Thread milling is always awesome! I hand drill tapped my first 9 fixtures when I got my tormach, now that how have the recipice set, copy paste for X thread size and go! So much better, and when I get my speedio here soon with a 4th axis and I am able to do fixtures with 4x the parts, no way I am drill tapping I think 5000 6-32 holes and 900x 5-40 holes, I could power tap them on the machine but reliablity is key, I trust the machine just not the smaller taps lol

Yeah that is annoying, I haven't looked into getting fusion to stop doing that. What's worse is between tools on non-indexing tool paths like swarf, the post spits out G92.1 C0, changes tools and goes back to whatever C value it ended on, did that to ~ C 2000. for a program....

Yes, it's a love-hate relationship with the post. What's crazier is if you're at 359 deg and command it to go to zero, guess which way it will go? Yup, the long and stupid way.

@@PiersonWorkholding kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNugoK2X0cileXk.html is this can solve this problem ?

Thank you Aaron! Cheers!

Good to know. We'll look into it.

I'm sure that reply was here somewhere. Can't see it. - What I meant was, the connector was already in the T-Slot, instead put it right next to the pallet closer, and on top of the T-Slot, so that nothing is protruding outside the Haas table diameter.

@@gredangeo I replied but then deleted because I misunderstood your suggestion. I later realized that by "valve" you meant "fitting" and I thought you were suggesting to keep a valve with an airline connected. We had an adaptor like the one you suggested but the chips kept collecting around it. The second version in the video keeps the face of the table clear of chips.

@@PiersonWorkholding Oh, ok. Cool, thanks. :)

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"Modeled Threads" look good but is sometimes problematic on the CAM side. We draw to the minor and use "Pitch Diameter Offset" to specify the programmed size. Fine adjustments of the thread diameter are then done in the machine control using cutter compensation.

If we shared F&S, half would think they're too slow, half would think they're too fast. No way to win except to dial in our perfect F&S for each part, for each machine.

I came here to make the same comment and you beat me to it. LOL. Didn't expect to see all that fat from a guy that preaches lean manufacturing.

@@mannycalavera121 I can understand that on the first post. The fat should be removed as part of proofing a program, production job or not. It's a CNC machine. It repeats to tenths. If it runs once it will run that way indefinitely.

The hierarchy of improvements in lean is Safety, Quality, Simplicity, Speed. Trading safety for speed means you'll never get caught off guard if you start in the middle of a program, slightly miss an offset, etc. Rapiding to Z8. vs Z3. is mere seconds added to the cycle time and not worth compromising safety or process reliability.

@@PiersonWorkholding there are so many things to put in place to eliminate everything you have mentioned. You are a smart man. Use your imagination.

@fordhoarder As you said "things to put in place" violates simplicity. You seem smart... what would you put in place?

Nope, we just leave it open. Coolant wouldn't affect anything and the internals of the PPS Base have wiper seals. A super lucky chip that made its way all the way to the cylinder wouldn't be an issue.

@@PiersonWorkholding good to know, thanks!

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Pretty cool! I must say I would go nuts with all the extra index moves and extreme clearance moves if I wanted to run that part as a production piece.

@markus Metzger Good idea but the holes don't line up.

@@PiersonWorkholding i know but if you do positional 5axis and drill 2holes in part 1 and 1 hole in part 3 then rotate the roto-vise and do 2 in p2 and 1 in p4 and so on

It’s because of the way autodesk’s post processor works with multiple patterned parts. It’s not very efficient, and actually can crash the machine if you only run two parts 180 degrees opposite of one another and don’t factor in the retract plane to clear everything.

@@gamingpc3475 OK thanks now I understand

There are other channels pushing tools to their limits but we're a real shop that values a reliable process.

Very accurate! The UMC uses glass scales on the B and C for high accuracy positioning.

@@PiersonWorkholding I don't know about that. I am getting ~.003 on position on holes on the opposite side of 2" block drilled at B90. Also working anywhere near the extent of Y travel and tolerances get really loose.

Following up on this, have you inspected your parts on a cmm? I doubt those holes are where you think they are.

@@ericharvey2968 I think you need to run your MRZP calibration again. We recalibrated shortly after installation and found it to be off. We did it a month later and it was still dialed in with no changes needed. DWO is also a key factor to look into as well.

@@ericharvey2968 without knowing more about your setup I'd agree with jay that you've got an mrzp issue. For testing the rotary can you square up an edge and then rotate the rotary 90 to see how it's sitting?

Lean has nothing to do with doing things faster... It's about cutting waste out of the things we do. The sticker looks awesome so it's staying. Brush up on your understanding of lean at piersonworkholding.com/lean

@@PiersonWorkholding i understand lean doesnt mean faster i never said faster by getting rid of the sticker u eliminate and op done by a person and u either elinate the machine making the stickers or if ur buying them u eliminate a vendor. And theoretically reduce the cost of production i didnt read ur post but im pretty sure all that deffintly falls under goals of lean manufacturing

Eliminating waste is the goal of Lean. Eliminating intentional design elements is not. At least read our page before commenting on Lean.

@@PiersonWorkholding mayb u should google lean and ull relize ur deffintion isnt the same as most. ur system works and u and thats good, i relize now u answered me a the very beging u like the sticker, the end. Have a nice day