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Has anyone worked with bridgeport Interact CNC mills?

Would love to just chat a bit, especially interesting would be if you retrofitted one with a new control. i

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posted by ignoramus22050

23 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus22050

Not CNC Related But... Anyone do Broaching?

...And have the ability to broach Grob splines in steel or alumi-bronze? I've got a quote request for the person(s) who...

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posted by autodrill

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by autodrill

MasterCAM Surfacing Help

Hey -- I am using MCX on a Vertical Milling Centre, making train wheels. There is a round donut shaped pocket that need...

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posted by brad87

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by brad87

Machinists Software for Iphones

Looking through the latest issue of Modern Machinist I saw this article on software for machinists for Apple's Iphone:...

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posted by pulsar

8 comments posted 16yrs posted by pulsar

Article on Training for Swiss Screw Machines

Modern Machine has a nice article on training on Swiss type machines: http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/more-in-the-kno...

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posted by pulsar

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by pulsar

Steel Mills?

Awl -- Who? Where? Tryna find a few for a hard-to-find product, sheets of 304 SS half-hard (no substitutions), on the o...

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posted by UNfitcat

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

grinding trick

If your on a small grinder, 6 x 12, 6 x 18 etc... Here's a neat trick. Go buy an extended hub for your wheel. They just...

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posted by vinny

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

A DAY AT WORK...

Ok...I finish up a part, and I have 5 minutes to kill...so, I bust out the book. The makino mill i was running has a to...

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posted by vinny

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

If you run a grinder you might like this...

http://www.wmsopko.com/catalog.php3?pagelist=20-35-62-63-64 Reversable hub. Great for dressing stuff like radii on the...

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posted by vinny

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

2008 SolidCam Post

I'm having an issue with my posts on parts with non tangent radii, for example a cube with rounded, but non tangent cor...

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posted by msmith5242

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by msmith5242

Second try.. Left handed Cobalt or Carbide Drill supplier?

Anyone know of someone that carries left handed cobalt or carbide drills? Looking for a 3/8" jobber or screw length.. th...

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posted by kortjester

20 comments posted 16yrs posted by kortjester

Is QC30 the same as NMTB 30

This Bridgeport Interact 2 mill comes with "QC 30" toolholders. Is that the same as NMTB 30, as far as mounting goes? th...

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posted by ignoramus27796

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus27796

Any fanuc experts out there?

Like every friggen cnc guy on the planet knows fanuc...but... I would love to get T5M6 on one line in MDI. I looked thr...

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posted by vinny

26 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

How to play with EMC2 and G code without an actual mill

I would like to somehow practice EMC2 (milling application, 3 axis), and G-code and other such things, without actually...

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posted by ignoramus5280

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus5280

Swiss Retros-Ping Dan

Currently doing some retrofits of KMX machines, this customer still wants carts with the HMI mounted on the cart. After...

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posted by debco99

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by debco99