck systems (very handy)....3 replies | 156 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:42 AMRobert Lang replied to a thread Request information on horizontal borer. in Antique Machinery and HistoryCylinder re-boring machine made by Marvel Machinery Co. Minneapolis, MN. Patents covering this machine. Patent Images Patent Images Rob2 replies | 142 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:39 AMNot personally but I've clamped HSS in a vise and turned a pin to repair a lathe with. A mill may be more friendly for measuring deflection as well.3 replies | 87 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:33 AMGreetings, PM crew! First time post but long time subscriber. I'm an engineering student but been machining for a little more than a decade now! ...3 replies | 87 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 03:18 AMAfter quite a bit of googling I ended up sending RFQ's for Victor Taichung Vturn 16/20 and YCM GT-250B. I'll look into Takisawa also.3 replies | 241 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 02:32 AMneanderthal mach replied to a thread How will PMP help in building my Career? in Schaublin, Cazeneuve, Weiler, Graziano, Mori Seiki LathesHad to Google the term, Project Management Professional. How will it help your career? Your gonna be a vastly over paid, do or produce nothing...5 replies | 397 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 02:07 AMStrostkovy replied to a thread What would your steel supplier do to correct this problem? in Shop Management and Owner IssuesWe had a supplier give us aluminum that didn't meet our expectations. They said it was technically in spec, but agreed it wasn't great and replaced...17 replies | 1270 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:59 AMStrostkovy replied to a thread Offered Foreman Position-Need Tips/Advice in Shop Management and Owner IssuesGet paid for your hours and bail if it goes to shit and you'll be solid. Just don't work for peanuts with the promise of getting paid more once...13 replies | 305 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:53 AMWell, I won't know if this is caddable, but when I get to work I'll try it out... Free CAD Designs, Files & 3D Models | The GrabCAD Community...31 replies | 37798 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:53 AMStrostkovy replied to a thread 480 RPC from single phase by connecting to the winding centre taps in Transformers, Phase Converters and VFDThat seems pessimistic to me. I would expect the windings within the stator to function as an autotransformer regardless of the magic that happens in...3 replies | 189 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:48 AMHi. There are usually 2 sensors on a lathe, one confirms chuck open, other one chuck closed. They're on top of kitagawa hydraulic cylinder unit. They...1 replies | 96 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:14 AMWhen I bought my Speedio in 2016 I opted to have the spindle over ride installed. While the guy was installing the machine, he popped off the front...65 replies | 2431 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 01:01 AMI’ve been doing this for about 25 years. It takes me about two months to become competent on a new platform. I like to program or design along with...25 replies | 1792 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 12:52 AMMy advice for an extensive job(siding) is to buy a cheap EPV/ cherry picker ...when you are finished sell it or scrap it.....here there is definite...9 replies | 488 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 12:34 AMright on thanks9 replies | 264 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 12:27 AMJust got my s700 working and noticed no coolant rings for the Speedio. Here is a design I put together - dual coolant blast- air and coolant on...0 replies | 93 view(s)
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03-06-2021, 11:59 PMCPM2014 replied to a thread Buy Wire EDM machine NEW vs. USED (pros and cons) Makino U3, U6 vs. SP64/43, U53/U86 in EDM MachiningI’d definitely stick with Makino, or at least stay away from GF machines. Their machines and more importantly their support has become rubbish in the...9 replies | 315 view(s)
