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vtsteam:
westwiction, pwease!

Cawamba, what is the wanguage coming to watewy?

lordedmond:
Pete
you have that rare and highly contagious condition called Wublewoo Syndrome

Stuart

awemawson:
:whip: OK you lot at the back of the class room, stop mucking arround and concentrate :whip:

We have SWARF

:ddb: :ddb: This may not be the most impressive demonstration in the world, but it IS the first time this lathe has produced swarf in probably over 3 years :ddb: :ddb:

I had to cheat as the tool setting issue is currently defeating me. I wrote a diddy program to start the main spindle at 1000 rpm then used MDI to do the turning - up until now I hadn't found a way to set the spindle running other than when running a program, but I found that you can actually pop out of the program leaving the spindle running and operate the machine either under MDI or jog mode.

Anyway a highly unimpressive picture of a 1" stainless steel bar reduced to 21.14 mm and the resulting swarf:

awemawson:
I have made contact with a company in the midlands that run several Traub CNC lathes and have been offered the opportunity to spend the day with them picking their brains and copying any documentation that I don't already have. Even more surprising the SWMBO has agreed (even actually suggested !) making a mini holiday in her motor caravan and dropping me off for the day - I feel quite faint :clap: Just need to arrange a farm sitter for a couple of days - any volunteers ?

Pete W.:

--- Quote from: lordedmond on July 12, 2013, 02:38:36 AM ---Pete
you have that rare and highly contagious condition called Wublewoo Syndrome

Stuart

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Stuart,

Well, I AM Pete Wublewoo, so who'd be more likely to suffer it? :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye:

(If it's that contagious, how can it be so rare?) :) :) :) :) :) :)

--- Quote from: awemawson on July 12, 2013, 03:26:38 AM --- :whip: OK you lot at the back of the class room, stop mucking around and concentrate :whip:

We have SWARF

:ddb: :ddb: This may not be the most impressive demonstration in the world, but it IS the first time this lathe has produced swarf in probably over 3 years :ddb: :ddb:

SNIP

Anyway a highly unimpressive picture of a 1" stainless steel bar reduced to 21.14 mm and the resulting swarf:

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Awemawson,

Hooway, Hooway, wictory, wictory, we wesoundingly wejoice!

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