Hey Craig,
I think I found what you were referring to after I made the post, so disregard. Thanks
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Hey Craig,
I think I found what you were referring to after I made the post, so disregard. Thanks
Hi Craig,
I assume you mean PMC vs PLC ?. I have a PMC editor for ladder logic which I have done. When I look at the PMC file, I don't see any reference to timers. In the Ladder logic utility, i...
Thanks Craig,
I'll look at in the AM and post results.
Hi Craig,
Yes, that would work. I tried editing the LUA load screen file (see below) from a thread I found on the Artsoft support forum. I tried both formats discussed in the string using "//" vs...
Hi all,
New to Mach4. Bought and AVIDCNC router complete package. I've got most thing working fine, but I need to Automatically load my Gcode file on startup of Mach 4. This machine will only ever...
In answer to the post title, I would say yes. They would be great for educational purposes where you could leverage buying power to reduce cost. Buy 10 machines on on PO, etc. Then you could really...
Not sure how Tormach is built, but I had a Novakon that did same thing on X axis. The non driven end of the ball screw went through a bushing on the other end. Coolant washed all the grease out and...
All other things aside, There's no question an industrial machine will out perform a Hobby machine. So as far as what you can get for the same price, you'll have to do your own research and decide...
If your starting a business, get a business class machine (industrial). I started with A Novakon as a hobby, and it was fine and I made a ton of stuff. Problem came when it turned into a business,...
It may be your spindle has little torque at 10000 rpm. May be better off at lower rpm and higher chip load. Save the 10k for smaller tools.
Don't use a slotting tool path unless you are making a slot. If you have to slot, shallower faster cuts unless you have fire hose flood cooling. No such thing as too much coolant in aluminum. Chip...
Don't have my Torus pro any more, but I was using a 2" ripper mill that is now on the Brother machine. Great tool for the price, extra inserts, designed specifically for aluminum. Beautiful finishes
Aluminum I ran max spindle speed with a 2" ripper mill. A good starting point would be max speed at .05 deep 1.8" step over at 30ipm. Flood cool if you can.I was using a solid r8 holder, not TTS
HSM advisor has been great for me. When I had my Torus Pro (I have a brother now),
I did some steel but can't remember specifics now. You can define your spindle Horsepowet/tourqe curve in...
Unless your doing a lot of them, just use
375" stock in a vise with parallels. Plenty of safety room. Mill .01 past model bottom, flip over and face off carrier stock. Way easier than special work...
I ran a 2" on. my Torus Pro for 2 years before I got the Brother. Makes a great surface finish on aluminum. I've been using it on the brother for over a year. Still on the original inserts. It's a...
For aluminum, the ripper face mill is awesome.
Thin wall machining strategy uses alternating depths of cut on each side of the wall going progressiv deeper. This provides the support needed from tool cutting forces to prevent deflection.
Ex....
If you using an adaptive (roughing) tool path, you can get a faceted finish. If your using a 2d contour and getting that finish, check your tolerance and smoothing settings
With limited horsepower, you'll be better off using light radial cuts and chip thinning. Especially if you don't have flood cooling. start at 10% of the tool diameter, so .05" and start at 80IPM and...
Check out Maritool BT30 holders. Great quality and price made in the USA.
Yes,
Thats the on . I bought it for high MRR, but it also leaves a nice finish. I only have a good picture form my Brother S500, but it looked good off my Novakon as well bottom pic
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If you working at the machine travel limits, I would look at using a 4 flute 2" ripper mill for a helix entry. Stable cutting with polished inserts produce low cutting forces. Leave .005" for finish...
One of these would at least help rule out tool holding.
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What is your work holding setup ?.
[I use a hybrid approach as I don't use fixtures too often. I have two vises on the table trammed together. I design the fixtures to span the two vises. If I was doing production, and wanted to keep...
Are you using a power draw bar or tightening the R8 collet manually. ?. You could test with a solid R8 set screw tool holder to see if its a tool retention problem. Also pre-load on the spindle...
My thoughts as well. When you approach 25 -30k, the return is way better to bite bullet and get a VMC. I spent 65k on the brother. I had a novakon torus pro delivered at around 17k. If I bought 3...
If you want to make money with your budget, I would go with Industrial machine like this.. tool changer, full enclosure etc.
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Never used one, but if it's Harvey, probably works great.
I use a .125 ball mill .005 deep. Looks real nice if you don't need tiny letters.
I went to a lot of effort to get high flood flow and recharge on my Novakon, but everything was much easier in aluminum. Especially drilling and helical boring. No babysitting the machine on long...