http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/forum/general-questions Brought to you by Todays Machining World en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:09:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/search.php http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/chinas-b2b-supplier-network#post-767 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:25:28 +0000 Anonymous 767@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>CHINA.CN is China’s exclusive government authorized B2B E-marketplace which connects global buyers and China suppliers. As for our high authority and influence, CHINA.CN has been honored as the “National Team” in the B2B market of China. Our creditability assessment system, CCECS, guarantees that all of the officially registered members are reliable. In this way, business risks of international trade have been effectively reduced.</p> <p>We have an enormous database of the suppliers. Up to August, 2008, there are over 10 million reliable suppliers active in 39 industries. 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He turns 43 later this month, and shows no sign of letting up.</p> <p>Kevin Na shot a 66 to tie for 10th, enough to get him into the top 64 and qualify [b][url=http://www.istockgolf.com/TaylorMade-2009-r7-CGB-Max-Irons-4-9PAS-1045.html]taylormade r7 cgb max Irons[/url][/b] for the Match Play Championship in two weeks. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/need-citizen-guy#post-711 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:57:56 +0000 Anonymous 711@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Looking for a Citizen Swiss programmer, setup, trouble shooting etc. We are a shop in TN. Really late model L-20's,L-32,K-16,B-20,BL12. Climate controlled shop....nice place to work.<br /> See our shop at <a href="http://www.precisionturning.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.precisionturning.com</a> </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/a-broach-like-tool-for-parting-off-pieces-in-the-lathe#post-661 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:18:20 +0000 Anonymous 661@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Although I have run CNC machines and have done a little programming of them, I am entrenched in manual mills and lathes and wouldn't have it any other way for the stuff I do. So my thoughts are geared to the unit operations of the machining world and manual machines.</p> <p>Has anyone ever proposed a broach - like tool for parting off pieces in the lathe?</p> <p>I'm thinking about rather large diameter pieces where there is quite a good range of being on center with the tool and in reality not being on center which is where a multi-tooth broaching cut-off tool would be working as it made chips.</p> <p>The chip load would then be divided across two teeth and perhaps the cutting would go easier and faster???</p> <p>This idea would need a bit more thought, but it may have merit.</p> <p>Has it been done? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/finish-reamed-surface-is-too-good#post-678 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:36:07 +0000 Anonymous 678@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I have a problem finish reaming 100-70-03 Durabar material. I need a finish between a 20Ra and 63Ra. Nothing we do seems to make the finish fall in that range. We changed the grind to end cutting, reduced the circular land by 30%. The cutting material is TiALN coated cermet. We ran from 400 SFM to 600 SFM with chip loads from .004 IPT to .0095 IPT. Our finish is always in the 8-12 Ra range. Also tool life is poor.</p> <p>Any suggestions? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/hurco-lathe#post-704 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:21:03 +0000 Anonymous 704@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Does anyone have a FeatureCam post for a Hurco lathe? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/sell-robot#post-701 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:37:52 +0000 Anonymous 701@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>What's the best process to find out what my used pick-n-place industrial robot is worth? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel#post-700 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:14:18 +0000 Anonymous 700@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I just replaced a name brand Philips light bulb in my 8 year old CNC machine with an off brand I found for less than half the price at Home Depot. All the watts, etc. were the same. Any issues using off brand light bulbs? I've never had a serious problem, but you never know with some of these electrical systems these days. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/cad-system#post-682 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:34:43 +0000 Anonymous 682@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I have a cad file (drawing or 3d model)that I can't read on my system. I usually ask a buddy at an engineering firm to print it for me, but that could be days before I get it from him. What do you do when you get a cad file to quote that you can't read? Call the customer? I'm afraid I'll look ill-equipped if I do that. The other problem is that if it's a 3d model there won't be any dimensions or specs, and then I usually have to call the customer. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/overtime-shift#post-673 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:55:10 +0000 Anonymous 673@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I don't want to tell you how to run your business, but 12 hours is to long of a day. I find that the guys in the shop tend to pace themselves to last for 12 hours. I found that a better way is to have ten hour shifts four days a week. Some people get friday, saturday, sunday off and some get Saturday, sunday, monday off. If you need them to work more hours just keep it to ten. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/trouble-being-productive-on-overtime#post-668 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:50:43 +0000 Anonymous 668@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>We’re working three 12 hour shifts at our machining company. We find productivity goes down in the overtime shift. We need to increase our efficiency because some new work is coming in. Our staff prefers a three day work week and we don’t want to add more people. Anybody got an opinion? Does overtime work well for most companies? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/lost-memory-and-dead-batteries-in-used-cnc-swiss-machines#post-669 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:54:58 +0000 Anonymous 669@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I’m going to an auction sale to buy some used CNC Swiss machines. The problem is that whenever we buy used CNC machines, their battery is dead and the memory is usually lost. It’s cost us $2000 in the past for motherboards and Fanuc controls. Is there a way to check if the memory is still in the machine before we buy it? And, is there a cheap way to fix it if it’s gone? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/star-cnc-auctions#post-666 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:46:15 +0000 Anonymous 666@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Interesting swiss cnc sale coming up September 24th at Micromaster outside Chicago, Fourteen Stars as new as 2008 including 4 ecas machines. Ironically, two days earlier Ashman will be selling off repoed assets from Arthur Machinery including a lot of Haas machines and one Star ecas 32mm cnc, I haven't seen Star ecas ,machines come up at auction before and here there are two separate sales in Chicago with that kind of sexy equipment. I am sure that Star and other swiss builders are not thrilled to see a bunch of machines of this quality hit a soft market. