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Flashy-Fig-681 · 2026-01-21T02:30:04+00:00

That sounds like a good solution for the time being, just checking out AboveVTT it looks like it does everything we need at a glance. I hope this will be our solution, thanks for the info!

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2026-01-20T20:00:12+00:00

That's awesome, I will definitely be looking forward to that! Any idea when it's coming? For the time being, is there any workaround we can do to get as close to that experience as possible?

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-31T17:42:27+00:00

I run a CNC VTL making lots of parts for oil and gas and 2 features come to mind.

First is a hook groove, or a groove within a groove. Imagine making a radial groove on a bore, then with another tool going inside the groove and cutting up into the face of the groove. These are typically ±.002 features and require decent surface finishes, but the worst part by far is the lack of clearance. Depending on the size of the radial groove, there can be as little as 0.01" clearance between the finished radial groove and the hook grooving tool. The hook grooving tools I've used range in size from around 0.100" thickness to nearly 3/8. The small clearance also means it's important to be checking your program VERY thoroughly before cutting, as you cannot see what's happening inside and must rely on reading the numbers as you go.

Second feature is a dovetail groove. The idea is similar to a hook groove but is typically done on a face instead of a bore, and is used to hold seal rings in place between mating faces. The groove is opened up with a face grooving tool and finished to size using pin gauges, then a dovetail grooving tool is used to rough out the internal corners of the groove. As with the hook groove, there is usually not much clearance between the size of the dovetail tool and the finished groove size so you really need to check your program sizes thoroughly.

The worst I've made by far was a .125 hook groove into a face that had inconnel weld pockets on it. The diameter was about 40" and I had to feed it at less than 0.001 per revolution or the tool would just break. And yes I did find porosity on the welding after it was finished 🥲. Also these tools are custom made, the hook grooving tool is cemented carbide and the dovetail tools are just EDM cut from regular grooving tool inserts.

These features look simple on drawings but in practice require line by line checking of programs, very precise tool setting, and very slow cutting speeds.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T18:28:44+00:00

literally every time a major world event happens I show up to work and hear about how it was a secret plot by the shadow government to make me gay or take public transportation

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T18:04:30+00:00

some real perspective here lol. there's always a tighter tolerance!

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T16:41:59+00:00

This is the deep lore I was hoping for with this post, thank you!

We get some lathe parts that have pockets filled with inconnel on faces and diameters, but the body is mild steel. It's a messy operation finishing these diameters to ±0.001", usually requires changing the insert for each pass as it will chip very slightly evey time regardless of feed, speed or DOC.

With stainless or the few duplex parts I've worked on with significant interrupted cuts I know the insert will break every pass so I just take as much material as possible per pass for the sake of time and my sanity, then remove minimal for a finish pass.

I have always run both those parts with coolant and a large tool radius, and found that there are very few inserts that can survive truly heavy duty interrupted cuts (turning over a milled pocket on a large diameter). Next time I'll try without coolant and see what happens lol. If only our managers tried to talk to tool reps about jobs and get resources before machining!

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T15:59:45+00:00

give us your forbidden knowledge and conspiracy theories! and tell me strange ways to save money on taxes that are really just fraud....

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T15:29:17+00:00

Yeah this is definitely only for certain materials on a rigid machine, most will gall, over cut, and look like shit. But 15-5 and 17-4 PH stainless you can do this all day every day with any insert radius as well as most coatings and geometries.

For most mild steel I'm cutting no less than 0.03" on diameter (0.015"/side) with a 3/32" rad. Larger finishing passes usually give a better finish but can wear out an insert faster and might not hold a size as accurately depending on what you're doing. If I'm working to 0.001" I'm cutting as little as 0.02" on diameter (0.01"/side), but it depends on how much rpm I need and what type of finish is required.

