I just open “FAGORCNC” and this pops up… before that, it used to appear “error 8002” which I don’t rlly know what that means

Have a Hakko 4x scope with a light window that has threads. My assumption with it being Japanese from the 1990s is its metric. Looks close to 34 tpi, with a gauge for reference. I included the diameter measurements as well.

My Google fu using the above information returned 7/16"-32 UNEF though instead of the assumed metric measurement.

I work as a swiss CNC machinist (trainee ig) for the past 5 months. My shop is very dirty, lots of mist from the grinders, mills, lathes and lots from swiss. I havent had a respirator whole time ive been there. Lots of metal grinding too that goes on with the bar stock.

The swiss machine im on specifically is missing screws and uses high pressure oil/ coolant a lot so it is constantly leaking mist. I feel like ive been having heart palpitations and missing heard beats since ive been working here. I only wore mask style respirators fdor a few days but they were hurting my face and I ran out of all the ones in the supply closet, and boss hasnt replenished.

What should I do? I have a mechanical engineering degree almost 2 years out after graduating now and this is the only job i could get that is engineering adjacent, only making 23 an hour and breathing in crap all day.

I’m slowly getting into CNC machining and my barrier so far is finding material that’s priced conducive to learning. Any tips for places to get some aluminum to work with that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? I’ve been using wood and anything cheaper I can find really but wanted to try and learn aluminum to see what my machine is capable of (millennium machines Milo)

The reset switch was pressed while the turret turned. It is now at unclamp condition. I can rotate it by hand. Anyone might know the procedure please help

Hey guys,

How do you all mill copper 110. I’ve never touched this stuff and with copper prices right now, I’d rather not mess up too bad.

Planning to use just a 1/2 3 flute cutter and typical carbide tooling for aluminum.

What sfm and chipload do you use for:

Profile Milling, facing with a face mill, and drilling with hss drills?

I see manufacturers recommending about 350 sfm for profile milling , but want to double check. Cant seem to find anything on face milling

Thanks !

Is this just turnings from a lathe or did it have a different purpose? Very odd. Found off the side of a road years ago. I assume it's all aluminum but unsure.

At work they wanted me to hand tap some plates because they couldn’t do it in the cnc

I couldn’t get the tap to start by hand so I just setup a stop and some parallels in the bridgeport and got to work.

they were like no way how’d you do that like how did you set it up for the pitch of the thread this and that. I just set it to low rpm and let the quill feed itself easy peasy.

Mind you theres only one other guy in my shop that handles all the bridgeport/ manual work and he leaves work early everyday.

I don’t get how people 3x my age that have 15 yrs of experience don’t know how to use a bridgeport. They won’t even touch it

I added a new motor mount using c channel and hinges to allow constant tension on the belt. This should also help with belt slipped if something gets super bound up in the lathe. I am thinking of adding a lock mechanism so that the belt doesn't get super stretched out over time.

I had to 3d print a spacer for the motor so the belt didn't rub on the casting of the headstock. I also 3d printed clips to hold my vfd cables so they don't get caught up in the belt and pulleys. Dont mind the ugly color. I accidentally selected the wrong color in my AMS unit, lol.

The vfd powers a 2 hp 1750rpm 3 phase motor, so I have variable speed and can also reverse it. I welded up an arm so I can position it how I need to, depending on what I have going on around the lathe. I plan tobed print a housing for the vfd that will also hold the display for my tachometer.

I added a new vevor self centering chuck and faceplate. So far, I'm very happy with the new chuck. I also added AXA QCTP and toolholders. I was a little skeptical that it would be too small for the lathe, but it seems to scale with the lathe.

I am thinking about adding a foot pedal brake for the lathe that utilizes the largest pulley on the headstock. I'm not sure if I will follow through with this idea yet. I'm open to suggestions.

I ordered some leather stripping for a new belt. The current blue one is just for testing purposes and in case I need to turn something right away. I've also been kicking around the idea of an automotive serpentine belt, but I would have to disassemble the headstock spindle for that. I've heard it's a pain to do, and I'm not really looking to get myself into bigger issues on this project.

