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    What your Brother Warmup ?

    Well done! You might want to dd a couple figure eights in the movements.
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    Water as Alternatives to Vortex Air Cooling of Plastic

    No problem for the material, disaster for the machine tool.
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    Looking for a CNC vertical Mill that will fit under 83” door.

    None of those machines are available. Everything now is the D version and 28 tools standard. Except the 14 tool S500xD1.
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    Highest accuracy VMC brands?

    One thing to be aware of is that the different builders are using different standards to measure the accuracies and repeatability. The German DIN standard is different from the Japanese JIS standard and different again from the ISO standard. The standards are interesting when you see the...
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    Advice for New Large Machine Selection

    Parts are kind of big to just ship about if they are being machined on an old G&L. Lots of good videos are available from the best builders. videos are linked to the link below. https://www.yamazen.com/machine-tools/brands/nidec/large-bridge-mill/mvr-ex-series
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    Advice for New Large Machine Selection

    In most large machine shops, maintenance is involved in these purchases. Buy the right machine and it is a twenty to thirty year every day production machine.
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    Advice for New Large Machine Selection

    An investment of over $500k needs someone skilled to program it. Simple large parts are not simple. Machines move within a .001 inch tolerance over meters. Often weldments do not. A 3 meter wide by 5 meter long with a right angle head would be my choice to start looking at. Less than a...
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    What if Haas built a Baxis Millturn?

    Yes, too much to ask. :) Can I recommend a saw and Flex loader?
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    Brother TC-S2Dn-0 Z Axis Deflection Spec in X Direction

    There is not a test result because it is not a test you would do on a machine tool. Pushing on the head or table tells you nothing except how a lever works. I have personally moved larger 40 inch VMC's by pushing on the table. More than tenths. It just showed I am large and can move a mass. If...
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    Brother BII Accuracy Mode Settings

    You also need to see what the main machine parameters are set at for maximum cutting feedrate. It could be set at the factory to limit at 1000mm.
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    Questions about running machine at 100% speed.

    And yet, there are a group of machines built to run at full rapids in extreme high production factories at 24/7 paces and last for over a decade without ballscrews and guides failing. Small 30 taper VMC's by the two big brands, Fanuc and Brother.
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    IS there still a lot of swiss-type work out there?

    Mike, There are a bunch of excellent mid to large Swiss shops in San Diego county. My concern would be that you really are not set up to go after medical work and owning a single Swiss machine is a bit hard. Once you learn the guide bushing ins and outs and then how parts process differently...
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    High altitude limitations on VMC?

    This is interesting. I am have been in shops in that height range in the US, Japan and Switzerland and never had anyone mention the machines needed special accessories to function.
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    Brother Speedio Purchase Questions

    Control also includes motors and drives but the mechanical spec is slightly different and there are minor changes to allow for even quicker part productions.
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    Brother Speedio Purchase Questions

    Greg Koenig. The smart looking guy with the cigar above your post. The new showroom is in Camas. We will be up and running with a U500 by the end of next month. Andy
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    5 axis and pallet pool, who competes with Haas?

    90 tools is the US standard for the MX-330 PC10.
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    5 axis and pallet pool, who competes with Haas?

    If you were doing die castings in 1980 and such, Acroloc was a winner. Same for the early Chiron's before 2000. Technology passes many builders by.
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    5 axis and pallet pool, who competes with Haas?

    Lot's of tribal knowledge out there making the good stuff. K&T was shit. Moore had it's place and still make a few interesting specials. Cincinatti and Ingersoll had nice machines. Says the guy who started at Acroloc.
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    5 axis and pallet pool, who competes with Haas?

    I am going to sound like an old guy here but after reading this thread over a few times, I think a big thing that is missed is, the small details matter. They really matter when you are approaching parts in a five axis. I see it more with customers who buy a machine just like a Brother. Same...
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