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Universal Robot Gripper

One of the problems with robots is that there really is no good universal gripper. Each application requires special gr...
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posted by dmurf154
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dmurf154

Yo...Mastercammers!!!!

Help an idiot out... I'm using x4mu3 and im cutting a solid. Simple cut...it's a square block with some crap sticking u...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by friggenbozo9
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by friggenbozo9

Lathe turret repair

1. use light oil on index coupling? 2. I have 4 taper pin holes in x axis side of coupling but only 3 holes in the x ax...
5 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rbraun333
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by rbraun333

Sooo..Who is this Cliffy peacock?

I just spent a goodly amount of money on a cnc. News groups used to be that bunch with like-interests and we'd help eac...
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Kontikibrass
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by Kontikibrass

Anyone Need a Forklift (NJ)

I have a walkie / walk behind model here in NJ I'm letting go. I can post a link to details / photos if anyone has a de...
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posted by autodrill
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by autodrill

IM DOING MY PART!

A couple of weeks ago a fellow worker got ...uhhh...excused from employment. Reason....going in a different direction....
3 comments posted 15yrs
posted by friggenbozo9
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by friggenbozo9

Turning Vespel, anyone have any experience?

Been doing some CNC lathe work for a local shop that doesn't have one. Working out for both of us. But this latest job...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by janders1957
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by janders1957

refractometer testing of coolant, is ATC important?

How far off will the readings be if my refractometer is not an automatic temperature compensating type? Does it really m...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by rbraun333
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by rbraun333

What would you buy DMG, Mazak or Haas

We are considering one of the following machines for R&D work cutting aluminum, steel and hardened steel (Rockwell 54)....
16 comments posted 15yrs
posted by anderson
16 comments posted 15yrs posted by anderson

Cheapest Y axis lathe?

Awl -- Apropos of the omniturn Q's, I wonder what the cheapest Y axis/live tooling lathe would, run both new and used....
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by fitcat
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

Actual machining

https://cid-32007eb05cdef5ab.office.live.com/browse.aspx/Folder?Bsrc=Docmail&Bpub=SDX.Docs&sa=685208801 Lets see if I d...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by reidmachine
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by reidmachine

Used Omniturn?

Awl -- I'm going to be looking at a used omniturn this week, with a 1 5/8 bore (!!), with a bar feeder, for about $14K,...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by fitcat
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by fitcat

how to hold .0001 tir on cheap lathe chuck

Dykem!!! I bore the jaws, using what Iv'e learned so far and achieve .0003-.0004 tir. Then using dykem, I paint away, b...
4 comments posted 15yrs
posted by friggenbozo9
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by friggenbozo9