Haas mill advice

Which is not a matter under discussion.
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What were you complaining/worried about?

And the density has what to do with harmonics & vibration??

They probably just want to use less force (due to lower mass).

Don't confuse this topic with the posts relating to George.

And I a few why it should be considered.

Told fixture designers not to use keys?

BTW, How many edges do you have to machine a good surface on
for your plate compared to a few short keyways?
And how does sliding the things on with stick-slip work out?
Push on one corner, indicate, push on some corner, indicate, push ....

You using superglue?

I've seen many the user just picks up by hand.

Think banquers. And idiot proofing.

Just keep pounding it back till it falls off the back side?

Used to use 123 blocks ... and a 20 ton hoist for the angle plates ...

Your shop's practices & workload are universal, eh?

I'm trying to get into this lint thing.

Nope.

 

Perhaps your keys are too big.

BTW, Have you told those that make vises of your improvements?

 

What happened to the question someone asked?
About HSM & etc?

 

I just talked to haas about this the other day..

HSM enables the machine to look further ahead, so you get smoother tool
paths with small movements (great for 3D surfacing) Also, it will adjust
feedrates for a tool going into a corner (try to eliminate that damn
chatter when putting a .5 em into a .25 R corner)

I'm in contact with haas to get me a trial run of that, The machine we
got was a demo machine and they used up all the HSM time on it before we
got it.. If I can prove that it is worth it, we'll buy it.

I would try to hack it, but by the time I figure that out, prolly be the
same price.. lol

 

How much is the CNC control & how much using a good
CAD/CAM or CAM system?