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Machine choices

I am in the market for a CNC machine. Initial use will be in the engraving of custom keyboard keycaps (plastic). I also...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by martin.usenet
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by martin.usenet

Turning a out of round aluminum tube true

I'm working with some 4.500" x .500 wall 6061 tubing that can be out of round as much as .100 caused by both varying wa...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by vajra78
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by vajra78

sneaky trojan startup process

Damn these guys never give up. I was scanning for trojans ...found one and removed it. No biggie. Good news is I run a...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by vinny
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by vinny

Unresolved Machining And CADCAM Issues

New page added to the main Jon Banquer blog. The Jon Banquer blog is currently the leading CAM-centric blog on the web....
23 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jon_banquer
23 comments posted 17yrs posted by jon_banquer

New Chick CNC Vise

Had it demoed at our shop last week. http://www.chick-workholding.com/onelok_cnc_vise.asp It's almost $900. Despite the...
206 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jon_banquer
206 comments posted 17yrs posted by jon_banquer

Need Haas 5C Rotary Servo Controller Manual

I have a manual for an older Haas 5C Rotary Indexer (stepper controller) but need one for the newer 5C Servo Controller...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by brewertr
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by brewertr

Ten Reasons Why the Auto Bailout Is a Bad Idea

Ten Reasons Why the Auto Bailout Is a Bad Idea=20 Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:06 PM By: Dan Weil =20 =20 The auto ind...
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posted by mattstawicki
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by mattstawicki

Off- topic energy math

Oh PLEASE! I am frankly stunned at how Jackson Brown and the other Nuke panickers convinced Two generations how bad Nuc...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by a_design
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by a_design

Cost to enable an option on a Mazak?

We have an E-800V 5-axis Mazak. It has the Fusion 640M Pro control. Anyone know the cost to enable the "convert to EIA...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by fusion640
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by fusion640

Fanuc Post

I have MasterCam 3X, I cant seem to find where to change the Peck Cycle G74 to output Q2500 instead of Q.25. Or What Pa...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by captainlarrylongo
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by captainlarrylongo

Depressing

Yesterday I paid less than half of what I did six months ago for a tank full of petrol and felt like I was ripping some...
30 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bd
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by bd

Hurco

I'm still playing around with this KMB1 Hurco I picked up for home a few weeks ago. Was a Bx originally, currently has...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by msmith5242
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by msmith5242