I know with our TL1 it took some adjustments to the post to get it to output we where looking for , we just edited the program to do what we required and sent a copy back to the reseller and they adjusted the posts till it meet our needs .

I am betting that using coolant could cause some wear issues by washing all the high abrasive dust into all the ways and thru the coolant pumps and such . I did a lathe job machining some pure carbon and had to perform the procedure dry and that dust was every where even using a shop vac to suck up as much of the duct as possible .

most of the old machines we have rotated thru-out my days in the trade are either sold , traded - in or scrapped . the last cnc that was rotated out was sold to a fella in either Washington or Oregon for parts as he was rebuilding a similar model .

the HAAS lathe manual shows using a "K" in their version of the G74

I worked on a HAAS ST-20 lathe and you could program a probe check and have the cycle stop and check the tool with the probe and continue on with the program .

Fanuc G74 R.000 G74 Z.000 Q0000 F.000 use this cycle on several jobs works well , very similar to the high speed peck on HAAS controllers

finding a material supplier that stocks or can bring in the material that is either a square or rectangle shape to work with, over starting with a round bar and machining it to a square or rectangle profile .

thanks guys found the page and restored the turret , the last operator hit the E Stop , he got a good ear full from the boss over it . thanks again .

Hey guys need some help here , I have no experience with our Robodrill and when it was fired up today it pulled up a EX1012 alarm code , according to the manual you have to perform a turret recovery operation . the operating last running the machine shut it down in between a tool change so the z axis was in a tool change position and is now stuck . any help to help this Robodrill newbie out would be much appreciated Mike

My partner was telling me they used a G92 when he was machining winch reels , they would use a smaller tool and rough the center then offset to the left of the groove then to the right . I am just starting to learn about Mastercam , but the little I know about GIBBS is they have a cycle that can allow one to rough a thread using position offsets , I would think Mastercam has something similar .

chatted with our local Doosan tech today when he was in , he's going to a big meeting next month in regards to this .

After watching the vid , I think you choose the best route . I used to work with similar materials at my last job and the finish a lot of the time depended on the initial mixing and pouring of the material . Some of the parts we would get would be riddled with air pockets much like a AREO chocolate bar .

take a look at the Darex E90 it should do what you require and it's a bench top item that can be easily moved and stored .

never worked with a 3D item so I would not know , and from the image and the part highlighted in yellow it looked like it could be a interpolation move not 3D profiling . and I hear you ion trying to read code on big files when the Robodrill is doing some of the products we run and it's on VoluMill tool path the lines of code are just a blur on the monitor it moves so quick .

do your guys single block thru the program we proofing it on the machine ?? verifying a program on the computer is one thing , but it will not show any issues related to set-up on the machine . we single block a lot of our programs and it helps catch a mistake during the machine set-up.

nice job , looks like the profile tool worked out really well for you .

aah okay , We have a 31i B5 controller on our Robodrill , not sure what options we have I do know it can read 1000 lines ahead . I don,t have much time on the machine my partner set-ups it up and does all the programming . I'm in transition skill wise only been around full CNC environment for a few years even though I have been in the trade since 88 .

but would this work on a ROBODRILL though ?

when I picture 4th axis it's a rotary indexer such as a dividing head , when I picture a 5 axis it involves a trunnion set -up . and how can you include the spindle as a AXIS when it is already used for "Z" axis ?/

Where are you guys getting information on the duty cycle of the Eppinger live tool heads ? I looked on their site and could not find much info . They did state they are a coolant cooled unit , at least the models I looked at compatible with our DOOSAN,s .

How long is the cycle time for the part with the live tool ?? We run Eppinger live tools on all 3 of the lathes and I have never noticed them getting hot , they are mainly for cross drilling and tapping of holes , but we do cross milling and other milling procedures on the lathe with a "Y" axis and those are short cycle times as well .

try contacting painemachine.com one of their techs is a former Fanuc engineer

with coolant or with out ??

I have used a U drill to drill the hole then open it up to a rough bore size http://www.sandvik.coromant.com/en-gb/products/t-max_u_stack_drill/pages/default.aspx something similar to this , I have seen some solid carbide tools that can do similar procedures , just cannot remember where I seen them or what brand they are .

http://www.piersonworkholding.com/vacuum-chuck.php?gclid=CPnUkP7wiMgCFRNrfgodm7kH4g we where using this company and their set-up the parts we were trying to do where only 1.200" wide by 2.375" long and 4mm thick aluminum , we had a grid of 16 to 20 parts but could only get some of them to hold in place . as I stated in the end we switched to double vices which worked out for the better . http://www.chick-workholding.com/4dcgi/WebTemplate?PATH=1000003&&WTMP=4&&PDID=13&&PSIZ=135&&_RND=6656_ these vices allowed us to swap the tops without having to remove the whole vacuum set-up and fixture plate for our other products . in the end a much better and productive set-up for the machine . that being said it would have been nice to get the vacuum working as I'm sure it would be a asset for other items in the future .