http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ Brought to you by Todays Machining World en-US Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:48:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/search.php http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/how-many-chairs-needed#post-707 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:09:06 +0000 John 707@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>How many chairs do you have for each machine in your shop?<br /> Do you have any office style chairs either rolling or stationary for the operators? I'm interested in also do the CNC operators do secondary operations while the CNC is running. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/community#post-713 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:54:24 +0000 blogulcon836 713@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>No bad community, very no bad </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/the-tough-part#post-712 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:59:06 +0000 Evangeline007 712@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>The tough part?</p> <p>Stricker missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the easy [b][url=http://www.istockgolf.com]discount golf clubs[/url][/b] opening hole and looked tight over the next hour as Donald applied enormous pressure. Donald had birdie chances inside 20 feet for the first eight holes, converting three of them. His 6-footer at No. 5 pulled him within two shots, and he followed that with a tee shot to 10 feet on the sixth.</p> <p>Donald had the momentum. 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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 kermitm2 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 John Arch 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/rant-swarfblog#post-709 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:58:58 +0000 broach well 709@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I'm not sure how long I can wait to hear Lloyd's insights on the new high speed rail news, it seems he always has good intel on how it affects the trade. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/finish-reamed-surface-is-too-good#post-678 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:36:07 +0000 r_moss 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 sunnyjeff 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 doterra 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 doterra 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/c038m-pickoff#post-675 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:58:50 +0000 letitrun 675@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Has anyone ever adapted a C&#38;M pickoff to fit a 1 1/4 52 New Britian? We need a reliable solution to back chamfer and back machine a variety of parts on a Model 52 New Britian. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/cad-system#post-682 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:34:43 +0000 broach well 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 newcenturytool 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 Screw Machinist 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/the-only-reason#post-667 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:43:37 +0000 broach well 667@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I recently read a comment where someone said 'the only reason to have a patent' is if you can afford to defend it. Most of my (and my customers) blueprints and CAD files have extensive notes claiming exclusive rights to the drawings and technical information. However, I'm wondering if the average shop can afford to protect it's intellectual property in the international marketplace anymore, and if so, what is the cost? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/star-cnc-auctions#post-666 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:46:15 +0000 Screwball 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/best-shoes-for-the-shop#post-509 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:01:14 +0000 broach well 509@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I have Moose Head Brand steel toe boots with Thinsulate and oil and acid resistant bottoms made by John Palmer Co. Ltd. in Canada. They're pretty rugged, but overkill sometimes. They have the 'Green Triangle' safety rating. I'm thinking of getting a rugged 'shoe' to wear for low priority trips through the shop. Any suggestions? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/job-scheduling#post-663 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:04:28 +0000 ray4300 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/trying-to-locate-work#post-654 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:39:19 +0000 ltcray 654@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>Are there any online work needed posting sites other than mfg.com?<br /> I do basic mill work in my small shop to support my custom knifemaking. </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/western-nc-machiningstamp-mfgfab#post-132 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:02:29 +0000 skelton 132@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I am searching for a mfg./machine shop in NC, which can laser cut 20' sheets of steel, stamp, cut, bend, etc. Any direction will be appreciated. Thx. </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/citizen-m32-bsp-hex-collet#post-651 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:00 +0000 maddog999 651@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>there is a keyslot in the b/sp hex collet but nothing to register it to the b/sp nut....do i need a different nut? </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/what-if-we-just-gave-the-bailout-money-to-the-people#post-54 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:07:37 +0000 Anonymous 54@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>What if instead of giving all the bailout money to the reckless, untrustworthy banks and incompetent automakers our government just gave the money to the people? I’m not talking about 500 dollar “stimulus” checks. Say all of this aid money, maybe about $10,000,000,000 ($10 trillion!), was distributed to 100 million tax paying units in the U.S.? The people – our people, rich and poor, would get $100,000 each, and surly they would do some awesome things to stimulate the economy. Think about what people might use the money for – cars, houses, college educations, stocks, bonds, starting new businesses – not to mention depositing the money in the bank. So the banks would get their liquid too! What if people got half that amount, a quarter? What would you do with $25,000?</p> <p>Personally, I’m very skeptical that the recipients of the current bailout plan are going to use the money wisely. Like so many people, I am scared that they will not learn from their mistakes. I fear we may be throwing our hard earned dollars into a black hole.</p> <p>I say let the people fix the economy! </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/great-machining-resources#post-629 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:34:05 +0000 broach well 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 kjester 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/swiss-rotary-broaching#post-636 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:46:38 +0000 broach well 636@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>I just created a new web page to help focus on our Swiss Rotary Broaching Toolholders instead of looking through all the various options.<br /> <a href="http://www.swissrotarybroaching.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.swissrotarybroaching.com</a> </p> http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/topic/whats-is-your-cnc-of-choice#post-537 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:31:42 +0000 odyseus 537@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>hey guys. ive bin setting up , repairing, and operating cam type swiss screw machines for 17 years. time to move on to cnc rite ? so many choices out there. what make do you guys prefer ? </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 Gear Brain 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/screw-machine-manufacturing-engineer#post-640 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:38:56 +0000 mrgcareers 640@http://www.todaysmachiningworld.com/forum/ <p>We are looking for a Screw Machine Engineer with Schutte and/or Euroturn experience in North Carolina. It's been a tough search. Any ideas?</p> <p>Tom Medvec<br /> Medvec Resources Group </p>