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27-07-2013 18:58
Steven Donow
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The big red button surely must be what turns it on, right?
27-07-2013 18:59
Akash Rastogi
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Sweet! 11 is getting one this summer as well!
Have fun with it 
27-07-2013 19:07
Chris is me
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Nice. We have a TM-1 (didn't have enough for the TM-1P) and we've been able to do so much more in house. It's quite nice.
27-07-2013 20:02
A_Reed
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G-Code isn't that difficult to learn. Have fun with this thing, looking forward to see what impact it has on your robots.
27-07-2013 20:37
techhelpbb
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Originally Posted by A_Reed
Have fun with this thing, looking forward to see what impact it has on your robots.
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Operational costs go through the roof when the machines hit the deck.
27-07-2013 20:42
RogerR
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Originally Posted by IndySam
Who's gonna come over and teach us how to use it?
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27-07-2013 23:18
jeremy callahan
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Originally Posted by jwallace15
I want one! Lucky
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27-07-2013 23:33
jwallace15
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Originally Posted by jeremy callahan
hey wally trade in 3 out of your 4 cnc/mills and get one lol I'm sure Spiece wont mind lol!!!
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28-07-2013 01:21
daniel_dsouza
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Have fun with all the aluminum shavings these things produce. I've seen barrels of shavings at ASU.
28-07-2013 01:57
sanddrag
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I hate to say it but in my opinion, there is a big issue with your purchase of this mill. It seems they got the delivery address wrong.
Anyhow, we have about a year and 1500 parts on our Mini Mill. Let me know if there's any questions you have on tooling or procedures or programming or anything you need help with. I've pretty much got my setup all figured out.
One thing I'll say upfront is I recommend Trim brand coolant. I've had Trim C350 in the machine since new and I've been happy with it. I run a cheapo fountain pump in it to circulate it all the time.
Also, for endmills, Lakeshore Carbide has some nice 3-flute ones and for holders, Maritool is where I'd go.
28-07-2013 04:46
Cory
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Haas has the best control documentation of anyone in the business. Read the entire manual-it's actually super useful as it contains tons of example programs for many g-codes, work coordinate systems, etc.
I would get comfortable with writing some basic programs by hand to lay out hole patterns, drill/tap holes, and maybe some simple milling toolpaths like a circle, square, etc just so you can recognize and understand how all the G/M codes are being used by your CAM program. I took two courses on purely hand programming before learning CAM software. Even though I never code by hand other than quickly facing a part or drilling a hole, it's invaluable to know exactly what your CAM software is doing. I think it's much harder to start working with CAM and trying to go backwards and decipher what the program is doing as you go.
28-07-2013 16:46
Skinkworks
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Congratulations! I agree with Cory, Haas documentation is unparalleled. However, G-Code is pretty tedious to write for complex parts. Make sure you have a nice CAD-CAM workflow, it will save you lots of time and frustration.
28-07-2013 17:01
qzrrbz
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Sweet looking toy! This just showed up on your doorstep? :-)
Having seen Cory in action and what he can do with his magic box, I'd wholeheartedly believe *anything* he tells you to do!
You, too, can make magic stuff!
28-07-2013 17:09
AdamHeard
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Originally Posted by qzrrbz
Sweet looking toy! This just showed up on your doorstep? :-)
Having seen Cory in action and what he can do with his magic box, I'd wholeheartedly believe *anything* he tells you to do! You, too, can make magic stuff! |
29-07-2013 01:47
R.C.
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Sam,
I'd really read this if you haven't already:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hlight=haas+tm
Cory's first couple of posts are extremely helpful!
-RC
29-07-2013 10:26
CENTURION
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If you have any specific questions on CNC in general, or the Haas control, feel free to PM me, I'm quite familiar with both.
As for general learning, it just so happens that 1306 has been running some summer classes for our students, and I taught at crash course in CNC. All my powerpoints, and my speakers notes (basically a script) can be found towards the right side of the google doc here. Make sure to read those speaker's notes under each slide, the slides won't make much sense without them.
This class was tailored towards our machine in particular, which is a lower-end machine with some weird quirks, so you can ignore those parts of the presentation.
29-07-2013 13:34
Cory
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Originally Posted by CENTURION
If you have any specific questions on CNC in general, or the Haas control, feel free to PM me, I'm quite familiar with both.
As for general learning, it just so happens that 1306 has been running some summer classes for our students, and I taught at crash course in CNC. All my powerpoints, and my speakers notes (basically a script) can be found towards the right side of the google doc here. Make sure to read those speaker's notes under each slide, the slides won't make much sense without them. This class was tailored towards our machine in particular, which is a lower-end machine with some weird quirks, so you can ignore those parts of the presentation. |
29-07-2013 19:57
Andrew Y.
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If you have not yet, I highly recommend you look into your local master cam distributors. We are sponsored by one and they sent us 2 licenses each year for getting to use us in their publications. Hand g-code is a huge bottleneck and mastercam will allow you to take things up a notch while making the whole process easier.
29-07-2013 22:45
Mr. Mike
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Indy
If you have not done so already contact your local Haas distributor. They are not very far from you and they should help you with some training.
Div. of Midwest Mfg. Resources
5733 West Minnesota Street
Indianapolis, IN 46241
www.hfomidwest.com
Phone: 317-821-9872
Phone: 800-833-0246
Fax: 317-821-9874
Fax: 330-405-0567
On a side note: Is that an old tap buster behind your mill?
29-07-2013 23:37
cgmv123
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Originally Posted by CENTURION
If you have any specific questions on CNC in general, or the Haas control, feel free to PM me, I'm quite familiar with both.
As for general learning, it just so happens that 1306 has been running some summer classes for our students, and I taught at crash course in CNC. All my powerpoints, and my speakers notes (basically a script) can be found towards the right side of the google doc here. Make sure to read those speaker's notes under each slide, the slides won't make much sense without them. This class was tailored towards our machine in particular, which is a lower-end machine with some weird quirks, so you can ignore those parts of the presentation. |
30-07-2013 02:57
sanddrag
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Originally Posted by cgmv123
We recorded the presenations (screen capture w/ voice) as well. As soon as we find time to get them edited, we'll post those as well.
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