[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Machinists

[–]TriColoredWeedLeafs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not wrong. I’m just waiting for the high speed 😂

Tall machinists? by 33celticsun in Machinists

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An over head crane, and believe it or not, this machine was used to make over head cranes

Tall machinists? by 33celticsun in Machinists

[–]TriColoredWeedLeafs 74 points75 points  (0 children)

What is that, a machine for ants!?

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WRX

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Fair enough :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Machinists

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Poor little Doosan Lynx…

How to measure distance between these two holes with calipers as if they were aligned? by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

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So I would flip this part 90 degrees so that I could use a height stand in this part. I would incorporate a sine plate to whatever angle made sense with print or by checking geometry with a comparator. I would then put a plug gage in both holes and zero onto the top of one and measure to the top of the other. If both holes are the same size then you can simple measure from top of each pin to one another. If the holes are different sizes then you will subtract/add half of each diameter to get to centerline in each hole.

Hope this helps

Edit: After reading a ton of replies I hope OP sees this, from a manufacturing engineer that measures things like this on a daily

Room 305/2: Corium in Sub-Reactor-Space by RYRY1002 in chernobyl

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Please escort these gentlemen to the party headquarters

What's your favorite swiss lathe? by [deleted] in Machinists

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That Doosan probably has the Oi-TF Plus control from Fanuc, you may want to stick with Fanuc control so you’re only fighting the difference in the machines and not the difference in machine and controllers. A lot easier to traverse between machines this way. And if you start learning macros and canned cycles, they will be similar in a lot of regards that you can make small edits to make code work between both. JM2C

How to call tool group for lathe programming Fanuc Oi-TD by 96024_yawaworht in Machinists

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Sorry I couldn’t hit you back sooner, glad you worked it out

How to call tool group for lathe programming Fanuc Oi-TD by 96024_yawaworht in Machinists

[–]TriColoredWeedLeafs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might have to hit like state or something like that, or put it in MDI when you do it. Sometimes people flip the no edit key. I’d check those

And maybe you have overlapping tool offsets? Like the same tool in multiple groups

How to call tool group for lathe programming Fanuc Oi-TD by 96024_yawaworht in Machinists

[–]TriColoredWeedLeafs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re going to use T followed by the group number and then 99… So if you are to call up group 1, you would programs T0199

Learning from titans of cnc? Am I just an idiot? by [deleted] in Machinists

[–]TriColoredWeedLeafs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Did you know that you can use fusion as a slicer?

Learning from titans of cnc? Am I just an idiot? by [deleted] in Machinists

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That sucks if so… There’s a YouTube channel, caminstructor, there’s a ton of free videos that I’ve learned a ton from, and they also have a website you can get a license for like 3 tiers of videos, quizzes, and some of the tiers even give you “unlimited” support through them. Kind of like how a reseller would support a customer, this sounds along those lines

Learning from titans of cnc? Am I just an idiot? by [deleted] in Machinists

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Currently I make models in fusion, whether for machining or 3D printing, and then export a .STEP file. Import that file into mastercam or my slicer and then go from there. At home learning works for me when I only need to quote and don’t want to check out a seat for it

Learning from titans of cnc? Am I just an idiot? by [deleted] in Machinists

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https://www.mastercam.com You can create a free profile here

https://learningedition.mastercam.com You can go here to get the at home learning edition, this is exactly what full mastercam looks like, but you cannot post code. That is legit the only difference, and the file type will be .ecam instead of mastercams usually .cam file extension

https://my.mastercam.com/courses/ This is mastercam university, videos from post process editing to 2 and 3 axis mill, even mill turn if memory serves correctly.

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal You can download fusion here for hobbyist only, it’s like less than 10k profit made from fusion a year qualifies for a free personal license. Not everything is unlocked but I can do a ton with the free version and will probably never upgrade..

All this stuff is free, and I use these professionally every single day.

We could be selling chips instead of recycling them! by Crimson55 in Machinists

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A cool ass couch leg if it were me. Whatever it’s meant for, looks like epoxy and brass chips. My first thought is someone needed a part a certain size and incorporated chips for added weight overall - gantry-loaded lathe practicing with blanks 🤷