Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Ken Strauss
-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > On Sunday 21 April 2019 17:33:36 Ken Strauss wrote: > > > The one-year price buys a perpetual licence for small machines (less > > than 1.5HP as I recall). > > > I didn't see that, didn't click on the buy now button either

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 17:33:36 Ken Strauss wrote: > The one-year price buys a perpetual licence for small machines (less > than 1.5HP as I recall). > I didn't see that, didn't click on the buy now button either. But figuratively speaking all my machines could probably qualify. Clicked on the

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Ken Strauss
Or windows. > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2019 7:42 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > On Sunday 21 April 2019 14:21

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 14:21:24 Ken Strauss wrote: > Consider: https://hsmadvisor.com/ Apple or android only. Sob. [...] Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
> From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 8:58 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > > > Greetings all; > > > > Having discovered the s

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/21/2019 02:20 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: The trick is to not get it hot enough to melt I guess. Watched a video the other day where, to make the video better he cut back the flood coolant a bit to better see what it was cutting and had an instant clog up of the mill. Yes, absolutely!

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread John Dammeyer
lto:jo...@autoartisans.com] > Sent: April-21-19 3:55 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > I just tried it and it appears to want to be registered. It says Hi johnd in > the > upper right corner but then

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread John Dammeyer
nhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Cc: Gregg Eshelman > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > Is that still requiring an internet connection in order to use it? There are > plenty of would-be customers who've said "No way!" to that software > because

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
Is that still requiring an internet connection in order to use it? There are plenty of would-be customers who've said "No way!" to that software because they don't have and don't want any internet connected computers in their shops. On Sunday, April 21, 2019, 3:02:33 PM MDT, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 14:07:55 Jon Elson wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 03:34, John Dammeyer wrote: > >> I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and > >> feed I needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd > >> read it should be 3000 but it was supposed to

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Ken Strauss
The one-year price buys a perpetual licence for small machines (less than 1.5HP as I recall). > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2019 5:01 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] mi

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 13:11:01 Roland Jollivet wrote: [...] > Hi Gene > > Did you ever try out Bob Warfield's software? > https://www.cnccookbook.com/ No, but I've heard good things about it, so when the next hour+ job turns up, its bookmarked. Thanks for the link. It did not turn up in a

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 13:01:18 John Dammeyer wrote: > HI Gene, > > > > BTW https://www.machinist-toolbox.com/ came included as part of my > > > AlibreCAM license. A google on FSWizad yields this: > > > https://fswizard.com/ > > > > > > > > > John > > > > And I note, pricing to match, yet I

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Jon, > .094 tool at 2000 RPM is 50 SFPM, really slow for aluminum. > 600 SFPM is recommended. > chip load for HSS end mills should be .010 * end mill > diameter, so .010 * .094 = about .001". > At these settings, feed rate should be 4 IPM. The Machinist toolbox with 600SFPM, carbide, 4

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Ken Strauss
Consider: https://hsmadvisor.com/ > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2019 4:09 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > On Sunday 21 Apr

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Ken Strauss
ip welding in soft aluminum. > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2019 8:58 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > Greetings all; > > Having

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Jon Elson
On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 03:34, John Dammeyer wrote: I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and feed I needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd read it should be 3000 but it was supposed to be 2000). Typo error. OK. So tool bit 0.09375. Two flutes.

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Roland Jollivet
And I note, pricing to match, yet I doubt bobcad is paying the bills with > that product. I guess thats why I keep a whole zoo full of ti30x and > ti36x calculators around. Then all I have to do is find the formula. > lol. I've been tempted to get one of ti's modern programmables, but the >

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread John Dammeyer
HI Gene, > > BTW https://www.machinist-toolbox.com/ came included as part of my > > AlibreCAM license. A google on FSWizad yields this: > > https://fswizard.com/ > > > > > > John > > > And I note, pricing to match, yet I doubt bobcad is paying the bills with > that product. I guess thats why I

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 12:11:11 John Dammeyer wrote: > Hi Andy, > > > > I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and > > > feed I > > > > needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd read it > > should be 3000 but it was supposed to be 2000). Typo error. > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi Andy, > > I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and feed I > needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd read it should be > 3000 but it was supposed to be 2000). Typo error. > > OK. So tool bit 0.09375. Two flutes. HSS. Chip load 0.00551. Aluminium >

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 21 April 2019 03:40:08 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 03:34, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and > > feed I needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd read > > it should be 3000 but it was supposed to be

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
still learning. :( > > -Original Message- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > > Sent: April-20-19 5:58 PM > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > > > Greetings all; &

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-21 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 03:34, John Dammeyer wrote: > I used the Machinist toolbox to figure out what sort of speed and feed I > needed but ended up running the mill faster (thought I'd read it should be > 3000 but it was supposed to be 2000). Typo error. > OK. So tool bit 0.09375. Two

Re: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-20 Thread John Dammeyer
http://www.autoartisans.com/mill/YAxisSwitchPlate.jpg John > -Original Message- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: April-20-19 5:58 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof. > > Greetings a

[Emc-users] milling tool life, or lack thereof.

2019-04-20 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Having discovered the settings that control the low frequency boost in this VFD, and having rigged a pretty dry misting arrangement, I figured it was as good a time as any to cut the end panels of the box that has the interface cards in it. These panels are about .035" thick,