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Toolmaster Clutch sequence

Helping a friend get his french made Toolmaster running. Do the table clutches pickup before or after their motors energ...

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posted by jddieterle

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3 weeks and our machine is still fubard...

OK, this is really starting to hurt.. Some of you may remember that we bought a daewoo puma 12 a lil while ago.. We had...

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posted by kortjester

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Rust-lick 50-50?

Awl -- Seems to be the WD40 of soluble oils, these days. Good choice? Economical choice? No demanding machining, for a...

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posted by UNfitcat

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Tubing suppliers, rect. CR, round SS

Awl -- I'm looking for a good supplier in the northeast, altho I spose if someone was cheap enough elsewhere, it could...

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posted by UNfitcat

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40$ electronic edge finder....

Best damn 40 bucks I ever spent (in the shop)! Sucks for picking up, but makes an awesome cmm for in machine inspection....

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posted by friggenbozo9

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Esprit compared to mastercam or unigraphics

Of course the distributor for MasterCam said Esprit isn't up to snuff in the 5 axis milling like MasterCam. Having neve...

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posted by dewittian

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Super High Speed CNC Machining

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm trying to show a co-worker some examples of super fast CNC procedures... I know s...

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posted by autodrill

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Hurco-swept surface software

Anyone familiar with it? It aint that common of a software option. The new VMX42 came with it. Hurco's so called "docum...

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posted by milgil

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Anybody ever used an edge finder?

An electronic edge finder...lol/ Iv'e been doing a lot of picking up edges on the mill lately. And basically using an i...

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posted by friggenbozo9

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What is a notation *RP on a dwg?

The *RP appears 4 places, at the end of each piece (OAL) with a leader and with a leader pointing to the outside radius...

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posted by rbraun333

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Small holes in aluminum

I will be working on some T60-61 aluminum plates, about 40" X 27" X 2.5" with all kind of pockets from one side leaving...

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posted by jzak

21 comments posted 16yrs posted by jzak

Coolant

Most all synthetic coolants I've used in the past either rust the machine(vaporization?), gum up the micro switches, st...

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posted by milgil

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by milgil

Mastercam users...a challange...

Mastercam can do anything....and that might be true. How about this...You have a pocket...there's .005 on the walls, .0...

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posted by friggenbozo9

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I figured out how to stop the leak...seriously!

You drill a hole a bit larger in diameter than the leak...at a 30 degree angle. Start the hole a few 100 yards from the...

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posted by friggenbozo9

10 comments posted 16yrs posted by friggenbozo9

Dovetail slide??

Is it possible (I guess it is a question of geometry) to make/machine a dovetail slide whose two halves are identical an...

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posted by conurus

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by conurus