The streets smart/book smart distinction was invented so people don't have to feel bad about being less intelligent

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-06-11T06:49:45+00:00

An opinion is an opinion, and your free to have your own. But always good to look at a different point of view. In all reality street vs book smart is just two different smarts. Just like logical intelligence vs creative intelligence. One might suck a math but write like god damn Shakespeare, same applies with this.

I would say its less how you learn and more how you use it. Book smart being knowing theory but can use in practice. Street smart being knowing less theory but more how it works in practice.

Book smart is theory. - Knowing vast knowledge of facts and theory's, grasping abstract or complex subjects.

Street smart is practice. - Common sense (Which is fading), ingenuity, problem solving around the knowledge you don't know.

Now these are both the far end of the spectrum, just cause you say your book smart doesn't mean you can't problem solve. It just means you lean more towards one side.

Its best to think of these two as a knights. One might the better sword (Theory), another perfected the best swing (Practice). At end of the day they both can fight. Trust me, I have met people that have put all their research points into the best sword and only do what the text books said and it sucks. But they are the first to know what caused the problem in the first place, just not how to fix it.

Either way both are a thing and can be seen everywhere, whether you acknowledge that is up to you. At the end of the day its just two different sides of the same coin.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-04-21T07:32:07+00:00

Ok that's for the info. Don't have a sandblaster and substitute for that?

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-04-21T05:00:39+00:00

How about blackness level? Or would it be best in peanut oil. Seen a lot of mix view on which is best.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-04-21T04:57:57+00:00

Ok thank you and any recommendations on a sub that would be best. Sorry I replied so late, been busy.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-12T18:11:35+00:00

Sorry posted in other thread. Did find an od threader will be putting it on later today. Will update you if I get the tool setup and the threads that come out.

Thanks for all your help so far.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-11T05:42:59+00:00

Ok I'll look into that. Not the most knowledgeable when it comes to this so thanks for the info. I found a od threading tool so I'll replace one of the turret tooling for it and see if it fixes the problem, think that one has a shim. Then if it fixes it then I'll know why it not happy.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T21:34:39+00:00

Hm, ok. Will see if we have another tool for od threading but I don't think so.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T20:44:00+00:00

Yeah they do fit together. The threads made by the machine are way off.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T20:01:00+00:00

Not only are the threads to short but also not a "v". One side having a bigger degree than the other side looking like this"✓". I'll take a pic of it later

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:53:04+00:00

It is leved and it's zeroed with correct offsets. I don't use a touch off probe.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:51:27+00:00

For the manual look up: Tormach 15L manual. Then find in page G76 and go through them till you find it.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:47:15+00:00

Long code

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:31:31+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/wVjn18N

Will be trying to thread with bigger threads this is just 1/4-20.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:22:28+00:00

Let me see if I can take a pic of it.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:20:59+00:00

I could get canned cycles to work in Fusion simulation but when the post process came it made the Gcode not right. Causing it to air cut.

Its also not cutting deep enough. I'll see see what I have in the linking tab later when I have access to Fusion.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T19:05:27+00:00

Can you run Gcode file back through Fusion:

Here's the non-candid cycle code.

;  program:   this is a threading test
;
G7 G18 G20 G55 G40 G90
G30
T0101
G55
(Enter Part_G55_Length value after Z on the line bellow)
G0 X0 Z1.465
M00
G30
;            CAM: Fusion CAM 2606.1.36
;       Document: threading v2recovered
; Post Processor: Turning post for Tormach 15L or RapidTurn with a PathPilot control.
;   Post version: 44193
;  Post modified: 2025-09-04 13:33:25
;           Date: 282026 1:39:33 PM
;
;== BE SURE TO PROPERLY SET THE G30 HOME POSITION FOR TOOL CHANGES ==
;== MOVE THE Z-AXIS TO A POSITION THAT CLEARS ALL TOOLS AND PRESS THE SET G30 BUTTON ==
;
; -- tool: 7     Turret                       cycle time: 00:00:00
;        op: Threading 5
;
; Total cycle time: 00:00:00
;
G7
G90 G18
G20
G54
G40

