tip's for starting multiaxis (kind of vices,endmills,etc)

[Vincent Bergeron]

Any suggestion of tooling to buy start machining with multiaxis ???

Shoot link or photos!

[Leon82]

We use the raptor dovetails. We have a few of each and a couple of the self centering vises.

https://www.raptorworkholding.com

Lang also makes a system with quick release sub plates

[Colin Gilchrist]

12 hours ago, Vincent Bergeron said:

Any suggestion of tooling to buy start machining with multiaxis ???

Shoot link or photos!

That is a really open-ended question. Almost to vague to know where to start.

What kind of parts is your shop making? What size of parts? Do you need a machine that will cut parts the size of a baseball, a football, a hockey stick, or a yacht hull?

Are you looking for a volumetric accuracy of .010, .005, .002, .001, .0005, or .0002?

If this is your first foray into 5X, and you've got no experience with them, get a Haas UMC-750. That is probably the best bang for your buck, as someone new to 5X. Now, if you told me you were doing smallish parts, with tight tolerances, I'd recommend a Matsuura MAM 72-V. Of course it is about 3-4X the price of the UMC, but will hold tolerances the Haas could never hit.

If you were building huge structures, I'd say get something like a SNK gantry. 

[Mr. M]

We have a quick change receiver on all our 5 axis machines. We use the Shunck Vero S on ours. Helps keep the spindle running by minimizing setup time.

For tool holders we use Big Kaiser holders for 90% of the tools.

Without knowing more details, I'm not sure what else to say 

[Vincent Bergeron]

WE HAVE A MATSUURA MX-850 WITH SANDVIK HYDRAULIC HOLDER AND WE  DOING PIECE FROM 1X1X1 TO 20X20X5 AND I HAVE TO USE ENDMILLE FROM .040(1MM) TO 1.000(25MM).

WE NEED AT LEAST .0005 ACCURACY

AT THE MOMMENT I HAVE A  CHEESE PLATE, A RISER, QUICK CONNECT PLATE(LANG),2LANG VICE,ER40 FIXTURE, 

 

IVE HEARD ABOUT A ANGLE PLATE TO MINIMIIZE ROTATION OF THE TABLE ?!?...

 

[Leon82]

We use haimer shrinks for endmils of critical features. 

Keeping the machine thermaly stable will be needed for tight true position around the part.