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Slit spacer - 6061 al - sub spindle / y axis lathe?
Hoping to get some input on making this simple part - weighing up a dual spindle / y axis lathe at this point - So we are getting more frequent and larger qty orders for a simple 6061 al cylindrical spacer approx 10mm tall (has some external features like a chamfer and OD groove) - The spacer...- Rick_H
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Roller Wrench Collet Nuts - Interchangeable Between Brands?
Looking to save some money’s and make an effort to do a ‘proper’ job of things - Any reason why a roller wrench made to suit a 30mm collet nut for brand A wouldn’t fit tool holder brand B’s 30mm collet nut too? Reason being we have a removable head torque wrench and want to use roller heads...- Rick_H
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Favourite insert for best finish parting aluminium?
Fairly new to lathe work at our shop and currently using a Kyocera GMM3020-MT - zero radius insert for parting off in a standard 2 axis lathe - 6082/6061 aluminium. Most parts we make have no requirement for surface finish on the parted side but we have some work that needs to be as good as...- Rick_H
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24k Fanuc Robodrill & Tooling.
Apologies if this is going over old ground - Any users of the 24k spindle robots here? If so, how have you found it for the work you do? How do you get on roughing aluminium and similar? (E.g. 12mm tool adaptive pockets and the like) And tooling - worth paying more for genuine bbt holders or...- Rick_H
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Doosan DNM4000?
Hi all, there are a world of opinions about the usual options like the Speedio for small machines / aluminium work but I can’t find much real world info about the DNM4000 from doosan. We need a new machine to run with a 4th axis tombstone, two aluminium parts each side (8 total, approx 120mm...- Rick_H
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Spindle Bearings Gone? Nice broken tool picture for the vultures....
Well just to set the story, my Dad works here at the shop on the Hurco VM10's and has been a little care-less..... We use a 'cap' over the workpeice (all aluminium) to keep it flat, this is added when the machine comes to a stop with an M0 half way through, as you can guess this cap should not...- Rick_H
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Feeler VMP580 APC - Any experience / views?
We are looking at another VMC - we produce our own product so no job work and want something to cut handling time in the machine this time as it is getting tiresome now - Twin pallet is the ideal solution. The Feeler VMP580 APC has come in at our budget and seems to have the spec we need: 10k...- Rick_H
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No Lathe - Using the VMC - Any reason why not?
Hi Guys. In our shop we are CNC Mill only, no lathe - we don't usually do job-shop work but have been approached by a friend of friend with a job that I would consider to be definitive lathe work. They need some circular inserts making - 70mm OD -0.00mm +0.05mm, concentricity is 0.01mm and...- Rick_H
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Quick Change Pallet Systems for VMC
Hi Guys Looking for experience / opinions on quick change pallet systems for VMC's I have a repeat job (e.g. takes up 80% of the machines time) that I have optimised down to a 10min per part cycle time now. I run 4 on the machine at once (two parts one side, two parts the other) - cant fit...- Rick_H
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