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Shop Doc – Dreading the Threading
Today’s Machining World Archive: July 2006 Vol.2, Issue 07 Dear Shop Doc, For turning external threads on my CNC lathe, I am currently using a laydown threading system. I chose [...]
Shop Doc – Threading Issues
Today’s Machining World Archive: May 2006, Vol.2, Issue 05 Dear Shop Doc, I’ve been tapping parts on Acmes for years, mainly running 12L-14 material. I have a new job, and [...]
Shop Doc – Drilling a Deep Hole on a screw machine (depth of 2.250)
Today’s Machining World Archives April 2006 Volume 02 Issue 04 Dear Shop Doc, We are a relatively new screw machine job shop that has just accepted a job in which [...]
Shop Doc – Headstock Case
Today’s Machining World Archive: March 2006, Vol.2, Issue 05 Dear Shop Doc, Recently, we accidentally dropped a Daewoo Puma, 12LC CNC lathe and broke the corner off the bed. We [...]
Shop Doc – Thread
Today’s Machining World Archive: February 2006, Vol.2, Issue 02 Dear Shop Doc, We are a medium-sized job shop with single and multi-spindle machines, along with CNC lathes and mills. Our [...]
Shop Doc – Oil Bind
Today’s Machining World Archive: January 2006, Vol.2, Issue 01 Dear Shop Doc., We are a multi-spindle screw machine shop with Wickmans and Davenports. We have a job running 3/4” diameter, [...]
Shop Doc – Chips
Today’s Machining World Archive: October 2005 Vol.1, Issue 08 Dear Shop Doc: We are an aerospace company in California running Aluminum 6061-T6, generating 100,000 pounds of chip waste per month. [...]
Shop Doc – Holding Tolerance Machining C12L14
Todays Machining World July 2006 Volume 02 Issue 06 Dear Shop Doc, I have a customer who needs me to hold a .0005 tolerance ID on a part made with [...]