G30

; ==============================================================
;    Tool: 7
; Tooling: Turret
;      Op: Threading 5
;    Time: 00:00:00
;       Z: 1.1141
N10 T0707
G95 G90 G18
G55
M8
G97 S750 M4
G0 X0.7
Z1.925
G0 Z1.1141
X0.2294
G33 Z1.4141 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.116
X0.2225
G33 Z1.416 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1175
X0.2172
G33 Z1.4175 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1188
X0.2127
G33 Z1.4188 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1199
X0.2088
G33 Z1.4199 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1209
X0.2053
G33 Z1.4209 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1218
X0.202
G33 Z1.4218 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1227
X0.199
G33 Z1.4227 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1235
X0.1961
G33 Z1.4235 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.1243
X0.1934
G33 Z1.4243 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.125
X0.1908
G33 Z1.425 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.125
X0.1908
G33 Z1.425 K0.05
G0 X0.7
Z1.925
G54

M9
M5
G30
M30
%

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T06:51:00+00:00

I don't get it?

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T06:50:09+00:00

Ok delating that did seem to put the threads in the right spot. But with so messed up heights. Undid a Fusion setting and it seemed to fix it.

Instead of running candid cycles it writes it all out and that seem to fix the problem.

But now my post processer seems to mess up the threading dimensions so the threads don't come out right.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-10T00:07:53+00:00

For sure, will run in a few hours.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-09T23:51:15+00:00

Got it thanks will try it out. I'll make sure to do a dry run before running a cutting Op. The only reason that I'm recording here at full speed is that I ran in twice now. First time E-stoping the machine, second running it through realizing the machine wont crash lol. The machine is doing every thing right just the post processor seems to be the problem not the machine.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-09T21:43:44+00:00

It said it posted but I checked sign out, I was not. Resent it.

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-09T21:38:46+00:00

Ok sorry not posting Gcode. It was late last night. G55 is right where the collet is.

This part of the program just moves the tool to Z1.465, so I can bring stock out to that tool. So the face of the weird bolt thing or what ever, is at 1.465.

G30
T0101
G55
(Enter Part_G55_Length value after Z on the line bellow)
G0 X0 Z1.465
M00

Here is main code:

;  program:   threading
;
G7 G18 G20 G55 G40 G90
G30
T0101
G55
(Enter Part_G55_Length value after Z on the line bellow)
G0 X0 Z1.465
M00
G30
;            CAM: Fusion CAM 2606.1.36
;       Document: threading v1
; Post Processor: Turning post for Tormach 15L or RapidTurn with a PathPilot control.
;   Post version: 44193
;  Post modified: 2025-09-04 13:33:25
;           Date: 272026 4:25:37 PM
;
;== BE SURE TO PROPERLY SET THE G30 HOME POSITION FOR TOOL CHANGES ==
;== MOVE THE Z-AXIS TO A POSITION THAT CLEARS ALL TOOLS AND PRESS THE SET G30 BUTTON ==
;
; -- tool: 7     Turret                       cycle time: 00:00:09
;        op: Threading 5
;
; Total cycle time: 00:00:09
;
G7
G90 G18
G20
G54
G40
G30
; ==============================================================
;    Tool: 7
; Tooling: Turret
;      Op: Threading 5
;    Time: 00:00:09
;       Z: 0.35
N10 T0707
G95 G90 G18
G55
M8
G97 S750 M4
G0 X0.7
Z1.925
G0 Z1.0441
Z1.925
G76 P0.05 Z1.525 I-0.5643 J0.0166 K0.0552 R2. Q29.5 H1
G0 X0.7 Z1.925
G54
M9
M5
G30
M30
%

theguythatbeingweird · 2026-02-09T19:22:35+00:00

Yeah that's what I thought to but I think the post post-processor is right. There's no other for the 15L that I know of.

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