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  1. Nerdlinger

    Raw Material Quality Since COVID?

    Has anyone else noticed a sharp increase in raw material quality problems since COVID? We’ve gotten custom square tubing that isnt the right size, 1.5” x 3.00” 4140 bars with cracks going down the center along the entire length, 3/8” X 4” flat HR 1044 that has delaminated like Oreos, etc. I...
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    Cant Break A Chip Help!!

    Is the .025” your “actual” DOC, so .050” on the diameter? Or are you going from, say, 1.000” to 1.025”?
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    burning through inserts

    Also make sure you are not facing off much more than the radius of the insert, especially on those skinny 35 degree tools. That can trash the edge quick!
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    What are the main reasons of why this would happen?

    What are the RPM’s and what insert(s) are you using? A smaller nose radius would be better because it would put less pressure on the part and thusly less likely to cause the chatter you are seeing.
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    Fanuc 31i hangs sometimes at M code (SOLVED)

    Please try MDI-ing the door open, dwell for a couple seconds, then close, and repeat. Does it work or get hung up?
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    Rapid feedrate adjustment

    Glad you figured it out! What machines is it?
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    Mist Collector for Brothers

    Thanks for the info, everyone! The mist is largely from TSC applications. The guys have fans outside the machines to try to blow the cloud(s) away from their face but it kind of just pushes it around the shop. I primarily want to simply improve the working conditions (and I can't imagine...
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    Heated Screwdriver Bit wanted by Customer

    Wrap the screwdriver in wire and hook up to a battery to make an electromagnet? Maybe that will get the tip hot enough?
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    Mist Collector for Brothers

    Hi Everyone, We have four Speedios that often poof out a cloud of mist upon opening the door, so I am looking at mist collectors. Yamazen suggested either an Amino MZ-15 or MJ-10. They said the cost is about the same for both but the MJ-10 is filterless. Does anyone have any recommendations...
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    Old Star swiss wont close collets (main and rear spindle)?

    Are they solenoid-activated? If so, can you manually fire the solenoid to see if the collets close? (There is often a little button on solenoids to manually activate.)
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    Rapid feedrate adjustment

    Is it still alarming out, though? What is the exact alarm? When watching mine on loop I noticed it would sometimes “coast” to position and sometimes it would “bounce back” to position. It sure looked jerky, but I think that is the machine taking the shortest path to the programmed position…so...
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    Straight compensation for turning on Fanuc 32i

    Is the taper witnessed on a part or jogging with an indicator? If it is on a part the change in diameter along the length will vary with different size parts, toolpaths, etc. Good luck!
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    Rapid feedrate adjustment

    not really...when diagnosing the problem (over years of gnashing of teeth!) the C-axis load would spike along with the position error, sporadically causing the excess (stop) alarm. It would only be on the FIRST indexing move...following indexes never had any spikes or corresponding alarms. We...
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    Brother TC-R2B pallet changing issue

    hmmm, mine's an R2A. Hopefully Frank or Andy will hop on. I can say that Yamazen in my area (Chicago) has been outstanding at servicing even old machines. Good luck!
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    Brother TC-R2B pallet changing issue

    Are you sure the rapid/feed override knobs aren’t turned all the way down? What about just hitting the “index pallet” button?
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    Rapid feedrate adjustment

    Holy f-ing shit! Are you getting a c-access excess (stop) alarm!?!?!?!? I spent way too much of my life fighting with an MTB and Fanuc trying to figure out what was going on and in the end changing the first indexing move from G0C0.0 to G28H0.0 totally solved the problem. Good luck!
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    G12.1 on a Mori Seki Wont do a Radius...

    Can you please post the problematic code?
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    Replaceable Milling Cutter Heads vs. Inserts Recommendation

    That’s a good idea…kind of the best of both worlds!
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    Spotting counterfeit Iscar inserts

    I’m in the hand tool biz and the crappy copies are often so bright and shiny that it is almost a red flag if you see a wrench or whatever that is too bright and shiny haha.
  20. Nerdlinger

    Brother Speedio in process probing

    You can totally stop, probe, update offset if needed, and rerun tool path if needed on a Speedio. I used a little conditional branching action when determining if rework is needed. Good luck!
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