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20th century file handling.... Haas....

Here's what I would like to find: A dos/windows utility that will do a file list by file name AND print out the first 8...
15 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
15 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Face mills, inserts....

Awl -- Ahm lookin to go cheap on a 3" face mill, 6 square inserts. Actually, I'd like the cheapest square inserts I can...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Aluminum set screws....

Preferably socket head..... Yeah, I know, MSC, McM..... But, I just bought 1,000 nylon setscrews for all the 1/4-20 tap...
18 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
18 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Hurco Trackball replacement / retrofit

Hi all, Well, the trackball on our Hurco KMB CNC finally died - apparently a common problem for machines of this partic...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by carla_xspamx
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by carla_xspamx

Converting Anilam Crusader II to LinuxCNC

I'm well on my way to converting my Anilam Crusader II Bridgeport to LinuxCNC. I converted a Crusader M Lathe to LinuxC...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by regor
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by regor

Back- feeding a step down transformer

I thought I would share this in case there's anyone who might want to back-feed a step-down transformer off of a 220 ro...
8 comments posted 13yrs
posted by 123machinist
8 comments posted 13yrs posted by 123machinist

Haas g-code -- inneresting.....

Awl -- Mostly I've been bitching about the clumsiness/complexity of the Haas control, esp. it's miserable file-handling...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

DFP cabling, Pendant moving, SOLVED.... part 3

Holy s*it..... Previous DFP cable extensions didn't work (not well, at any rate), dfp-dvi adapters didn't work (with DV...
39 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
39 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

DVI, DFP cabling, Pendant relocation....

Awl -- This is Round 2 of trying to get the screen of that re-located Haas controller to work right (previous thread CN...
4 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
4 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

A few hole Qs....

OK, Boucou Angst over here, time to drill/tap the GR510 table, 1" alum plate, 5 rows of 11 holes, everything spaced 12"...
19 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
19 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Form tap geometry

Awl -- I've taken to form tapping aluminum (cnc rigid tapping mode), and have noticed a wide variety of geometries in t...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat

Famgro Farms

http://famgro.com/newsite/history/ "No stranger to innovation, Steve Fambro feels at home doing what others say can?t b...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by jonbanquer
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by jonbanquer

The Chevy Volt design....

Awl -- Recently, with the asshole extreeordinaire KiddingHisself, there was much acrimonious debate over the Volt, whos...
17 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fitcat
17 comments posted 13yrs posted by fitcat