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Re: TRG gunsmith
Try Mark Gordon of Short Action Customs or Robert Snyder of RWS. Both are sponsors here and both have TRG action wrenches and are set up to cut metric threads as far as I know.
Justin
Try Mark Gordon of Short Action Customs or Robert Snyder of RWS. Both are sponsors here and both have TRG action wrenches and are set up to cut metric threads as far as I know.
Justin
Re: TRG gunsmith
Go to George at GAP. No one has more experiences with the TRG than he. He's the only guy that touches mine.
Go to George at GAP. No one has more experiences with the TRG than he. He's the only guy that touches mine.
Re: TRG gunsmith
I spoke to Chad Dixon of Longrifles Inc in Sturges SD today about doing mine. He has a CNC lathe so he said Metric threads wouldn't be a problem. This was my first contact with him and he was very pleasant to talk to, he just got moved into his new shop and says his lead times are very good.
SScott
I spoke to Chad Dixon of Longrifles Inc in Sturges SD today about doing mine. He has a CNC lathe so he said Metric threads wouldn't be a problem. This was my first contact with him and he was very pleasant to talk to, he just got moved into his new shop and says his lead times are very good.
SScott
Re: TRG gunsmith
I didn't know GAP did so much work on TRG's. Well that's good to hear that there's another option.
Justin
I didn't know GAP did so much work on TRG's. Well that's good to hear that there's another option.
Justin
Re: TRG gunsmith
Metric threads on manual machines can be a punk. Its because it generally requires tearing into the transmission of the machine to change ratios in order to get the pitch right. Some cheat and just use an imperial ratio that's really close to the metric one (if they have a machine with a wide variety of options.
As mentioned my lathe has a certain amount of flexibility not common to some. Changing pitches involves nothing more than editing the G92 canned thread cycle. Goes something like this:
T0303(tool/offset callout)
M03s1500(spindle cw/rpm)
G0X1.1Z.1 (rapid to start position)
G92X1.0Z-1.1F.0556M08(thread cycle, first cut depth, z finish pos, coolant on)
X.99
X.98
X.97
X.96
G80G0X5.0
M09
M00
X values are sequntial cut depths. G80 cancels any canned cycle. G0 rapids the tool. M09 shuts off the coolant, and M00 is a program interupt.
Easy stuff!
C.
Metric threads on manual machines can be a punk. Its because it generally requires tearing into the transmission of the machine to change ratios in order to get the pitch right. Some cheat and just use an imperial ratio that's really close to the metric one (if they have a machine with a wide variety of options.
As mentioned my lathe has a certain amount of flexibility not common to some. Changing pitches involves nothing more than editing the G92 canned thread cycle. Goes something like this:
T0303(tool/offset callout)
M03s1500(spindle cw/rpm)
G0X1.1Z.1 (rapid to start position)
G92X1.0Z-1.1F.0556M08(thread cycle, first cut depth, z finish pos, coolant on)
X.99
X.98
X.97
X.96
G80G0X5.0
M09
M00
X values are sequntial cut depths. G80 cancels any canned cycle. G0 rapids the tool. M09 shuts off the coolant, and M00 is a program interupt.
Easy stuff!
C.
Re: TRG gunsmith
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Metric threads on manual machines can be a punk. Its because it generally requires tearing into the transmission of the machine to change ratios in order to get the pitch right. Some cheat and just use an imperial ratio that's really close to the metric one (if they have a machine with a wide variety of options.
As mentioned my lathe has a certain amount of flexibility not common to some. Changing pitches involves nothing more than editing the G92 canned thread cycle. Goes something like this:
T0303(tool/offset callout)
M03s1500(spindle cw/rpm)
G0X1.1Z.1 (rapid to start position)
G92X1.0Z-1.1F.0556M08(thread cycle, first cut depth, z finish pos, coolant on)
X.99
X.98
X.97
X.96
G80G0X5.0
M09
M00
X values are sequntial cut depths. G80 cancels any canned cycle. G0 rapids the tool. M09 shuts off the coolant, and M00 is a program interupt.
Easy stuff!
C. </div></div>
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Metric threads on manual machines can be a punk. Its because it generally requires tearing into the transmission of the machine to change ratios in order to get the pitch right. Some cheat and just use an imperial ratio that's really close to the metric one (if they have a machine with a wide variety of options.
As mentioned my lathe has a certain amount of flexibility not common to some. Changing pitches involves nothing more than editing the G92 canned thread cycle. Goes something like this:
T0303(tool/offset callout)
M03s1500(spindle cw/rpm)
G0X1.1Z.1 (rapid to start position)
G92X1.0Z-1.1F.0556M08(thread cycle, first cut depth, z finish pos, coolant on)
X.99
X.98
X.97
X.96
G80G0X5.0
M09
M00
X values are sequntial cut depths. G80 cancels any canned cycle. G0 rapids the tool. M09 shuts off the coolant, and M00 is a program interupt.
Easy stuff!
C. </div></div>
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