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    Cant Break A Chip Help!!

    Leave less stock to finish and double the feedrate.
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    2.375in hole in 17-4

    A 1.5", 3-flute high feed mill with TSC should do the trick.
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    One and done, vs 2 ops

    There are lot of ways to achieve done-in-one. It sounds like you're specifically talking about the tabbing method. Yes, when it comes to tabbing, it can either be very good or very bad. There are plenty of examples on the internet where it's obvious the part quality suffered from using this...
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    Shopify or Wordpress?

    Shopify's themes are pretty limited but that's okay. They've gotten a lot better aesthetically over the years and the importance of unique layout has dwindled, especially with the majority of visitors using phones and tablets and being accustomed to fixed format social media. In fact...
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    My employee is too slow.

    It's not the worst thing in the world. A number of folks I know were owner-operators for their entire careers, heavily involved in the day to day. Their businesses ebbed and flowed, but they had a few good years and sunk the free cash into rental properties. Ended up making it out big even...
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    16x40 vs 16x60 Lathe Size for General Use?

    If you need to turn something really long, you can just frankenlathe it. Mount a tailstock to your forklift, weld a stick tool to a pipe, etc.
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    "Win the Lottery" Home Garage Machine(s)?

    I think the way the ATCs work on the Brothers and Fanucs, lower drawbar force is a requirement. When the spindle moves all the way up, it releases the drawbar. When it moves down, it engages it. Part of what makes it so reliable and also so fast. Not sure if such a mechanism would work on high...
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    "Win the Lottery" Home Garage Machine(s)?

    How about a hotdog food truck? These guys are local and do pretty well at breweries.
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    Using MDF trim to test CNC programs

    CNCs are high consequence machines. Mistakes in programming and setup will be made throughout your entire career. It's important to develop the ability to catch these mistakes on the fly, before they cause significant damage to your machine and tooling. Most machines already have many tools...
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    burning through inserts

    If for whatever reason the others are absolutely adamant that you can't remove said tooling, another way to get around the stickout problem is to use larger stock, e.g. 1/2". I'm roughly calculating the cost of material to about 4 cents per part from 1/4" material and 14 cents per part from...
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    Dmg Mori Monoblock 75 2nd Gen vs Mazak i-800T

    What's the word on service in the states for Hermle, GF, and Grob?
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    burning through inserts

    KC5010 appears to be a high hardness finishing grade. When the literature says "suitable for general machining", it means it can handle medium roughing in ideal conditions, i.e. target surface speed, rigid workpieces, consistent material, and no interruptions. In your case, since you...
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    Mori Shakes Aggressively

    Definitely a potential culprit. Foundation conditions change over time as they age. Cracks form, soil erodes, etc.
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    Mori Shakes Aggressively

    The pallet only moves in Z. Plus, if it was a tombstone/pallet problem, then the problem wouldn't be confined to rapids. You'd notice the problem in the cut. NHX rapid accelerations have gotten more and more savage over the years in an effort to compete on cycle times. I've had techs tune down...
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    Dmg Mori Monoblock 75 2nd Gen vs Mazak i-800T

    Find out what other customers in your area are using and what service has been like. I've had technicians from multiple different machine tool builders walk in to our shop and see a machine model from their own company for the first time in their lives. Not confidence inspiring.
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