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    Spotting counterfeit Iscar inserts

    Ugh...It's replys like this that make me regret sharing info. What is this Facebook? I doubt anyone goes on eBay with the intention of buying stolen property. What a stupid reply.
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    Sometimes youre the Hammer other times youre the nail

    Make sure the nut on the ball screw that is on the thrust bearing is tight. I had one loosen on a Daewoo. Next bolts on the ball nut, couplers are tight and have no backlash in them. If it has Lovejoy type couplers, look into the spider for being broken.
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    Spotting counterfeit Iscar inserts

    Except for the giant chunk missing off the back😉.. got its ass kicked facing .04 of 1018.
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    Spotting counterfeit Iscar inserts

    Ok now, so you see these deals on eBay and Amazon for boxes of new top name inserts for $25 a box. Some are legit, swiped from a place of employment, maybe in the box of a retired guy. Most however are fakes. Listing for $25 a box , guy has 20 boxes. Sounds like BS and it is. Pic below shows...
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    Sometimes youre the Hammer other times youre the nail

    I had a similar issue last year on a little Hardinge. Parts kept moving in size in Z. Checked the coupler, replaced the thrust bearings, checked for backlash in the screw, swapped out the encoder board. Same... I took the encoder apart, a cap died and puked electrolytic on the glass. I...
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    Help with GOV contracting.

    There are very few solicitations that will allow you to download drawings with out the JCP. I have not dived any deeper into the work with export controls on them. I'm sure it's more forms and security checks. Both dibbs and Waft are getting more and more difficult to deal with. They are...
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    Arduino CNC?

    Linuxcnc would be the better bet then Centroid or Arduino.
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    Who Makes the Absolute Best Roughing Endmill for Aluminum?

    International Minicut, hands down. They annihilate aluminum, I've never had flutes get clogged, the hi speed steel is more forgiving then carbide. Good tool life, make sure they have adequate coolant, the few I have broken have just snapped, no shards of carbide to dig out of your part . I ve...
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    Parting out Hardinge CHNC2+

    A couple things before you part it out. With the servos not powered, control on, turn the x axis screw and see if the axis counts. My guess , if the encoder counts, it's good. That vintage Hardinge will probably have Siemens DC motors and drives, lucky you, anyway look for alarms on the drive...
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    So what happens if I let my Solidworks and Camworks maintenance run out?

    Riddle me this.. You spent 25k for a package and they want 5k maintenance. The sales pitch is you get bug fixes and all the latest features, right? How much , if any of this really changed in the last almost 10 years, answer, very little. Why are you paying to fix bugs that shouldn't be there...
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    Okuma User Task better Fanuc Custom Macro B, No Way

    I've used both, same amount of power, a little different syntax. Consider yourself lucky, you could be doing macro on a Dynapath, woof, woof..
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    Right angle head for cnc mill

    Right angle head. Hsk 100 taper. Turns freely. Decent condition. Could use a bath. Trade for Biax scraper, make offer. Taking up space..
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    Johnford vmc turcite replacement...

    Consider the Linuxcnc and Advanced motion drives. Yaskawa has awful customer support, their stuff is hard to set up and seriously overpriced. AMC is an American company, their drives are considerably less expensive and their tech support is very good. The Linuxcnc is surprisingly versatile and...
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    Coolant, using distilled water to prevent or reduce buildup

    I got great life from 9930 Syntillo, awful from Wynn's. I've been using Trimsol ep and Castrol soluble oil, don't remember the number. Good sump life in the Cinci lathe and the Tree, not so good in the Matsuura. I liked the synthetic for its life , it gave me my first Turcite lesson on the...
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