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OT: right, geeky idea

For those interested - I've made a website to collect money for my postgrad studies. And.. my girlfriend's involved:) Do...

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posted by john.sulkowski

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Chinese Cutting Tool Manufacturing

A poster on Practical Machinist posted this video of a modern Chinese cutting tool manufacturer. The scary part for me...

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posted by pulsar

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Anybody cnc mill glass before?

Going to take a class on telescope lens grinding, so Iv'e been reading up how...to get a head start. Relatively simple...

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posted by friggenbozo

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ON topic- parting off advice

Anyone have a speed & feed solution to parting off without the thin ring left over. Doing a thin .08 washer, SS416. The...

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posted by a_design

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Mastercam stock advance ?

Mcam 9.0 Tried using stock advance. toolpath/backplotting shows correctly. When I post it shows nothing from the paramet...

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posted by a_design

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Help for Biesse Rover 23

Hello, Could anyone help me ? I have a Biesse Rover 23 but I don't know how to use it. Sorry for my english, I'm french

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posted by ludovic123456789

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Unplesant rumor

I think I heard (but am not certain) that the fed continues to bail out the banks & the brokers to the tune of about 30...

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posted by Clhuprich

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Breakdowns in internal controls

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_go_ot/government_credit_cards_9 [ Federal employees charged millions of dolla...

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posted by Clhuprich

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Program Question

Using help that I have received in this great NG, I have been able to write a program that does ALMOST what I want to d...

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posted by raskinscott

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Kurt Knock-off Problem

To All: Just to alert everyone to a freak problem we had with a Kurt type vise. The problem happened with an MSC Kurt l...

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posted by bottlbob

106 comments posted 18yrs posted by bottlbob

Supplier of long end mills 5/32 or 4MM??

Hi all, While web surfing for 2 flute carbide end mills of 5/32 or 4 mm with an OAL of at lease 2.5 inches and a shank...

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posted by plh_member

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Quick Jaw Change Chuck

I need a 6", three jaw, quick jaw change, power chuck. I'm planning on checking with SMW/Autoblock. Anybody know of anot...

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posted by spamto154

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Ref: Rapid Traversr

Applies to Fanuc 31: Parameter 1601 #4 RTP = 0 Blocks are overlapped in Rapid Traverse 1 Blocks are not overlapped Para...

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posted by debco99

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What Ever Happened To Hexapods?

A few years ago Hexapod machines were advertised as if they were going to be the wave of the future. But I haven't hear...

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posted by bottlbob

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A question regarding rapid traverse and accuracy..

The Cimco Mastercam hsm addon has a setting to use feedrate moves in place of rapid moves. The help popup says "use thi...

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posted by friggenbozo

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