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I'm looking to buy a bridgeport/romi ezpath lathe in the future . I'm trying to get my ducks in order so I know all I need to go from autocad file to the machine . I've been use to the computer in my skull
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The lathe should only really need 2d contours. I ran one of those back in tech school, can't remember much about it other than it was fairly simple. Alot of the radiuses and angles and that can be programmed right at the machine in fill in the blank type formats IIRC, and you typically can leave one or 2 of the "blanks" blank and the comp will compute it from the other entries.
I'll check some of my old stuff, and see if maybe I don't have some lit on that lathe for ya, can't promise anything, but just maybe I got something yet.
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yea you may be right Matt but the machine the noggin is attached to can't keep up
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Hi Steve,
The lathe I run at my primary job has 3d capable graphics as it has live tooling in the turret- mill heads in some of the tool pockets. The older lathes just have 2d graphics. You really only do things on a lathe in 2d. X and Z points are all that are needed. Hope this helps you decide what to get! Lynn ps- You could make your wheels in 2 setups on the lathe I run now!! Your hubs would only be 1 setup. Unless my figuring is wrong you could make your wheels out of aluminum in about 5 minutes per wheel or maybe a little faster. This will let you know what your out source provider is trying to make per hour! |
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Lynn , yea I pretty much figured that
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Don't know what your bank account is like but the machines I run are well into the 5 figure catagory. Then you have to buy the tooling! Some of the angled milling tool holder are over $3000 each! It is very easy to spend more on tooling than what you did for the machine.
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Not sure you can add live tooling to a Romi lathe, but have seen Darex auto indexing turrets on them. For starters though a good Aloris QC toolpost is about all you need, and a paint pen to number your tools.
I looked through my stuff and all I could find is a single sheet on how to set tools up on the EZPath. If you want a scanned copy of it just PM me an email addy and I'll get it to you. It's pretty straight forward. The EZPath is a good lathe though, has a good gear head and decent handwheels that you can still "feel" for manual turning. If you get it, you'll never look back, as threading is just a few button pushes and away it goes. IIRC you can even set it up to run an angle or curve on the profile as you turn the carraige feed wheel. Plus you can drill center holes from the carriage, which is a strange feeling the first time you do it, after being used to having to use the tailstock to drill holes on manual machines.
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Jeff Last edited by pugs; 12-24-2010 at 02:41 PM. |
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Not postive on the Cat 40 in a NMTB 40 spindle, might work, if the drive keys are same etc. I'll check the handbook and double check they are the same tapers etc.
As for holding smaller tools, typically use a collet holders like a Er-32 or ER-16 or TG100. I only use solid endmill holders for roughing tools as they engage the flat on the endmill (if it has one). The collets will hold more concentric which makes all the flutes take the same cuts resulting in smoother finish and more accurate size, as well as longer tool life as all the flutes are cutting.
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Jeff Last edited by pugs; 02-17-2011 at 12:34 PM. |
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It should be the same taper, and if you can lengthen the drawbar it should be good, although I seem to remember someplace had a "pullstud" with female threads in it that fit in the NMTB spindles, put it may require shortening the drawbar a tad.. You may have to remove 1 drive lug for proper alingment. If this is the case you may want to add a modified lug to where you removed the one so as to keep the spindle balanced yet, but not to engage the toolholder.
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OK thanks Jeff . I wandered if the solid holders where a running fit or just a little loose . I may go scrounging tomorrow see what I find . Maybe get lucky and find what I need
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Steve,
Any end mill over 5/16s I would use in a solid holder. Anything smaller can be held in a collet holder. This is the primary way do things where I work. Just be careful that you get holder that are rated for the higher rpms that the smaller end mills can br used at. One of the CNC mills where I work goes over 20,000 rpm but they only have holders rated to 18,000 rpm so they stop programming there. Still is scarey running tooling at that rpm! You never hear anything wrong until it is too late ![]() Lynn |
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18,000 rpm
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Steve, if you can find it, may be difficult. Try and find a manual mill that uses the same toolholders as your CNC, saves a TON on tooling costs.
And most toolholders (Cat40 anyway) come balanced to 10k rpm, so you shouldn't have to worry about that at all.
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Hey Steve, have you considered signing up for www.IndustrialMachineryDigest.com , to see what's on the used market. It's free, just fill in the blank's and sound like yer a job shop. later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug
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thanks Neil 2
![]() well I went scrounging today since my kids had a 1/2 day at school and low and behold 3 collet tool holders and 2 solid end mill holders + a box set of 18 collets some missing sizes and = amount of repeates ($125.00 + tax for all of that ![]() ![]() ![]() Steve
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R-8 tooling is all you need, and is everywhere cheap. Make a power drawbar for about $50 out of a small air cyl, and a HF butterfly air wrench. This is about as quick as it gets to changing tooling. Unless your running a production shop with employee's, save your dough for extra endmills, you will need them though your cnc programming learning.
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Thank's Matt, the picture explained everything! Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug
P.S. Which crusher's do I need to look at next month ( conexpo/conag/ifpe show)? I will be taking picture's! |
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