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Looking to bring small scale annealing in house
Our product uses mostly 1026 steel tubing. Finished part specs requires that the material be annealed. The tubing suppliers state it comes in the "annealed" state but I can tell you there is a major difference in the end result of parts that have been annealed after the fact. Our current "heat... -
Fischer Oil groover
This unique machine was designed to cut "X" style grooves like what you would see on the I.D. of bushings or plain bearings. Since we bought a 3 axis live tool lathe, this has just sat unused. The machine worked when we last used it. I'm sure someone can make good use of it. Located in Enid...- MotoX
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- Forum: Machinery for Sale or Wanted
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Best methods for measuring Diameter/radius of a semi-circle
Just as the title states, I would like to know the various methods of measuring the diameter/radius of fixtures we have. Some of these fixtures have been here longer than i've been alive. The fixtures are supposed to represent one-half of a bored hole split on C/L with a tolerance of +.001" ... -
Bridgeport VMC 2216 vs Fadal VMC 3016 for used VMC
I would like to hear thoughts and opinions on these two machines. I will be going to look at them on Friday. I run Fanuc at the day job so I'm very familiar with them, however I have never seen a Fanuc controlled machine with yaskawa drives/servos without it being a retrofit. Is this a common... -
New to me Takisawa TC-2 wont execute code Fanuc 3T
I bought a compact machine for the home shop from a guy in Kansas. When I drove up to inspect it he had it un-wired and moved into the corner for space. He had a recent video of the machine running properly without issue. Machine is a 1985 Takisawa TC-2, with a Fanuc 3T-C control. After i...- MotoX
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- Forum: CNC Machining
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Bridgeport VMC for rigging costs. Worth it?
Just as the title suggests, a somewhat local to me machine shop (2hrs away) is getting rid of a Bridgeport VMC 800/22 with a dx32 control. Owner says he replaced motherboard hard drive and disk drive, just needs parameters entered. He also said its getting replaced by a new machine, which is why...- MotoX
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GP Precision Machine & Repair
About five years ago I started looking for a new house. My then girlfriend decided that she was tired of living in my 800sq ft bachelor pad. The only stipulation I had when we were looking is that the new house had to be out of town(I don't like having neighbors, and have always been a farm kid)...- MotoX
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- Forum: Member and Shop Photos
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New shop electrical service
I'm going to build a new shop soon at the house. Local utility company says i can have my choice of any electrical service up to 400 amps at no charge(I'm right next to the pole). I'm leaning towards 208v 3phase. The building will be approx 2250 sqft. If you were building a shop and could have...- MotoX
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- Forum: Transformers, Phase Converters and VFD
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Experiences with hydraulic 6 jaw chucks
Does anyone here have any experience using a hydraulic 6 jaw chuck? For the past 15 or so years we just used a standard hyd 3 jaw at the lowest pressures possible and even with pie jaws I get deformation. This is minimal but with tolerances getting ever tighter, and the boss pushing to get out... -
Very low hour Timesaver sander for sale in Oklahoma
Model 2211-45-0. 52" width, cnc height control, automatic belt tracking. Comes with a Timesaver dust collector and extra belts and manuals. We bought this machine new in 2013, for use in conjunction with our plasma table. Problem is, we just never used it. Ive been told you can sand almost any...- MotoX
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Does Maritool make custom holders? or do you know someone that does?
I'm in the need for a Dual contact slitting saw arbor. The largest babbitt bearings we make get split into two equal halves on a Milwaukee model k horizontal with an indexer. We slide the bearings on a close fitting mandrel and tighten down with lid. I'm trying to combine this operation and...- MotoX
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Need help wiring single phase lathe
Sorry for the homeshop bs, but i suck with single phase motors. Long story short, I bought a bigger lathe (than my current one) for next to nothing to use at home. Nameplate on the motor requires 29amps and 120, 14 for 240. I don't have enough amps I'm my garage wiring for a wall plug but I...- MotoX
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OSHA cited us for lockout/tagout
OSHA came in last week for a surprise visit. After a talk with the boss's and managers, The OSHA officer decide to cite us for failure to LOTO while changing tooling/inserts in our CNC machines. After reading the LOTO scope, application and purpose, I feel we are exempt from this costly and...- MotoX
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Efficient changeover from hyrdaulic to manual chucks on CNC
This is my first time removing a hydraulic chuck, so please excuse my ignorance. Machine is a Cincinnati Hawk 250M Parts are babbitt main bearings ranging in size from 8" to 12" diameter. We run a final bore pass on some of our bearings in a 10" manual 6 jaw bison set tru chuck. This...- MotoX
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Modern replacement for Heald borematic 121
Just as the title says, I'm looking for a production replacement. Our heald borematic 121 has run production everyday for longer than any of the current employees can remember. (35+ years) For those who are not familiar with a borematic, it is a single axis, single spindle horizontal high... -
Conveyor Transfer issues
A semi local(1-1/2 hours away)dough processing plant that is having some issues with a new product they are trying to run. They typically process larger products (think pizza crusts) and until now have had no problems. The problem occurs in the conveyor transfer due to the small size and... -
OT - New style of magnets
If any of you are like me, then you've had a fascination with magnets since you were young. I find myself wondering even still why and how they work, because they still seem like magic. These guys have found a way to manufacture and utilize magnets in a fashion I've not thought of or even... -
O.T. Does anyone have a use for eyeglass lenses?
Hi all, We bought a couple organizers from an a auction. Most of the drawers were full of these lenses. Anyone got any ideas how these could be of use? Does anyone here need/want them? Should i just toss them? Make a mosaic window? -
Source for turbuckle style connecting rods? one male end one female end
Title says most of it. Looking for a turnbuckle style connecting rod (left hand thread on one end, right hand thread on the other) Does not matter which end is LH or which is RH, but i prefer if the female was RH. I need these for the race cars we build. Similar to the ones mcmaster sells... -
Why don't live tooling lathes (fanuc) have an offset for the (headstock) C-axis?
We have two live tooling lathes. -cinci hawk TC 250m -Doosan puma 240m Both run the same type of parts/programs. I'm always finding myself adjusting the program numbers (C180 to C179.5 for example) for certain features with different tools. This is becoming very time consuming switching...- MotoX
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