Almost making the Haas work

[Jim F]

Running the older,(3 yo) VF 2 SS, part is 1.25 6016, .680 hole all the way through, part is 8" long.
11/16 thru coolant drill, for the hole, just over half way from each end,seeing 65% on the spindle load meter !!!!
30 HP motor.

 

[mmcmdl]

G73 code pecking ? How are the holes matching up in the middle Jim ?

 

[Jim F]

Yep, can't tell where they meet.

 

[pdentrem]

Wow! Pretty deep hole! The longest I have ever done was 6” @ 10mm diameter. I got lucky as they did meet correctly.
The other day, I was taking a SMALL skim up pass on some 316 SS 2.5“ tubing. The lathe motor was not happy. It has a 1 1/2 hp motor but I really think it is a gerbil powered motor! Anything over .010” even with a new insert was not going to happen.
Pierre

 

[Jim F]

Wow! Pretty deep hole! The longest I have ever done was 6” @ 10mm diameter. I got lucky as they did meet correctly.
The other day, I was taking a SMALL skim up pass on some 316 SS 2.5“ tubing. The lathe motor was not happy. It has a 1 1/2 hp motor but I really think it is a gerbil powered motor! Anything over .010” even with a new insert was not going to happen.
Pierre

The other Haas was running some spacers, taking .030 depth per pass, in low carbon steel.......
High feed mills make some noise.......

 

[pdentrem]

We have two HAAS mills and they can make lots of noise! When they are spinning fast, it is hard to have a conversation without shouting. Between those and our 6 Wire EDM machines, that area of the shop can be a bit much!
Pierre