Mark, Yes, from what you describe as typical work of the rigid tapping guys, it really looks as not "healthy" for the bearings. But I am not in production as...
Yes Me too. A small number of holes can’t hurt and it’s very convenient to do rigid taping, no fiddling around with feeds, just drop the prog in and away...
I have been rigid tapping with a machine bought new in 1999, I have not had a problem with bearings yet. I typically tap at around 800-1000 rpm But I also run...
I have one P100 that I bought out of curiosity, but never had time to do more than open the bag, I'd sell it for $50 if any of you pixie users want it....
Sorry for coming in late, but are u saying you run a standard BP 3inch spindle at 8200 RPM ? As iam building a small mill with a BP clone spindle that i plan...
It is a Taiwanese clone, rather than a real BP, but, yes, I run it up to 8200 RPM. The "official" top speed is 5440 RPM, and I over-speed by 50%. Regards, Ray...
... Ray, thanks for the Birmingham contact info. My machine must be a little older than yours, I've got a 3rd oil cup on the right front which is a typical...
Paul, I'll tell you a "secret" - If you want to *see* what kind of bearings you have, pull the spindle out. It takes, literally, just a few seconds. Unscrew...
Thanks Gary that’s nice to know. Do you have any idea how many, and what size holes you’ve done. Can I also ask, what make machine, I see XYZ’s in the UK...
One thing for sure that could be a problem with rigid tapping is getting the feeds and speeds all sinked perfectly. if your tapping and the in/out feed is not...
Hi Stan Usually if you get the feed wrong you pull the tap out of the holder, or break it, unless it’s a really big tap. That’s still not good trying to...
... We do a job with many M3 holes on a 12 inch square heatsink, presently I drill them all on the cnc mill and use a tapmatic on a manual mill to tap (thread...
does some one have some good plans or drawings of a good semi-rigid tap holder? may be cool to build one and try it out. I can see using it for through holes,...
That was what I was going to try, just haven’t got around to it yet. The g100 has to go though for other reasons, and the new controller will have feedback...
I have been doing roughly the same but I just drill on the CNC then I have one of those air tappers that can unbolt from the bench and bolt onto the bed. Drill...
They turn up cheap on ebay, no one seems to want them, usually one bid secures them. My Tapmatic copy was about £20 to £30, and the floating tapping head...
... Stan, I do it in blind holes all the time (that sounded wierd), usually with a forming style tap to avoid chip packing. With the routines I wrote you set...
a few things for you, industrial reliability, take a LOOK at the plugin source code and you can easily see all the things you can do to customize it for your...
(;-) Rigid tapping hard on spindles. I don;'t think so I can show you machines that have drilled and tapped a zillion holes and still on the original bearings,...
Hi Mark, I know you are leaning towards the DSPMC controller for your mill rather than the Galil, but I noticed a new plug in for a DynoMotion card. It...
Typically from (us) 1/4-20 up to 1"-8 But I have done 4-40 up to 1-1/4 12. They are all Haas machines which I am not a machinist by trade but I have been very...
Every day, I am doing some parts today that have probably about 50 tapped holes in it, the smallest is 1/2-13 the biggest is 3/4-10. On the 3/4-10 and 5/8-11 I...
The shop i work for has the DynoMotion Card.The plugin is in Beta.Its getting much closer.We are going back and forth from our old setup, to the DynoMotion...
Iam using it as USB going out to a PMDX B.O.B. threw a Printer Cable. Using it as Step/Direction. Not sure, but i think it can do both.Dont take my word for it...
For what it's worth, We tap from 50 to 500 holes per part. We use Cincinnati 10vc 30x50 machines that weigh in at about 8 to 10 tons. All of the holes are...
Terry, I've looked around some, but I don't find anything on a DIY T/C tap holder design. Can you point me to something? Thanks, Roger Sent: Tuesday,...
