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    Laying a Hurco VM1 on it's back?

    Milltronics VM16 with umbrella will go IIIRC - gotta pull the Z motor and unbolt the cable track
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    Can anyone give me any insight on this gearbox?

    It almost looks like the winch on my old 25 ton Pettibone crane from the 50'-60's. I think that sucker would work great as a winch, it would also be tough to backdrive what looks to be two consecutive worm drives. But to be safe you would need some sort of break for overhead lifting.
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    I want to make sure I’m not going crazy.

    No offense intended at all, but when my son was a toddler it took me more than 30 hours to teach him to wipe his ass correctly, no streaks :-0 You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders and can call bullshit when you see it. You may have a great opportunity where you are working...
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    What make/model turret is this?

    Looks like the Praggatti Turrets that were on the Clausing storms I used to have. Don't remember the model
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    Cutting 316L with long tools

    I'd whistle notch the shit out of that endmill if I was running it in a side lock. I personally like hydraulics for an app like this. SFM sounds crazy for 316L and I agree with the low radial engagement as donkey brought up. Plunge rough might not be a bad idea, get as much of that crap out...
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    Can anyone identify this thing

    I think it's an adjustable slide off of a Acme Gridley or similar old school screw machine. Could also be off of a old turret lathe of some type. Probably worth $100/ton
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    I want to make sure I’m not going crazy.

    I've met a few bad techs over the 32 years in the business. The worst was a guy that came out to check out a nearly new Okuma LB300 turret alignment. He didn't have an indicator either. I had to lend him one of mine. He had it in the chuck and then fired up the spindle at 3K. After I got...
  8. 5

    1911 doublestack plans/drawing

    Looked on Grabcad?
  9. 5

    Milltronics vm17 software estop

    Been a while since I've run a cent 6 but you are on the right track. Try jog screen and hold reset and jog z- But I suspect you have a spindle drive fault, the F7 is the spindle drive. You input screen is showing software E-stop so I don't think that is your upper limit. You should have a...
  10. 5

    Need Clausing cnc lathe help

    Used to have a couple 98-00 vintage storms. Not sure if they are the same, but mine did not need to be homed as they had absolute encoders on them. You can tell if they have absolute encoders by the amp cabinet door having 2 sets of "d" size battery boxes. DO NOT open those boxes without...
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    WIRE physical location

    Mold work is what my 2 Sodicks run pretty much every day. AQ300L and an Big AQ750L. I never have had size issues.
  12. 5

    Can the 3 phase hot Leg be Too Hot?

    Aark, You may be able to re-tap the primary transformer in the machine. Been a long time since I've been in a Matsuura but most good machines have a big primary transformer that is feed off the disconnect or in machine breaker. There should be taps for 208/230/360/480 and sometimes other...
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    Coolant wrecking Lexan on machines ??

    Ya got me on the "Lexan" - I call all acetel "Delrin" too, even though I know there are subtle differences. I have no Idea what's in the Doosan or the ML15 Lathe, But I know the mills are 1/4" Polycarb of some kind 'cuz I replaced all of them about 4-5 years ago as the facemill ops had...
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    Slight OT, where to get large ish hard steel bushings?

    Drill Bushing supplier as a custom?
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    Large cable drum in cnc

    Dude! - that came out great! I understand how you finished the grooves now, couldn't wrap my mind around it before. Pretty clever. only thing I've done kinda that way was a super fast lead groove that I had to cut a tool holder up for and reweld to get the lead angle and have an insert ground...
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    WIRE physical location

    It's actually more for environmental control (temp) with the added benefit of cleanliness. My wires live right next to my VMC's and have never had issues... BUT I don't try to hold -.00005 tolerances and I cut a lot of aluminum which is shitty and hard on filters so they get changed a lot...
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    Large cable drum in cnc

    I'd love to see a video cutting the grooves. Are you using a 7/16 nose rad tool to cut the grooves in a thread pass? I would think that would scream like hell? Or do you have live tooling on your turret to mill the grooves? The challenges in cutting large stuff is all new to me, been making...
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    Need recommendation for cutter sharpening shop.

    Slick, I'll definately give them a shot Chris
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    Large cable drum in cnc

    Does it get cable grooves in in to track the first layer of wire? Didn't even notice the steady, that's pretty outside the lathe thinking with the leg going to the floor!
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    Coolant wrecking Lexan on machines ??

    Hi guys, Anyone use synthetic coolant? We switched due to our senior guy getting contact dermititis from what we think was semi synthetic, also could have been the shop cat shitting in the tumbler...not sure on that one :skep: Now we are finding all of the Lexan cracking on our 3 Milltronics...

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