what is wrong with program number 31 in Dialog4?
I must have tried to upload program 31 to my FP2NC at least 10 times. Each time the display showed _111_%31 and would not go any further, could not get the file to transfer. Reset the serial port on...
View ArticleKing Rich BP vari-speed clone - how to get to brake?
Hi all I have a King Rich KR-V2000. A Taiwanese BP clone with a 3hp vari-speed head. I am going over the head, doing bearings and a new main belt. I want to get to the brake because there is no...
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Helical Lens finisher
So I just bought and tried one of these things today, surfacing 4" X 18" customer needed a non planar surface finished. Worked extremely well with the large 1.5" rad tip. Just thought I'd post encase...
View ArticleHow much has cold calling / knocking on doors improved your sales?
I know that the "How do I find work" posts are pretty beaten down at this point so I tried to rephrase it into a more specific question. My shop is struggling to find enough work and I'm not sure where...
View ArticleSpot welding - design and process questions
I am working with a design that currently has a nickel plated steel connector (.032" thick) and nickel pins (.020" thick) coming out of an element that get spot welded in 2x locations. I have attached...
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ACIERA F3 - getting ready to move one ....
Hi all, I normally post on the Schaublin forum as own a 135 which was documented through a re-furbish and modification to the troublesome Variator system which now has no oil feed and is free from...
View ArticleAre end mill shank diameter always less than nominal size ?
Given that ER collets still work with slightly smaller endmills, and that bad things happen when end mills are oversized, is there a standard (or industry best practice) that require end mill shanks to...
View ArticlexTool laser etcher?
Company I work for wants to laser etch stainless steel tags for property inventory. We are presently looking at the xTool laser etcher. I don't think this particular machine is a high production unit....
View ArticleMazak QT8 Auto Lube System Pump Cycles
I think my auto lube pump is running way more than it needs to. I don’t use the machine much, so I don’t know what normal daily oil consumption is to be expected. I topped off the pump reservoir in the...
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TZM Machine Shop for prototype parts
Hi! Supply Chain Manager here, looking for advice on precision machine shops that could help us manufacture 4 different drawings for a TZM (titanium-zirconium-molybdenum) tube with features. Designs...
View ArticleLooking for advice on repairing worn L1 internal taper
I've got a 1951 Nebel LN 18x60" (fairly obscure, Cincinnati-built that looks like a Monarch clone), which as you probably guessed has an L1 spindle. I have a Hardinge-Sjogren 2J Collet chuck for this...
View ArticleHurco VM1 (Ultimax) Spindle Fault. Please help
Happy New Year to All, I have a 2004 Hurco VM1 With Ultimax Control with a Yaskawa Varispeed 626MC5 Spindle Drive that keeps faulting. I'm running a Phase converter and double checked the phases are...
View ArticleLarge, unexpected drop in Empire State Manufacturing Index
From Marketwatch.com: "The New York Federal Reserve’s Empire State business conditions index, a gauge of manufacturing activity in the state, plunged 29.2 points in January to negative 43.7, the...
View ArticlePhilips, Grundig, Millplus Information Collaboration
Good day to my fellow Deckel Maho/DMG members. I've been collecting as much information as I can in regards to the Philips/Grundig/Millplus control series. This entire family of controls is basically...
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Langmuir ArcFlat table disappointment - Review
So I bought a Langmuir table (because I thought fixture tables would be a good idea) and have actually been pretty disappointed with it. First off, the foot came bent…no big deal I can fix that myself....
View ArticleBrown & Sharpe #2B surface grinder
I bought this manual grinder at an auction many years ago and have been slowly working on it, while other projects kept bumping it back on the list. The 3 phase motor required a VFD; done. The...
View ArticleVideo: Rigging gone wrong. Large beam crashes. Workers very lucky.
That forklift looks too small for the beam. Co-workers seem unnaturally calm considering the guy in the scaffold nearly died. Usually people rush over to the accident site to see if they can help.
View ArticleDIY RPC - voltage on case & large imbalance between legs
Good morning, I purchased a mill with a DIY 10HP RPC a few years back that I haven’t used yet. I’d like to hook it to my 5HP lathe. I did see it in use when buying the mill. I wired the unit to power...
View ArticleCycle 83 siemens 840d problem
Hello, recently I bought a chevalier vmc2033 with sinumerik 840d MMC100.2. I cannot get the deep drilling cycle working with fusion. cycle83 Fold: "channel 1 block number of parameters to big, 0) Post...
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