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    Tool Recommendations wanted for small high feed mill in 316

    Not completely true in my experience. But....a lot depends on the cutter used! I have used quite some high feed cutters in BT30 and SK40 machines. Different brand cutters, different style, even though insert shape looks the same. There is still a lot of difference. Some hammer on BT30/SK40 and...
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    Turning basic tooling selection

    Hi all, I will be buying my first (new) CNC lathe next week. I'm a mill guy and need some insights on turning tools. I'm familiar with the basics but require some advice regarding tooling/must have tooling. I do small series and one offs. Holders: I'm thinking about Seco Jetstream holders. So...
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    Turning work expierence

    I don't mind the learning curve. I've used (CNC) lathes before, so not completely unfamiliar with it. Thanks for all your feedback I think indeed a pretty small standard 2 axis lathe will work best for me based on the feedback.
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    Turning work expierence

    Thanks for your feedback! What you use the c axis the most for? Drilling, tapping some offset holes? The more I think about it, a basic 2 axis lathe suits me best. For one offs and small series. And use my other machines if there is milling needed
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    Turning work expierence

    I don't want to sound arrogant. But I'm not new in this field 😅 I'm a self taught (one man shop). And running 3 milling machines (3, 4 and 5 axis). Mid next year automation is added to the 5th axis. In the past I did some turning on a Emco 240 so give me a machine and I'm making chips. But it...
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    Turning work expierence

    Hi all I have a question regarding lathes. I currently outsource all my lathe work. Most of my work is small series and one off parts (max part size around 200mm), max length 250mm. But I'm getting more and more requests for turning work from my customers. I'm no lathe guy...i'm not even a...
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    Presetting tools

    Maybe 1 time a year? For just tool breakage detection there are different options than a 14K laser toolsetter option on each machine. And I don't want to waste machine time loading/unloading tools and touching them off. The ROI on the presetter is 40 days for my application. Besides I can...
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    Presetting tools

    Yes I understand. And standardization is always good for stuff like this. But checking for tool breakage and presetting are two different topics. I still check for tool breakage on unmanned runs or small taps in stainless for example. Even if I'm going to preset tools.
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    Presetting tools

    I think you give yourself the answer to the why 😅 And "we done that for years" isn't a good reason to do it like that. I'm not saying it isn't working for you. But imho there are better solutions for my situation.
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    Presetting tools

    That's a good question and something I'm checking at the moment. Because the sale rep told me on some control software you can add it automatically. And on some you need to import the tool offset data file, so it merges with the current database. It isn't a big problem if it's not possible...
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    Presetting tools

    The blum laser can't measure while the machining is making chips. I'm setting up tools (non standard tools) daily (prototyping/small series shop) which takes me 1 to 1,5 hour almost each day. When I'm touching off tools the machine isn't running. Highly likely another machine is also waiting...
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    Presetting tools

    Hi I'm in the market for a tool presetter. Various brands...Zoller, Haimer and so on. I'm currently investigating which presetter suits my workflow. But I'm curious how companies transfer the data to the machine. And what works best for them. - Printing labels and entering the offset data...
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    Recalibrating Part Probe (Hurco VMX20i)

    The manual is crap and doesn't list all steps. Place a ring gauge Enter the ring gauge size Make sure to set all values for the deflection offset to 0! It's a bit hidden but i think are around 36 fields which need to be set to 0. its on the same page as the ring gauge size. Now move the probe...
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    Hurco WinMax

    I got Winmax machine. And 100% of my programming is done by CAM. Winmax software works for some easy stuff, but you are limited. And you're still standing behind a machine pressing the touchscreen (which sucks imho) and the keyboard. When you have all the Winmax software options, you're better...
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    High feed cutters and vertical walls

    Some people recommended the kyocera stuff to me. Seems like a good recommendation! At 56 seconds in the video is the issue I have.
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    High feed cutters and vertical walls

    Luckily I'm not the only one worrying about the "crunchy sound" haha Yes a draft maybe works. Toollife is good though. Especially in hardened steel. Where there is almost no "crunchy sound" But always struggle a bit with high feeding in stainless. Once it's full in the cut it purrs perfect though
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    High feed cutters and vertical walls

    Nah they all run free Issues starting to happen with a depth over +/- 3mm in the material
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    High feed cutters and vertical walls

    I do understand the concept of high feed mills. But didn't came to mind the concept doesn't work on vertical walls, like a pocket. The lack of good toolreps around here who know there stuff doesn't help. So how do people overcome this? I see a lot of high feed milling of pockets. I don't...
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    High feed cutters and vertical walls

    Hi all I've got a question regarding high feed tools. They don't like tight corners so I try to prevent that in my CAM toolpaths. Other thing I came across is that they don't like vertical walls. When fully in the cut they sound nice and smooth But once they cut next to a wall they make a...
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    5axis machine with automation

    Well a Mazak CV5-500 with all options I need is around 185k. I'm sure I can get automation for the rest of my budget. The MX520 PC4 is around 300k I'm told by the salesrep.

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