I asked earlier about what to charge hourly for lathe programming now that I've retired. I wrote a master program for a family of parts yesterday. I'm guessing it took around 6 hours to complete. Five different O.D. dimensions. The last three O.D.s have the same length. What varies is the...
Recently retired. Will continue to program for the company from home. When I was off for 7 months for a couple brain operations, I kept track of my time and was paid at my regular salary rate. Not very profitable as there wasn't a steady need for new programs. Currently keeping my health...
Anyone thread milling a 1/4-18 NPT side port on a lathe? Thread gage that checks top and bottom of thread is good. 6-step gage that checks the I.D. diameter is too deep and has play. Part done on vertical mill has no play with the 6-step gage and gage doesn't go in as deep. Lathe part has a...
Had a small 30 piece order (35 slugs received). Drill size call-out was for a "Q" drill-.3320. Forget deph, but somewhere near 1.5 deep. Drilled after rough facing and turning. First piece the .3300 go-gage went to within about .3 from bottom. Bored .334 dia. x .48 deep for thread...just to...
I am NOT talking about the projections given in the Machinery's Handbook. QC guy came in and asked me to find a pipe projection chart for all size pipe threads. Drawing he gave me shows an L1 RING GAGE screwed onto the thread. QC is looking for the SHORTEST PROJECTION and STANDARD PROJECTION...
Haven't had an opportunity to check it out myself, but the owners says G71 works, but G72 gives error 65. Something about a G-code missing, except it isn't missing...so he tells me. This is on an older Daewoo Puma 8 with an O-T control. It is the same lathe that had a bad threading parameter...
This is with a Hardinge T42 Conquest.
Problem: Can't leave a burr on the threads when cross drilling.
Background: Originally I was drilling half way from both sides, but since the turret is no longer perfect (and add in holder tolerances) the go gage wouldn't go thru. So I changed to drill...
Searched web, but can't find what I am looking for. We have a couple diamond coated hones (for lack of a better word). They are 6 inches long, 1/4 inch wide by 1/8 inch thick, and are either steel or a 400 series stainless (magnet sticks and no rust after umpteen years of use). Diamond is...
Older Daewoo, 15 control.
X1.Z.03
G71P11Q12D600F.01
N11G1X.434
Z.01
X.52Z-.033
Z-.901
N12X1.
G0Z-.88
G71P13Q14D600F.01
N13G1X.547
Z-.89
X.645Z-.939
Z-2.213
N14X1.
There were a couple reasons why I wanted to use G71 instead of programming each pass.
Problem is that the chamfers are in the...
It seems we will be getting a Swiss lathe (20mm spindle) for fabricating small studs requiring J threads. Threads are required to be thread rolled. I have zero experience with Swiss lathes. My fellow programmer said he didn't think thread rolling was a good application for a Swiss lathe. Be...
Have a deep drill Macro B program that I am trying to modify to slow the feedrate down at a specified distance. Say I specified -.75 depth for slowing down the feedrate. It has pecked to -.6, next peck will be to -.8. I want the feedrate cut for this peck (-.6 to -.8). Instead it is slowing down...
According to the programming manual it uses the same 2-block G76 threading call as a Fanuc. However, it won't make any spring passes. Not sure the compound infeed is changing either. Would prefer to fix the machine if possible than to re-program for a different cycle. I've called Yang, and...
Eurotech Biglia B658SL-Y with 18i-TB control. Owner at my second job doesn't read Italian. Said he has tried a web translator, but still doesn't understand it. He wants to shorten the distance the conveyor travels, and increase the time between movements. Anyone out there have an idea where...
First this control doesn't allow a Z(W) on the first block for Type 2 (I believe) cycle. Not a biggie. Can't use brackets inside the G71, so I thought I would get smart and set my program up a bit differently than usual. Start position may look a little off because it is using a lead angle...
X.3Z.2S1000M3
G76X.205Z-.48K.0225D70F.03571
Material is 1/4 in. tubing, not that that fact makes a difference with the problem I'm having with the threading cycle. First pass looked heavier than .007 depth so I backed up .015 so as not to lose the piece. Made 5 passes. Brought offset down...
program number 9020 for OT controls. We've still got 2 lathes with OT controls, but only one Operator's Manual. Can't find it. Don't understand how manuals can disappear when it seems no one but me is interested in learning. :(
Do they come with legs? :D
Running on face plate. Not balanced. 316 SS is a casting. Drills keep breaking. I've drilled about 6x with same size drill in another 316 SS casting job with no problem. (Relatively speaking. :) ) Have to drill into an intersecting hole. Boss says he doesn't see why drilling 11x is any...
Another ace operator is teaching him how to read a mike this morning. Haven't talked to him yet, so don't know how much English he comprehends. Hopefully enough because I am a true American. Only speak one language. :D :D
Getting 62 P/S Alarm. Loaded a threading operation that ran 2 months ago. Same alarm. No one has changed a parameter far as we know. Owner said he hasn't touched one in 10 years. I looked at parameter 10 when I first started there to make sure I could load a 9000 program, but don't see how...
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