Hello, We machine plastic and I am looking for a low pressure vise for our HAAS MIll. We have a few jobs that I am using a torque wrench set very low (5 lbs) to clamp very small plastic parts in a KURT vise. Works fine for me but some of the operators are having a difficult time feeling the CLICK and over clamping the part. Was just seeing if anyone else out there has any experience or could recommend a pneumatic or hydraulic vise that would work at very low pressure. Thanks

Thanks MKD! Sounds like those will work very well.

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Hello, we have some tooling that needs .250 dia pockets in hardened D2 for a spanner wrench. I would like to use a .250 carbide ball end mill and peck it to about .250 deep. Any recommendations on feeds and speeds, peck amount would be very helpful. Thank you!

Hello, we have a job coming up that is ptfe plastic with 6 8-32 tapped holes .5 thru. Anyone use these in a cnc mill? Thanks

THANKS VERY MUCH! Worked great

Thank you... I miss mastercam very much.. Is that with no tool comp?

Just noticed the GO.. Tool Im using is a 1/2" 12-32 TPI Its a 4 flute single tip thread mill (.372 cutting dia) This program looks like it for a full form thread mill.. Someone help with a program for a single tip? One time project and this place doesn't have mastercam. They have solid work/solid cam which im still learning

Hello again.. Finally got back to this threadmill project and having some trouble. Below is the code I am using and it doesn't like the "D1" I am not using any tool comp. % O3232 (1.047X24 INTERNAL THREADS) T9 M6 (1/2 12-32 THREAD MILL) S3000 M3 GO G90 X0.0 Y0.0 G43 Z1.350 H9 G1 Z-0.650 F20.0 G41 X0.1688 Y-0.1688 D1 G3 X0.3375 Y0.0 J0.1688 Z-0.6461 F10.0 G3 X0.3375 Y0.0 I-0.3375 Z-0.6148 G3 X0.1688 Y0.1688 I-0.1688 Z-0.6109 G1 X0.0 Y0.0 GO G40 Z1.350 M9 M30 % Any help would be great... Thread milling 1.047-24 ID threads on the HASS. Using a 1/2 12-32 carbide thread mill (.372 cutting diameter) need .5 to .625 of thread

Thanks Brian.. Thats what I needed.

I do know mastercam but this company has solid cam Im in the process of learning it now. Im jst looking for some simple code to get the rotary to go to a certain deg and will just write the rest by hand. Thanks

Hello, We recently purchased a Haas Mini Mill and a HA5C A axis rotary. Im not familiar programming the A axis and was hoping you could send me a sample program to go off of. Basically going to have several plastic rings on a mandral and need notched ever 45 deg. So I need the A axis to start at 0 deg, stop, then going to make a pass in the X, retract, index 45 deg, make a pass in the X, and so on, 8 times. So there will be 8 cuts (360 deg) spaced 45 deg from each other. Thanks for the help and please email me back for questions if I didn't explain this very well. Paul Felger

we cut some samples and decided not to take this job. thanks for everyone's help.

Glad I asked.. thanks again

.186 FOR TOOL COMP?