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/job-scheduling#post-663 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:04:28 +0000 Anonymous 663@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Has anyone got experience with job boss or job pack software used for scheduling work ?? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/what-is-more-important-for-service-for-machines-builder-or-distributor#post-650 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:25:17 +0000 Anonymous 650@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Continued discussion from Swarfblog: "Which machine tool builder from your experience has the best service?</p> <p>What is more important for service: The machine tool builder or the distributor?" </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/great-machining-resources#post-629 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:34:05 +0000 Anonymous 629@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>You gotta love it when somebody maintains their list:</p> <p><a href="http://www.khake.com/page88.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.khake.com/page88.html</a></p> <p>Any more lists of links like this one? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/hows-your-shop-doing-in-this-tough-economy#post-540 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:26:03 +0000 Anonymous 540@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>We have a small (less than 10 employees) job shop in central Florida, and we're damn slow. How is everyone else holding up?</p> <p>Tom </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/fanuc-15m-probe-on-kitamura-h400-retrofitting-probe#post-631 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:49:57 +0000 Anonymous 631@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>We are going to be machining more and more castings and we cant afford to mess any of them up. Is there a firm that does this? I want to know what the associated costs would be and how technically challenging it is. We do a lot of our own repair so we might be capable of doing it in-house. Any thoughts?</p> <p>Its a fanuc 15M on a Kitamura H400. Its a little older, but it still makes quite good parts. The endmills last about four times longer than our linear way Mori as well. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/fanuc-omc#post-630 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:15:16 +0000 Anonymous 630@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I wish to switch my Fanuc OMC control from the mdi a screen to the mdi b screen. Is this posible? The control is on a Feeler vm600a Machining center </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/going-green#post-506 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:10:24 +0000 Anonymous 506@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Market intel released today suggests environmentally friendly machining practices can help a company be more energy efficient:</p> <p><a href="http://ca.sys-con.com/node/991539" rel="nofollow">http://ca.sys-con.com/node/991539</a></p> <p>Is the environment a concern in your shop? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/stud-fit#post-552 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:08:32 +0000 Anonymous 552@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>My part print calls for a stud fit thread, but the assembly print adds a nut to lock it down. Do that seem like overkill to you? First time I've seen it. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/features-of-a-celtic-14-lathe#post-536 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:10:00 +0000 Anonymous 536@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I was recently introduced to a Celtic 14 Lathe. I am not familiar with this machine. It was offered for sale at a rather nominal price. The strongest factors I am aware of are it apparently was made in Belgium, The previous owner was a watchmaker/repairman, It appears in good shape. It is not set up and running. It does have 3 &#38; 4 jaw chucks, tailstock, toolholder, index plate, and a few tools, .</p> <p>Any pointed comments?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/tool-data-managment-tdm-software#post-206 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:38:32 +0000 Anonymous 206@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>We've been considering a system for managing all of our tool data...not just the physical tool itself but also the creation of set up sheets and have the inventory wired into our Vantage ERP system. There is a company called TDM Systems. Seems extremely robust...had a short demo on it. I know there are some larger customers here in the states and in Europe...but didn't know if anyone here is familiar with it. I have some user names to call...but just thought I'd ask. We use AutoCad and Mastercam and the system can interface with these. THis is what we're looking at it for. Plus it can create our tool lists for set up with the set up sheets, too.<br /> Again, just looking for any feedback before I start to call.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tdmsystems.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tdmsystems.com/</a></p> <p>Thank. I've visited a few times in the past but never posted...Thought this might be a good start. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/toolholder-hardware#post-528 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:54:04 +0000 Anonymous 528@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I've seen several adds for companies that sell replacement hardware, but unfortunetly I can't find any right now.</p> <p>I'm in need of some insert screws, but don't want to pay the high price from the manufacturer.</p> <p>Can anybody recommend any companies that sell toolholder hardware.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/fantasy-baseball#post-220 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:22:14 +0000 Anonymous 220@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I have been playing in a Yahoo public league for five years and won four times. I am looking for a more competitive league. Any thoughts? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/screw-machining-success#post-488 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:04:21 +0000 Anonymous 488@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Here's another screw machining success story highlighting diversity of products: <a href="http://www.biztimes.com/manufacturingweekly/2009/5/11/germantown-machine-shop-finds-new-business-in-display-work" rel="nofollow">http://www.biztimes.com/manufacturingweekly/2009/5/11/germantown-machine-shop-finds-new-business-in-display-work</a> </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/how-much-to-do-you-need-your-customers#post-331 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:24:29 +0000 Anonymous 331@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Over the weekend news broke that a machine shop in Milwaukee is closing:</p> <p><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/business/42032657.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jsonline.com/business/42032657.html</a></p> <p>It's reported that the shop, Universal Brixius, saw its business flatline as customers closed plants.</p> <p>How beholden do you feel you are to the financial health of your customers? As they go, so do you go? Or are you independent enough from your customer base to stay afloat no matter what happens to them? Does this affect how you do business with them in any way? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/35-floppy-drive#post-604 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:21:25 +0000 Anonymous 604@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Are there any possible usb replacements for a 3.5 floppy drive in a cnc machine? </p>