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I use PartMaker explicitly for Swiss and wouldn't use anything else. PartMaker has great post modification support and you should be able to get to the point of edit free programming. To my...

I use rego-fix for everything coolant thru. Their sealing disks, flushing disks, and sealed collets have never failed me.

Rego-fix 2632.22542 has a 32 mm shank however it is er25 so you would...

Check your coordinate system. On the RII there are G17, G18, G19, G117, G118, and G119 CS's. It will do exactly as you say if you don't change to the correct coordinate system. I think that it's G118...

I would do a ZC as well. From a compatability standpoint it is more widely accepted. I'm not familiar with that tsugami, but with a star or citizen back working station it works the best. Comps are...

My biggest concern for heat would be that generated by the high pressure pump. We run heat exchangers on our oil but if you are running high pressure for an hour straight and don't have a heat...

Hi there. Just wondering if you had gotten any further info on the subject. I am also looking for in house recycling of cutting oil and water soluble.

Thanks,



J

Need to know what kind of holes. Is it a pattern or a random bunch of holes. If it's a pattern of equally spaced holes that is centered on the axis of rotation then it is easy. If they are unequally...

As far as I know, you can't stream on Head 2. So if it's a big surfacing program and your using 21-24, then you'll have to turn up the stepover until you can get it into your control. If you are...

You shouldn't need to brush up on any trig. They are going to show you how to draw lines with their CAD system. They will have sample parts/prints, etc for you to work on.

Centerless ground stock??

I know that some machines with Fanuc use an M20 as the part counter increment.

We turn everything one pass and have no problems as long as you are mindful of your F/S. I don't care to pull in and out of the guide bushing to rough and finish - even if you have a maximum land GB.

We run rotary. One "magic." We took magic off our other Star to install the bar gripper. I was told the same story on precision with the fixed.

+1 on Partmaker. I've used other software for other machines, but nothing comes as close as Partmaker for swiss. They are dedicated.

I don't have experience with a Siemens on the ECAS per se, but I have used it on a Gildemeister Turn-Mill and it sucks. It was a Siemens 8400 powerline and doing any real programming besides turn and...

I'm not sure that I've seen a rev 1 post from the distributor that posts perfectly. Generally, in my experience a little tweaking will be necessary. Our mills still run Brand Y and they have to hand...

Littlebrewman, I find Partmaker very easy to draw in. You can easily trim and extend lines with a very intuitive interface. You don't need to explode intersected segments to trim them or remove them...

Can you find a cut knurl that's that pitch. If so, then maybe look at one of these from Eagle Rock Tooling

http://er-tooling.com/Eaglerock/products/cutknurling/cutknurling-24.jpg

No deflection...

Hello, I am transitioning from Gibbs to Partmaker in our lathe department and Partmaker is the best program that I have seen so far in terms of post customization. We have received great support in...

Is your stock centerless ground. I've seen amazing differences in running wrought vs. centerless ground. I don't know much about getting BeCu ground, but we get all of our Ti alloy, CoCrMo, and...

Oh yeah, I remember those old Fords. We had an old water truck with a 534 (3500 RPM redline) gas engine in it. Had a big old oil bath air filter (nasty) , the water pump was the size of a pumpkin and...

The last fixture plate that I build has worked out great for the last year. We do many of the same. Parts in quantities of between 2 and 20. I epoxied two pieces of aluminum to a piece of steel -...

Nice, well thought with the coolant trap. Was this a trial and error, or just a brilliant design from the get go?

Hey Dig,
Just wanted to let you know that I also took three days to read this thread, and I have found I look forward to the day when you can post videos of some very sick cutting ops.

Please...

Surface finish has degraded a tiny bit. But we are also running higher feedrates. Surface finish is now the cut lines from the tool. It was previously clean.

It seems to be the bearing on the top...

We have a YCM60 w/ AB Bandit 4 controller that gets use nearly every day. The oddest thing happened the other day.

I was writing a tapping program in G-code. (The onboard G84 does nothing but...

G-Code isn't too hard to learn, but that will also depend on what interface you have to learn from. I learned from an old AB8400 and when you start typing in a G-Code, it brings up a menu of...

I have one and can get it copied for you.

The last time I did ours to make a shop copy was about $60.00 at kinko's.

Let me know...

I am looking for a machinist position doing programming/setup work or production management. I have a journeyman's certification from the USAF in Metals Technology (machining/welding) and have been...

I am having trouble getting my FAPT to load programs into the NC. I get "I/O not ready." Anyone have any solutions or advice for this.

Thank you...