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A toolholder poll....

What's your preference... Compression type collets, or sleeves. You crank up the bar to 350 psi's and put your cutter i...

1 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

high speed machining tip...

Maybe folks know this. I knew it, but never really thought about it till I seen the effects of it. In every cam system...

11 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

cimitron webinars...

Anybody know a place you could find these things recorded?

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

EMC2 conversion of Bridgeport Series 2 Interact 2

A poster told me on cnczone, that he converted an identical above named mill, to EMC2, in just 12 hours of work. I woul...

3 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus2215

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus2215

FADAL Selling Assets

I saw this on Practical Machinist and thought it would show up here. since I haven't seen anything yet I thought I woul...

25 comments posted 16yrs

posted by pulsar

25 comments posted 16yrs posted by pulsar

Mine is 89 inches, what about yours

The first "oh, fsck" moment. The Series II CNC bridgeport that I bought is 89 inches tall and my garage opening is only...

26 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus26960

26 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus26960

Chuck closing force

So what's the rule here, how do I know where to set it? Other than if the part flies out it was too low. Hyundai HIT-18S...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by rbraun333

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333

MACH3 licence

hello, Following a malfunction of the hard drive of my machine, I want a license MACH3 Valid Thank you for your help bo...

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by HAHA

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by HAHA

CNC Bridgeport with Heidenhein control

Someone is offering me a Bridgeport Series II Interact CNC mill. He says that it worked but the Heidenhein controller i...

63 comments posted 16yrs

posted by ignoramus21067

63 comments posted 16yrs posted by ignoramus21067

pantoscribe charts?

Anybody ever use a Pantoscribe chart. Or is it spelled pantescribe ? Also, I'm putting together a video to assist in my...

0 comments posted 16yrs

posted by dewittian

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by dewittian

Older Daewoo Puma Documentation

We just got an old (pre 90's) Daewoo Puma 12 lathe with a FANUC OT controller, serial # 420096 .. I'm trying to hunt do...

0 comments posted 16yrs

posted by kortjester

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by kortjester

Mastercam guys, tell me about dynamic milling...

Let me guess, you window in your whole part and click the big red easy button? Seriously...what is it??

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

Mastercam x3

Wholly crap...Mastercam x3 loves trimmed surfs. It's only like 10 years too long. Pretty impressive. I wish I had x3 15...

6 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

Cimitron vs UG

So far UG wins. All I do with cimitron so far is view the toolpath, read the offset amounts, etc... (basically not much...

9 comments posted 16yrs

posted by vinny

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by vinny

Source for spindle liners?

Where do you guys get spindle liners for your lathes? I would like to run the occasional 3 foot bar in mine, now that I...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by rbraun333

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333