snowshooze
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2010
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Hi Guys;
Hey...
If you are thinking about doing this...
Lemme tell you.
I am small time, and 6 grand is real money.
But I know the biggest bottle-neck was me.
Setting tools and off-sets.
So, feeling like I had no choice, I sprung for it.
Alright, set-up of the system was a nightmare.
It took me a month to find the time between holes in my schedule.
And the Haas guys.. really tested my nerves.
I wound up finding the keys to success on You-Tube.
I am telling you, it is simple to set up, but a bastard to do so if you rely on Haas.
You'd NEVER get it going if you relied upon them.
So, I finally beat the install last Friday night, about 11:45 PM.
Ran a test or two... beat it home as toast.
Snuck in Saturday...
I did a job-set, and a tool set.
I had a 2" x 6.5" Kurt jaw blank.
I decided the facing option was probably the safest test I could. do.
I started with the tool setter.
It told me that my .750" 3 FL EM was actually cutting at .7513"
Side-lock holder.
So, I ran up-stairs, made program... oh wait.
The .7513 comes in on job 2.
Milled my soft-jaws using the probe.
Set part, probed it.
Called up a facing program in VQC.
Ran it.
Damn.. it faced 50% kitty-corner.
That was due to distortion in my material.
Bastard is DEAD-ON.
I am so blown away.
Since then, I have already used it 50 times in less than 3 days.
10 setups and Part runs, just today.
You thinking about this.... do it.
I will try to do a you-tuber on the install... it ain't pretty to try to figure it out on your own with the non-existent practical instructions.
I gottum.
The Renishaw Haas WIPS system is an absolute winner.
Do it.
And, as always...
You guys have shared so much with me. You have saved me from certain disaster, and drug
me out of the weeds so many times...
I feel, any time I can send some back... I gotta.
Again, my many thanks,
Mark
Hey...
If you are thinking about doing this...
Lemme tell you.
I am small time, and 6 grand is real money.
But I know the biggest bottle-neck was me.
Setting tools and off-sets.
So, feeling like I had no choice, I sprung for it.
Alright, set-up of the system was a nightmare.
It took me a month to find the time between holes in my schedule.
And the Haas guys.. really tested my nerves.
I wound up finding the keys to success on You-Tube.
I am telling you, it is simple to set up, but a bastard to do so if you rely on Haas.
You'd NEVER get it going if you relied upon them.
So, I finally beat the install last Friday night, about 11:45 PM.
Ran a test or two... beat it home as toast.
Snuck in Saturday...
I did a job-set, and a tool set.
I had a 2" x 6.5" Kurt jaw blank.
I decided the facing option was probably the safest test I could. do.
I started with the tool setter.
It told me that my .750" 3 FL EM was actually cutting at .7513"
Side-lock holder.
So, I ran up-stairs, made program... oh wait.
The .7513 comes in on job 2.
Milled my soft-jaws using the probe.
Set part, probed it.
Called up a facing program in VQC.
Ran it.
Damn.. it faced 50% kitty-corner.
That was due to distortion in my material.
Bastard is DEAD-ON.
I am so blown away.
Since then, I have already used it 50 times in less than 3 days.
10 setups and Part runs, just today.
You thinking about this.... do it.
I will try to do a you-tuber on the install... it ain't pretty to try to figure it out on your own with the non-existent practical instructions.
I gottum.
The Renishaw Haas WIPS system is an absolute winner.
Do it.
And, as always...
You guys have shared so much with me. You have saved me from certain disaster, and drug
me out of the weeds so many times...
I feel, any time I can send some back... I gotta.
Again, my many thanks,
Mark
, and Regarding Henry was painful in more than a few waysQ3