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Mike Lynch
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Quality Inspection of CNC Machining: 6 Most Important Aspects, by Vincent Hua
Quality control is essential in all industries, whether for parts, processes, products, equipment, or machines. Manufacturers are...
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Mike Lynch
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How to Streamline Part Design for CNC Machining
by Amber Barlow Photo Credit: Pexels Computer programs form the backbone of modern life, powering everything from Internet browsing to...
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Mike Lynch
- 4 min
Top 4 Tips to Reduce Tool Deflection in CNC Machining
Thank you to Peter Jacobs of CNC Masters for submitting this great set of suggestions for reducing tool pressure. Every CNC machinist...
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Mike Lynch
- 4 min
How digital connects CNC businesses in the age of the pandemic
Submitted by Orderfox Traditional CNC business models and organizations are currently under threat. The COVID-19 outbreak has made it...
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Mike Lynch
- 1 min
Driving AutoCad 2020
Submitted by Ken Maier Another gift from Ken Maier. Thank you Ken. This quick introduction to AutoCad 2020 gives you a working knowledge...
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Mike Lynch
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How to setup and run a HAAS machining center
Written and contributed by Ken Maier. Thank you Ken, for this excellent resource and making it available at no charge. ​ This manual by...
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Mike Lynch
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The importance of procedures
The sequence by which a person performs any task is directly related to the efficiency (and correctness) with which the task is...
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Mike Lynch
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Which mode is better, inch or metric?
Most companies work exclusively in one mode or the other. If the bulk of their prints are dimensioned in inch (as with most companies in...
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Mike Lynch
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When should you tap?
Tapping tends to be the most error prone and frustrating operation a machining center performs. Depending upon the tap style, the...
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Mike Lynch
- 21 min
Programming a Horizontal Machining Center from a Central Origin
Most experienced programmers will agree that horizontal machining centers are among the most difficult metal-cutting CNC machines to...
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Mike Lynch
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Tapping on a turning center (without canned cycles)
Unless your Fanuc controlled turning center came with live tooling, it’s likely that you don’t have canned cycles (G80-G89) like those...
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Mike Lynch
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Your most important resource
The people you have working for you contribute the most to your success. Without good, knowledgeable people, even the best managers will...
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Mike Lynch
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Can you speed up your tool change time?
Machining centers, of course, have automatic tool changing devices to automate the tool changing process. Current models boast very fast...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
Do You Have A Lead Person?
If your company (or department within your company) has several CNC machine tools, it's likely that machines are regularly down while...
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Mike Lynch
- 4 min
A Custom Macro For Thread Milling
As you know, custom macro is a very powerful programming feature that allows you to include computer programming-like commands in a...
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Mike Lynch
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Identify Complex Tasks And Simplify Them
This issue's time saver is a rather general suggestion - and it varies with the aptitude level of the people involved. In value added...
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Mike Lynch
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Watch Out For That Tailstock Center!
Many turning centers, commonly called universal style turning centers, have the ability to do chucking work, bar work, and shaft work....
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Mike Lynch
- 6 min
Setting Up User Defined G and M codes
Parameters control countless things about the way your CNC machine tools behave. In each Parameter preference segment, we will expose...
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Mike Lynch
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Outputting Fixture Offset Settings
Two special commands are used in custom macro B to send data out through the communications port (RS-232c port). One called BPRNT allows...
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