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    Default What kind of cutting forces can a vh65 take?

    I am wondering this because we have a pretty heavy milling job coming up and will be using a vh65. I am worried it isnt up to the task of rotating while we are cutting. Biggest cuts will be a 2 flute 3/4 endmill buried .625 deep.

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    We have had good luck with our Fadals milling mostly soft steel and aluminum up to 5 axis. We are always looking for spare parts :) If you have a broken down Fadal give a shout.


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    How far the cut is from centerline is the driving factor.
    6" dia. or less you should be fine, gear backlash should be less than .001
    at 6" dia.



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    Put a line M60 after indexing your A position to lock the pneumatic brake and cut away!! After your cut, hit a M61 to open the brake and index again..



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    Over the last two years I have cut over 100,000 steel parts on a vh65 4th axis mandrel with a modified tailstock. Largest cut with a 1/2" endmill..



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    Right yes I know about the air brake we will be cutting with constant rotation. Should work out fine.

    We have had good luck with our Fadals milling mostly soft steel and aluminum up to 5 axis. We are always looking for spare parts :) If you have a broken down Fadal give a shout.


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    I machined a 4340 billet race engine crankshaft using the G15 YZA interpolation on a 3016 with vh65. All rough and finish cuts were nice... Stock startted out as a 165 lb 6" round stock and end product was under 35 lbs.



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    Default Re: What kind of cutting forces can a vh65 take?

    (old thread, yes; but for future readers)

    I came across some specs for a used unit that stated 150 ft-lb (or lb-ft for the engineers in the house) of torque. I'm not sure how this compares, but this seems quite nice to me. I'd say this comes from the 90:1 gear ratio.



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    Default Re: What kind of cutting forces can a vh65 take?

    Quote Originally Posted by SquareGear View Post
    (old thread, yes; but for future readers)

    I came across some specs for a used unit that stated 150 ft-lb (or lb-ft for the engineers in the house) of torque. I'm not sure how this compares, but this seems quite nice to me. I'd say this comes from the 90:1 gear ratio.
    This information you give will really benefit, don't worry about the fact that the topic is old.

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