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Tap Speed and Feed Calculator [Free + Pro Calculator]
Free Tap Speed and Feed Calculator Free Tap Speed and Feed Calculator Threads per inch TPI Spindle Speed:RPM Feed Rate (Feed Calculator):IPM Tap Feeds and Speeds Basics Tapping Feeds and Speeds are pretty easy to calculate because they’re constrained by the...
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Lights Out Manufacturing [ Definitive Guide + 21 Tips ]
Lights Out Manufacturing: Definitive Guide + 21 Tips Lights Out Manufacturing: let the machines keep working after you go home. It’s the next step for greater productivity and profitability in manufacturing. This Guide shows you how to start doing Lights Out...
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Tool Setter: Measuring Tools for Length [Easy Guide]
Tool Setter: Measuring Tools for Length [Tool Data Management] CNC depends a lot on accurately measuring tools for length. CNC machines require tool data, by which I mean length and diameter information, so they understand exactly where the cutting is happening. The...
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CNC Setup Time and Cycle Time Savings
CNC Setup Time and Cycle Time Savings This piece belongs to our CNC Machining and Manufacturing Cookbook series. It contemplates on which should be prioritized to enhance Shop Productivity – reducing Machine Cycle Time or Machine Setup Time. Presumably...
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Mini Lathe Mods Catalog
Mini Lathe Mods Catalog Mini Lathe Mods to make it better, stronger, faster: the $6 million lathe! This page is my catalog of all the lathe modifications I’ve stumbled across in my web travels. I couldn’t begin to tell you how good they are, but they sure...
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Eccentric Turning and Offset Turning [ Lathe Tips ]
As in turning on a lathe with the workpiece not concentric with the spindle axis. This is a common need when building engines, for example, to machine the throws of a crankshaft, or the eccentric drive used by a steam engine to operate a slide valve. I was recently...
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CNCCookbook 2021 CAM Software Survey [ What’s the best CAM? ]
CNCCookbook 2021 CAM Software Survey [ What’s the best CAM? ] Every year, CNCCookbook surveys readers on their CAM Software. The results provide an invaluable guide to CAM for the CNC World. This year we received over 300 responses. Product Managers at a...
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Lathe Tool Post Grinders
What is a Tool Post Grinder? Tool Post Grinders are a type of cylindrical grinder that is mounted on the tool post of a lathe. They provide you with the ability to do precision grinding without all the cost of a separate cylindrical grinding machine. The...
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DIY Drill Press Guide [ Hacks, Mods, & Tips ]
Drill Press Attachments and Drill Press Upgrades The lowly drill press is often the first machine any shop obtains, followed closely by a horizontal bandsaw and a bench grinder. While you can’t really mill very successfully with one (I’ve tried, LOL!),...
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Easy Lathe Projects
Easy Lathe Projects Things for you to make in your shop! Easy Lathe Project Work Logs Making a Turner’s Cube Industrial Hobbies Mill CNC Conversion (includes Epoxy/Granite fill, One Shot Oiler, etc. Make Your Own Transfer Screws Button V-Block...
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Mini Mill Projects
Mini Mill Projects are things for you to make in your shop that can be done with a smaller Hobby-class milling machine. Mini Mill Project Work Logs New Way Covers for the IH Mill Optical Limit Switches Vise Jaws of “Doom” Coolant Mister...
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