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Bboosted replied to the thread Has Anyone Had Luck With Staffing Agencies?.That’s a lot harder to do with the current state of the industry. Many coffee shops pay $20/hr plus tips for slinging coffee, enjoying...
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Bboosted replied to the thread Seemingly Impossible task, Any Tips?.In 6061 you don’t even have to neck the tool back. It will burnish the top of the hole, but unless the runout is really bad should not...
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BIt'll work with a 5/8" tool custom ground with an 8.9" neck length @ 0.575" diameter, and 0.100" effective flute length. OAL = 12.25"...
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Bboosted replied to the thread Seemingly Impossible task, Any Tips?.We interpolate 15XD at +/-.0005 all the time in aluminum. Just takes a while. Getting the chips out is the hardest part. I try to...
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Bboosted replied to the thread Seemingly Impossible task, Any Tips?.Drill close to size and interpolate with a .625 end mill. Takes forever, but works. That stick out is rough, but not crazy, esp in...
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Bboosted replied to the thread HSK63A endmill holders.I don’t use sidelocks for endmills in the HSK machines. Never have. We do have a couple sets of HSK63 sidelocks for all the other...
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Bboosted reacted to empower's post in the thread I guess its time for me to start my own Home shop thread. with
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Having my own shop has been my goal/dream just about ever since i got into the machining trade roughly 8 years ago. i've had my own... -
Bboosted reacted to 70olds's post in the thread Mikron touch probe not agreeing with manual bore pickup with Like.
And we have a winner. I set my indicator at 3 different gage lengths and swung the same hole without moving anything but the Z axis. Got...
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Bboosted reacted to LockNut's post in the thread Variable macro / Tool life management seeing each other with Like.
There is a variable that stores the current tool in the spindle. You can increment, say #501, to add 1 each time the tool is called...
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Bboosted reacted to Orange Vise's post in the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility with Like.
Are all those brands in the IMC group? E.g. Iscar, Tungaloy, Ingersoll, etc?
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Bboosted replied to the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility.Gregor - I get it. I was asking about both styles at the same time. My confusion stemmed from the fact that our ISCAR bodies see a lot...
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Bboosted replied to the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility.Yes. It was a Mits indexable head that started my confusion. We mix and match brands of solid carbide heads with some frequency, and I...
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Bboosted replied to the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility.Thank you! This is probably the same list I saw a few years ago, but couldn’t find last night. Very helpful! Looks like with Iscar...
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Bboosted reacted to crossthread82's post in the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility with Like.
Not sure about exchangeable headed endmills but Maritool has a list showing screw in indexable tool cross compatibility...
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Bboosted posted the thread Modular Endmill Extension (screw on head) Brand Compatibility in CNC Machining.Seems the vast majority of exchangeable head endmills we buy fit on the handful of ISCAR Multimaster shanks that we keep in the tool...