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    Multi-axis turning machinists and machine operators in SE Wisconsin/Watertown

    We have been trying to grow, and our biggest issue with growth is not sales. It is finding skilled/qualified machinists and operators in SE Wisconsin. We're looking for settup machinists or skilled operators with clean background history for 3 shifts 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Monday through Friday...
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    Workholding Tips and Tricks?

    Do these jaws still exist? I couldn't find the Solidmax website. We had an issue with two parts in a jaw and I'm looking for an affordable non-proprietary (AKA just bolt in 6" vise jaw) that has the hydraulic pistons for workholding.
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    Mitsubishi MD PRO-III tilted work offset pickup off two bores in Z vertical axis?

    Concept lost Methods machine tool - Nakamura Tome, and that must be in small part due to certainly their inability to sell the equipment effectively enough, but we couldn't consider them for purchase because we have no demonstrable relationship of functional service with Concept. Agreements like...
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    Mitsubishi MD PRO-III tilted work offset pickup off two bores in Z vertical axis?

    Maybe it will get to be time to sell their machine to prevent one of their prospective customers from buying a new one then? Childish antics isn't what the builders are supposed to be engaged in, and making people join clubs to get treated like they are a customer is childish. I bought my...
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    Mitsubishi MD PRO-III tilted work offset pickup off two bores in Z vertical axis?

    I once joined the platinum or diamond club for Mitsubishi for like $2200. I called in my first ever application question last week and got screened and left my application problem message with my number and e-mail and received no reply. Maybe I didn't rate a response. I don't have that...
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    Universal Robots UR3 Robot review

    We bought 2 Universal Robots UR3 robots in late 2016. The Robots were sold to us with pneumatic grippers and they had one purpose in life, to unload tubes from CNC turning centers. We make ~8500 tubes a year, but in 2017 we bought a Doosan TT1800SY and it has an upper parts unloader capable of...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    We had batteries go and couldn't get them replaced before a brown out so it was needing to be re-homed. We were able to eventually get MC Machinery to quote what we originally asked for and they came out. I think servo batteries, re-homing, and grease cost in the mid $2000 range. It would...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    I got another contact in Michigan, we're going to send them an RFQ tomorrow to see if they can service the machine. MC machinery never replied to our e-mail when we requested they remove the platinum club and the 175 point inspection and instead quote all battery replacement, UV screw...
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    Mastercam 2019 issues

    I'm on Windows 7 and windows started acting funny yesterday, Google chrome is hanging and crashing, and other softwares like Kipware won't open, and I looked into my drives and a file named "cm-lock" is new on my computer as of 2 days ago 6-18-20 and when I tried to delete it, it said Codemeter...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    With Doosan, Hurco, and Mazak, phone support is also free. With Yama Seiki I don't know because I've never owned a used YSI machine. The Doosans we have 2 used, 7 new and our first was a used machine, and they were free then. Hurco our only machine is used and their phone support is free...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    Agreed 100%. It's appears to be extortion, and it's embarrassing for a company to have that stupid of a policy. It takes a company that had some opinion they could be a solution provider, and it offends that company and forces them to reconsider that opinion. I'm actually considering having a...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    We paid it under a manufacturing agreement with another company on our ONE machine that we had proof we paid for (we provided that proof at one point and after a lot of stressful and unnecessary advocating for ourself they once waived it for a service call. They currently forgot and it appears...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    Thanks for the advice, I will give them a call and see what they can do. I was referred another service this morning by a former MITS EDM machinist, and that service said MC Machinery was intentionally limiting access to parts to extort customers with the club fee, so they weren't able to help...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    I think our batteries went dead a while ago. We were hoping to find a service tech who was third party so we could get off the crazy train with MC Machinery (the headquarters for mitsubishi EDM's in the USA in Chicago). They are regionally close, but we are hoping for someone like Ellison...
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    Does anyone other than MC Machinery service Mitsubishi MD PRO III EDM machines?

    We have a Mitusbishi EDM that we bought used. At the time we thought Fanuc made the best EDM and I still do. I knew a shop owner who bought one for 135K and I wanted to buy the same machine for the same price, but the same Fanuc dealer didn't want to give us the same price. MC machinery has...
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    90-120K Mastercam aerospace level mill programmer in Watertown WI, 5K referral bonus

    An applicant signed an offer letter today. Thanks to all who participated. We accept resumes at any time to file, so if you have a desire to be considered in the future go ahead and submit a resume.
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    90-120K Mastercam aerospace level mill programmer in Watertown WI, 5K referral bonus

    In production parts we avoid 3D whenever possible. It's a time suck so you want to make the part by the most time efficient means possible.
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    90-120K Mastercam aerospace level mill programmer in Watertown WI, 5K referral bonus

    I have a highly motivated applicant with 2 years of mastercam experience right now to interview monday. I'm hoping he's the rain man, because then we'll have a 6 figure guy who only has 2 years of experience. I don't care if God minted a programmer this minute. If he can efficiently manage...
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    90-120K Mastercam aerospace level mill programmer in Watertown WI, 5K referral bonus

    I own a company, I can do things, but I'm working 72 hours a week, it's Saturday I'm at work, Memorial day I'll be at work. If I sound desperate it's because my company is successful and I can't keep up with it. I took jobs in Iraq for gunfighters and Blackwater, Triple Canopy, and SOC tried...
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    90-120K Mastercam aerospace level mill programmer in Watertown WI, 5K referral bonus

    Well honesty is nice. I'm more used to guys saying they can settup machines and then 3 months later we have the world's best paid operator who never settup a machine. It's a weird time. Guys are confident about things they don't know, and guys who can do it, aren't very available.

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