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An HSK-125 spindle is about as massive as you can get, both in rigidity and the dent it will make in your wallet.

I have a Haas OTS...dimensionally it is the same. You want it?

Hi! I run the one i mentioned on 6000rpm, 11ipm and depth of cut 0.02I in metric it would be S6000 F300 Z-0.6mm if the numbers seems off in Imperial... if further cuts i have this depth of cut on engraving, on chamfering its max z-3.2 in metric and probably z-0.12 in imperial I run both steel, aluminum and stainless on this speed, its always in the machine and we do both engraving and chamfering with the tool. When the tool got on the market i knew of it before my supplier, and had asked of it many times if they had something like it. Ordered it, put it in the machine and change when i see build up of deburrs, not often. I could probably rum max spindle 12000 in my machine, but i prefer slower speed, feed could also be higher i guess, but i also prefer rather change the tip than spindle......

Nothing that I hate doing more than setup sheets. There is always some small nugget or detail that gets left out..... I like to hand a job to someone, with a starter packet, then take notes on all the questions they ask or things that come to mind while they do the setup. This of course is only for long run jobs that will be setup and torn down regularly... Also, helps for figuring out what level they are at training wise, as well as if they have the right hand tools for the job.

I'm looking to turn a 7 hr HSM (that has a one-way ~70% engagement time) op into a 2 hr drilling op with some indeterminate milling to cleanup added on the end. in the very beginning stages....

It requires a little bit of work on your part. The Circle on the end needs to be broken at the intersection of the body. Then you should be able to do what you need with the wireframe to make the solid. Here is the file back made into a solid. TD#10.emcam

Fixed...DWO line should not be X0/Y0. The axis nomenclature really should be fixed though. Ran it on a NGC UMC. O12349 G20 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 G0 G28 G91 Z0. (.375 X .100 KEYSEAT CUTTER HARVEY TOOL 22552 CUSTOM TOOL) (.375 X .100 KEYSEAT CUTTER / MACHINE THREAD RELIEF /Z+3.4135) M11(Lock commands unnessary for positional work) M13 T10 G0 G154P80 G90 X-.873 Y-4.1887 C270. B90. S2500 M3 M10 M12 G43 H10 Z8. /M8 G254 X0. Y0. <-- (X-.873 Y-4.1887) Z3.5135 G1 Z3.4135 F25. G41 D10 X-.723 F20. G2 X.05 Y-3.4157 I.773 J0. X.823 Y-4.1887 I0. J-.773 X.05 Y-4.9617 I-.773 J0. X-.723 Y-4.1887 I0. J.773 G1 G40 X-.873 G0 Z8. M9 M5 G255 G0 G28 G91 Z0. M11 M13 G0 G28 G90 B0. C0.<--(Should be G91) M10 M12 G0 G91 G28 Y0. G0 G90 G54 X0. M30

This works well. I took the time to try it out and see if I could simplify it a little bit. Not fully tested, but works with the part I am working on right now. Here is what I did to break it down, and reduce the amount of steps. In the plane manager right click on your WCS > Report > Selected. This will generate a report that looks like below. Name : Vise Op WCS Comment : Coordinate display : Mill Color : 1 Associative : No Reserved : No Locked : No ID : 52 View # : 21 Work Offset : 1 Origin (world) : X331. Y-56.77945858 Z25. Origin (view) : X25. Y-331. Z56.77945858 Matrix : X-0. Y-0. Z1. : X-1. Y-0. Z-0. : X0. Y-1. Z0. Open the attached spread sheet. There isn't any code in there, its just a simple calculation. Enter Origin (world) as you see it into Input 1 Enter Origin (view) as you see it into Input 2 Enter your machine work shift as you indicated it in the machine into Input 3 The result is what you put into the XYZ translation field in the MachSim setup. Make sure Transform into WCS is checked as well. Happy Simulating. Sim Transform.xlsx

This one is handy, comes in different angles so you also can use it as a chamfer tool. If you use that brand you maybe get away with just the insert and not the holder. Otherwise its fast to change the tool if needed. Works great in different materials, I use it both for engraving and chamfering holes before threading and also sometimes outside on the edges of the part. INCH: https://www.iscar.com/eCatalog/Family.aspx?fnum=3642&mapp=ML&app=0&GFSTYP=I Metric: http://www.iscar.com/eCatalog/Family.aspx?fnum=3642&mapp=ML&GFSTYP=M G

I've tried a bunch of different brands, and so far these seem to hold up the best: http://www.lakeshorecarbide.com/highperformanceengravingendmills.aspx

I usually use a center drill unless there is a reason not to. Strong, lasts forever, readily available in many sizes and inexpensive. I engraved tool steel the other week at 15 ipm, no problems.....aluminium at 25 - 30 ipm

Unfortunately electric speeders tend to be expensive. You could probably improvise one with an 18000RPM trim router, but it probably wouldn't toolchange so you'd want a separate engraving op so you'd leave the tool in the spindle and swap parts. Or have a bunch of parts on the table for a batch. For that matter you could get a hobby grade benchtop CNC router with high RPM just for engraving.

Or use a speeder head (air or electric)?

Can you tilt it to cut with the part of the ball that's moving instead of the center that's just spinning?

I bet it depends on what CAM system you use. I wonder if any one could tell me if Powerdesk stains parts.