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What kind of punch needed for this
I received those drawings from a customer and tough that those two holes were made with a dimple die but, looking carefully at the drawing, I don't know if they are standard holes with standard punch....
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Problem Roughing question/problem
Fairly often when creating a roughing tool path, it will not remove the top layer of material if it is thinner than the "stepdown" depth even though it is thicker than the "stock to leave" setting....
View ArticleJCUT 25S with DSP or NCStudio?
Hello I am close to buying a 1300x2500 JCUT 25S with dual spindles (3kW with 4.5kW extras) and ATC. It has servos and rack and pinion. I will be trying to remove as much material as possible from my...
View ArticleJCUT 25S with DSP or NCStudio?
Hello I am close to buying a 1300x2500 JCUT 25S with dual spindles (3kW with 4.5kW extras) and ATC. It has servos and rack and pinion. I will be trying to remove as much material as possible from my...
View ArticleAre there any CNC Related Events Located in Florida
I live in North Florida and often travel a few hours south to Orlando for various trade shows. Are there any trade shows related to CNC in the near future that will be located in Florida or my area?
View ArticleStepper Motor Only Jogs One Direction
I have a Keling 382 Oz motors with kl 4030 drivers and a C10 break out board. This is a 3 year old machine and has been working great until now, so its not a wiring problem I don't think. I can only...
View ArticleProblem laser software disc is corrupt, please help
hi , does anyone own the sunnylaser 6040 laser with the PHSOFT5.0 SOFT WARE, i desperatly need copy or download of this software, is antone able to help me please. thanks paul.
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Want rust finish on forging
I have used Easy Rust (spray on) from Metal Finish Supply, Inc. for years on hot and cold rolled sheet and plate with good results. I need a cosmetic rust finish on a McCarr turn buckle PN 30045T47....
View ArticleBlaser BC935?
Anybody using Blaser BC935 coolant? Thoughts? How is it at rejecting tramp oil?
View ArticleHELP NEEDED!!!
Any one know how to make cobra 65 communicate with IEMCA VIP70CNC barfeeder? Not having luck, neither is IEMCA. Would appreciate any help!!!
View Articlehoming switches
Has anyone tried the Gecko inputs 2 though 4 (unused otherwise) as homing switches and did Mach3 see them with the factory configuration? Thanks, Paul
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We build small progressive tools. Mostly basic pilot pierce, pierce, trademark, blank with occasional form operations. Does any one have a simple estimating formula? Like 1 hour per station?
View ArticleNo tool wear calculation through MDI
Hi there, I have the folowing problem on a Oi-tc lathe. When i call a tool using MDI (T0101) the toolgeometry is used to determine the absolute position of the tool. When i make a corection in wear...
View ArticleNew Machine Build Dual AC Servo Tuning
Hi All, I'm about to buy my last two AC servos for my Cnc router and was just wondering how you go tuning twin ac servos with the granite vsd-e drives. So two motors on the one axis. Any input would be...
View ArticleMotor overheating problem
My machine has been in mothballs for about a year while I was building my new workshop. I'm about to crank it back up, but I need some help, advice, whatever. I'm using Mach3 on a WinXP machine with a...
View ArticleBuild Thread Racking Gantry Protection
Hello All, I have reworked my home build machine to include ball screws and motors on each side of the Gantry. Everything seems to be working smoothly..... My concern is .....What happens if ONE of the...
View ArticleFlexi Pro help
Not sure if this is the place to post this, but a customer is trying to burn some thin plates with a radius, and the program they use for their routing machine is Flexi Pro. I drew up their design,...
View ArticleNeed Help! Fanuc and DNC4U
Hi guys. Got a new machine and am trying to use the wizard function of DNC4U to get 232 data from HwaCheon/Fanuc18t. I used DNC4U wizard on my Haas VF3 and had data uploading and downloading in about 5...
View ArticleNeed to add here one thing
We are talking about safety of machines and materials . Why here we have discussions about safety of the people who are working for us ? I think We need to add that topic also in this section . Because...
View ArticleLooking at a new Hardinge/Bridgeport mill
Does anyone have experience with the new Hardinge/Bridgeport mills? A salesman just quoted me a GX480 APC vertical. How is the quality these days. We have a 1998 VMC760 that was pretty good quality but...
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