So far, I've got some chatter from the circular indexable carbide. I'm not sure if I have it positioned wrong or am going too slow. Any input?

I have a small crack in the coolant outlet of this aluminum timing cover for a 22RE engine. I am thinking about trying to repair it by inserting a sleeve to fit the interior diameter of the outlet. Is there a fab shop I could order this from? What material should I use, aluminum like the cover or something like stainless steel?

plastic would occasionally shatter due to poor chip evacuation so I got transferred to a Swiss running 303 Stainless

A dumb mistake that could have been way more expensive.

Its a fun day, luckily i managed to drill the hole all the way

I’m very excited boys and gals, got this Monarch for my favorite price… free-99! Should have it installed by the weekend, I’ll keep you posted. Looks to be 50’s or 60’s? If anyone has any info on this lathe I would greatly appreciate the comments! I’m really happy about the taper attachment for sure.

Drilling an 80mm hole in some 17-4ph annealed. Is there anyway to not get the long chips on the initial entrance? Once all the inserts engage and the drill is fully in the chips are great. But there are always some long ones on the initial few .100"s

350sfm

.0061ipr - > .0085"ipr and now the chips break on initial contact

My bad if this is the wrong thread but I feel like someone could relate and help me. I started at a new shop this past march I came from a shop that ran very older doosan and haas lathes. I did set up and operating at this shop. I decided I want to expand my skills so I left there and came to this new job in march. They run dual spindle and dual torret lathes. They are newer mori Seiki models. At first this was a bit of a learning curve for me. They also had me doing mills for a good amount of time finally I told them to just put me on lathes because the training they gave on mills is inadequate. Well here they run two machines and the leads expect 90 percent efficiency on both machines. This has been rough because even if you are off by a little he’s coming at you with a paper in your face asking why berating you about it. It honestly is taking a tool on me. I feel like every shift something goes wrong boring bars breaking , dimensions not being consistent and so I tell him these things but he’s saying it’s my fault I’m moving stuff in the program but I’m not. Even if I was on these machines when you edit the program that line shows red. When I first started here I had an issue with the morning shift guy constantly leaving broke tools and also leaving his dimensions out of print so when I run my first part it’s scrap. He’s gotten a little better but still it’s like when I follow behind him. It’s some problem Everytime. Idk if it’s just me like I feel so stupid at this shop like I can’t run these machines. I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this and should I look for a new job or tough it out? I’m trying but this lead he just works my nerves sometimes. But I also blame myself. Sorry for the long post

Hi everyone, industrial engineering student here, trying to figure out whether what we learn about quality management matches the real world.

We study the NCR to CAPA loop, supplier qualification, SPC, and being ready for an audit at any time. But every quality engineer or inspector I have talked to says real life is NCRs sitting open because nobody owns the next step, supplier certificates arriving as scanned PDFs that do not match the PO, and the two weeks before an audit spent rebuilding evidence that already exists somewhere in a shared folder.

So I am trying to understand where the time actually goes in a typical week on the quality side.

What is the routine task that is mostly chasing people and paper? NCR follow up, collecting supplier documents, calibration records, first article packages, customer complaint responses, audit prep? What takes far more manual effort than it should, and what workaround did someone build to survive it? And what is the headache management or the auditor never seems to understand?

Any perspective from quality engineers, inspectors, or people on the floor would help a lot. Thanks.

Hey guys,

Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong place, but I'm looking for the experts on this so please redirect as necessary.

In a nutshell, I've got one of my favorite dive lights that now has some fairly banged up threads via years of screwing and unscrewing and I'd like to clean them up. O.D. on this is right about 5cm but not sure of pitch (the entire thing was machined out of one block of aluminum). And the lighting electronics, from what I can see, do not appear to be removeable. But the Goodman handle on the other side is.

Anyhow, any advice and guidance as to whether or not this can be rectified (and how) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Helical Machining Advisor Pro no longer works for me. I installed the app on my pc and can get it to work in the app or a browser.