Need some help with overcoming the initial hurdles of a learnjng curve. I’m in a fake it till I make it type situation right now. We acquired most of the equipment that a machine/fab shop would have and most of them, there is plenty of information online to learn from. Except for the horizontal boring mill, and I am struggling. The tooling all needs to be made up for it. Nothing I can purchase direct. The spindle is a MT6. My supplier can only get me reducers to MT5. And setting up parts is quite time consuming.
Any advice or know how on being able to turn a profit on this machine would be appreciated.
The machine is a TOS W100 in mostly good working order. Apart from the boring head dropping 0.020" if I cut in reverse travel after forward travel cutting.
Thanks
I’ve been running a Wotan 110 mm for quite a while, if you had some more specific questions I might be able to answer? Rule number one though, if you run it long enough you WILL crash it.
Yeah i crashed it like 3 times already. Does that make me a seasoned veteran? Lucky me it cones with a cutout clutch that has saved , the work, machine and my pants.
Right now It’s less so questions as more of I don’t know what I don’t know.
Tool angles and geometry Is one, is carbide viable for one of these or should I be using high speed steel for boring?
For speeds and feeds do you use the general rules as you would for turning or milling or something else?
Work holding fixtures any recommendations on what is essential to have at the ready? Most used ?
Hahah you’re getting there! I use carbide as often as possible because I like indexable tooling. Tool steel for forming. I follow general feed/speed for milling, making up the rest as I go. As far as work holding, a good ass set up angle plates is a must have and a couple aluminum runners to protect good finished surfaces. Lots of shims too and heavy c-clamps.
Thanks that actualy helped the should I questions abit. And gave me a good idea with the c clamps.