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The Trend Toward Thread Milling in Hardened Material

To All: There is an article in the December issue of Cutting Tool Engineering about thread milling, that IMO, is very i...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bottlbob

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by bottlbob

Turning 101, need help with new lathe

Still fiquring out the new control, Seimens 840C. It's DOS based PC running DR DOS 6.0. Question is what's the best set...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by rbraun333

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333

Pseudo-cad?

Awl -- Suppose I have a box, a 6" cube, made from 6 pcs of 1/4" alum, butt-jointed together. No big problem, altho depe...

9 comments posted 16yrs

posted by UNfitcat

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

Dumb a$$ cnc controls...

Ten years back I used to post to a 5ax a/b head Cinci Lancer with the 2100a control. Slick as snot. Touch off the tools...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by kinzie

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by kinzie

Matchining Paint?

Awl -- Yes indeedy, as in the matchining OF paint. In Steve W's 12/2 response to my 12/1 thread DIY powder coating in r...

0 comments posted 16yrs

posted by UNfitcat

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

Angle head

We are looking for a very small 90 deg angle head to mostly drill holes inside small pockets. We do have one but it is...

12 comments posted 16yrs

posted by jzak

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by jzak

Compression Cutters

To All: Now here's a real End Mill Flute design I've never seen before - outside of some off-the-wall router bits. It's...

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bottlbob

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by bottlbob

Tooling Costs / Budget

Hi All. How do companies set tooling budgets/ control tooling costs? Is a percentage of turnover or gross profit used?...

1 comments posted 16yrs

posted by tammat

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by tammat

Are the ways being lubed?

Awl -- Looking for ways to avoid some looming matchining, I was reading s*it on the side of le Fadal, you know, the dai...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by UNfitcat

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat

On Topic: Splines

No, not the CAD kind. I'm talking about splined shafts. Splines are something I've somehow never learned. That's not no...

12 comments posted 16yrs

posted by kg1

12 comments posted 16yrs posted by kg1

Anyone heard of a Yamazan Lancer Lathe?

Buddy of mine called me the other day and told me to come over and pick up a lathe he was tired of storeing. Its a Yama...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by gunner

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunner

Hyundai/seimens/hitrol 840c can you help fill in missing words?

I bought the Hyundai lathe from Wisconsin. Just starting to read the books. The "machine tool training manual" looks to...

1 comments posted 16yrs

posted by rbraun333

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by rbraun333

Modulation-Assisted Drilling

To All: Jim Rowe ( snipped-for-privacy@aol.com) sent me this. Pretty trick idea, if it works as advertised. Although I...

3 comments posted 16yrs

posted by bottlbob

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by bottlbob

Machinery Actions soon!

ENTEGRIS, INC. 3500 Lyman Blvd. and 312 Lake Hazetine Dr. in Chaska, Minnesota 55318 http://www.myronbowling.com/fw/mai...

0 comments posted 16yrs

posted by gunner

0 comments posted 16yrs posted by gunner

Rapid prototyping

Awl -- On PBS's Independent Lens, "Objectified", on the "process of design", some design firm referred to "rapid protot...

6 comments posted 16yrs

posted by UNfitcat

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by UNfitcat