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Shop Doc – High Speed Hard Milling
Dear Shop Doc, We are a mold shop specializing in cutlery molds with large cavities and tiny details, usually from 420 stainless steel hardened to 48 to 50HRC. Some corner [...]
Shop Doc – Custom Macro programming
Today’s Machining World Archives August 2010 Volume 06 Issue 06 Dear Shop Doc, One of our operators came from another shop and told us that we can use Custom Macro [...]
Shop Doc – Micro Beginnings
Dear Shop Doc, I have recently been asked if my shop does “micro” machining. I’ve done some work on small parts recently, but I’m not exactly sure what is meant [...]
Shop Doc – Tangled Up in Tennessee
Today’s Machining World Archive: April 2010 Vol. 6, Issue 03 Dear Shop Doc, We are running a long aluminum part on our CNC Swiss and have problems with the long [...]
Shop Doc – Indexable Carbide Inserts for Single Point Turning
Today’s Machining World Archives September 2007 Volume 03 Issue 09 Dear Shop Doc, We are frequently utilizing indexable carbide inserts for single point turning processes in our shop. It appears [...]
Shop Doc – Polygon Milling on a Small Part
Todays Machining World Archives May 2008 Volume 04 Issue 05 Dear Shop Doc, We are trying to make a part of beryllium copper that has a .025″ square pin on [...]
Shop Doc – Stringy Aluminum Chips
Dear Shop Doc, We are running a long aluminum part on our CNC Swiss and are having problems with long stringy chips building up in the machine that are getting [...]
Shop Doc – Vexed Hex
Dear Shop Doc, I have a part that has an internal hexagon that needs to be put into the part in relation to milled features. Is there some way that [...]
Shop Doc – Push Back Trouble Using Collets
Today’s Machining World Archives January/February 2011 Volume 7 Issue 1 Dear Shop Doc, On our CNC lathes we occasionally have trouble with push back when using collets on bar jobs. [...]
Shop Doc – Should I Scrap?
Today’s Machining World Archives April 2011 Volume 07 Issue 03 Dear Shop Doc, I recently bought a shop with CNC lathes and mills. In one room there are old #00 [...]