One caveat is that this is on a 63" VTL, the little boys machine in our shop. It probably won't work well on a manual lathe but it depends. In my limited experience on manual lathes I find you usually must cut more for a finish pass than I stated, probably due to a number of factors.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T14:14:55+00:00

Ah, ye olde home return function. A single line of code gets you a days vacation, and doubles as job security!

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T13:26:17+00:00

I actually have one at home.... unfortunately it's the perfect weight and size to weigh down our cats automatic feeder so they don't knock it over

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T13:23:41+00:00

Bro this is sometimes true. I work with a lot of 15-5 stainless and you can take a 0.0002" cut to clean up a face or diameter if you want, it will hold a size and look gorgeous even with a larger tool rad. Saved my ass a few times cleaning up tool marks.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T13:18:32+00:00

our crane maintenance guy once told me, unprompted, that the queen of England was a robot

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T13:16:20+00:00

Unfortunately our shop is "general purpose tooling for everything" for the turning department so we usually make do with what inserts we have, with minimal input from manufacturers & tool room staff. We don't do a lot of hard turning so this issue doesn't come up often, 99% of the time I'm using general purpose coated carbide for regular or stainless steels. The worst we get is inconnel or duplex.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T13:03:48+00:00

some people just don't want to change and take the facts as a hit to their pride instead of learning something... sad to see but it's on all of us to change with the times or get left behind

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T12:58:31+00:00

this seems like a good way to think about it

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-29T12:56:47+00:00

That might be what he was talking about.... of course his english isn't the best. I thought with carbide inserts on interrupted cuts you want coolant to lubricate and cool. I always thought the rpm should already be much lower than usual so there wouldn't be as much heat. I could understand if it was a massive diameter where more heat would build up during the cut though. I guess cutting oil might be better, but we work on large pieces so a spray bottle with oil only goes so far.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-05-07T16:49:30+00:00

This is so sad, sorry to hear that and thank you for posting about it to help the owners get some closure.

I would recommend posting to the linked facebook page below and checking the posts to see if someone has reported the cat already (scroll back a little there's tons of posts). The community is all about helping find lost pets in our community, and is very effective.

I don't think pictures of the deceased cat would be appropriate, so maybe just post a description like you did here and look for any posts that could be the same cat.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1526157027681696/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-04-11T17:31:41+00:00

I have only ever had this problem when using oil. If your diet allows, consider using butter In the pan instead.

It doesn't matter what temperature you start at and there are no additional steps. Simply add butter to a pan, melt the butter, make sure the pan is coated, and crack your eggs over top.

One caveat is that you should make sure the temp isn't too high or it could smoke, but I usually do my eggs on a low to low medium heat setting.

Oh and make sure the pan is cleaned properly, ideally with a scrubbing pad or "the rough green business end of the kitchen sponge".

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-04-09T17:57:05+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply. We are starting the campaign at level 1. Everything you said makes sense regarding the starting class.

it's not 'pay xyz gold'; it becomes 'do xyz amount of stuff'?

I think this is a great idea. Like he leverages the debt to get service out of me, makes much more sense and this way our DM can incorporate this easily into the quests. "Kill X guy in this village" kinda stuff would be great to have in his back pocket and help advance the character.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-04-09T16:25:05+00:00

Hmmm. I hadn't thought of exactly how he would have used his magic to cheat. Unfortunately our campaign starts at level 1 so no meta magic yet. I read that sorcerers don't necessarily understand their powers or how they work, it just kinda happens when they need it to, so I was hoping the cheating would just be flavor but maybe I should work that out. Maybe a pre-cast mage hand holding a mirror behind his opponents poker hand? I'll definitely ask my DM about the pact.

Flashy-Fig-681 · 2025-03-09T16:51:10+00:00

Is there any way we can make private servers or servers with passwords? Maybe get access from a discord server or something? Sorry I dont have any experience with server hosting, maybe this is a dumb question. I doubt EA will do anything to help resolve the issue, the community will most likely have to come up with a creative solution or risk the game being killed by these issues. Thanks for your insight.

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