Crazy Fast Tapping on my Syil X7 CNC Mill
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2019
- Using Autodesk Fusion360 CAD CAM to find the fastest tapping speed I can obtain on my Syil X7 CNC milling machine.
CNC machine used: www.syil.com/
Rotary phase inverter used: phasechanger.com.au/
Work holding and tooling used: chipx.co.nz/
Post processor suppled by: www.cadpro.co.nz/
Peter Pilbeam channel: / @machiningtipstrickspe...
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Lionel on UA-cam: / @alphingtonindustries9493
#SyilCNC #Fusion360 #rigidtapping - Авто та транспорт
Looking great Aaron!!!
Small Shop Concepts Hey Chris how’s it going mate? Thank you 😊. I can’t believe this little X7. It never stops amazing me. How’s your mill going? I’ve been waiting for a UA-cam update 🍻👍
I'm not sure you were really tapping at the speed you think you were. I don't think the spindle had time to ramp up to anywhere near the full RPM. In between holes we hear how long it takes the spindle to ramp up to speed...then it stops...then it starts turning and immediately plunges. It's still plenty fast though. Syil seems like its world's above a Tormach.
AndTheCorrectAnswerIs Good morning. Yes we’ve been having the same discussion on the FB Syil User Group. In hindsight I should have pointed my second camera at the controller. Overall though, I’m still impressed. The Syil machine is great bang for buck 🍻
Didn't hit the max speed but pushed it as fast as it could go which is an equally good test.
Manny Calavera Thanks Manny. I think so too mate. I’m still blown away from the results I achieved 😊🍻
That's fast tapping right there! Love the shirt too :) You and your bride have a fantastic and safe trip!
Neo7CNC Good Morning David. Thanks mate, my darling daughter Emily got these UA-cam shirts for her dear old dad. I’m looking forward to Vietnam and checking out Lionel’s setup. 🍻👍
Thank you for this video brother! Very interesting!!!
Giaco Whatever Hello Giaco I hope you and your team are well? Yes it was a good test to see just how fast I could push my Syil machine. Thanks for watching my friend. 😊👍🍻
Very cool Aaron. Makes it very easy.
Chris Atack Hey Chris. Thanks mate, I’m so frigging happy with this X7. To be honest, I don’t think there are any other CNC Mills in this price range that can compete with the Syil.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering mine hopefully will when it's running 😆
Chris Atack Oh I agree mate. Your big girl should make short work of any material you throw at it 🍻🤙
Very cool Aaron, I enjoyed the video. 4000rpm is still nuts! One quick question... Why is the tap spinning so fast before stopping again, and then tapping? Does it do it on its own or did you program that to clear the swarf off the tap? Ciao, Marco.
Crivo152 Hey buddy. I have absolutely no idea mate. Maybe to sync the spindle to the VFD before tapping and then look for the start pulse index before tapping????
Damn, that is mighty fast! I haven't had the stones to try anything faster than 2000 RPM.
Hirudin good morning. Yes I’m very happy with my Syil machine. I’m really surprised what it can do. However I’m sure your Brother Speedio would smash my results. How’s my waterproof enclosure for my Sony coming along lol 😉🍻👍
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering
LOL
It might happen... eventually. What's Sony's 2020 camera lineup looking like?
Hirudin I better jump on their website and check them out. I don’t want to miss out 👍😆🍻
Absolutely awesome! Where did you mount the supercharger and the nitrous bottle? Holy crap that was fast.
Cape Cod CNC Hi Paul. It’s all smoke 💨 and mirrors mate. I just tapped at 100rpm and sped the film up ha ha ha. You know man didn’t land on the moon 🌓 right? All jokes aside, how crazy is it. Not many CNC mills on the market in this price range that can this! 🍻👍
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering NONE!
Cape Cod CNC I agree with you Paul 🍻
Hi, Aaron, nice to meet you in Philip island, and so good to watch your channel, you present in a easy way, I like your style!
LINGER WITH LINDA Hello Linda. It was great to meet you and Col also. Thanks for your kind comment. However I’d rather eat your cooking than do machining in garage any day 😂👍
DCTTeacher1 Sure, it's a good thought, we can do it !
Hey Aaron.
After watching the Instagram Movie Trailer i needed to watch the Movie on UA-cam.
Good demonstration of the SYIL in action.
You must had a bit of fun making this video, and why not.
Always Love to drop by and watch your Latest Movie release, LOL.
Thanks for the video.
Have a great day and enjoy your time in Vietnam.
I hope your ready for the tropical weather.
You will feel it as soon as you hit the ground.
All the Best.
Regards Peter.
Peter CCR ENG Hi Peter. Thanks mate, I did have some fun making this. TBH, I was nervous making this video as I was worried about breaking something or stuffing up. I’m looking forward to the Vietnam trip and catching up with Lionel. Yes I’m not looking forward to the humidity mate. Hopefully winter lasts a little longer whilst I’m there. Thanks for dropping in on my channel. We are all eagerly awaiting the rebirth of your Mazak lathe 🍻👍
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering
Hey Aaron.
Thanks for your reply.
The Mazak Mission ??
It,s funny today i have a fair bit of work to get through.
A little bit of a combination, Lathe and CNC Mill back to the Bandsaw cut again back ???
Basically the list of Ops.
Bandsaw.
Lathe.
Bandsaw.
Lathe.
CNC Mill, multiple Ops.
Bandsaw.
CNC Mill multple Ops.
Debur.
And Hopefully Finish. Hehehe.
And somewhere in the middle assemble and multiple deburing, LOL.
I do have another series of video,s planned to show some of the Ops needed to make this part.
I should keep quiet about the Mazak Mission, as now start to busy again.
Not sure when i will get started again, Hopefully soon.
Have a great Holiday.
Regards Peter.
Peter CCR ENG mate it sounds like you’re super busy in your shop. Nothing like that for me unfortunately. All the work I do at home is just a hobby and sometimes UA-cam videos. I’m on long service leave ATM and hopefully I can make some more vids before heading back to the bump and grind. I look forward to your new video series. I noticed you just uploaded another now. I better go watch it now 😊🍻
Hi Aaron, There will always be an optimum RPM to achieve a finish that meets the specification(both size and finish and accuracy of form). Yours was a test to determine max RPM of a SYIL using a certain type of tap and machined material(Aluninium). Another great video. Shit I wish I owned a CNC Mill again(sigh).
Hey Peter. Oh I totally agree with you mate. I would never tap at the high RPM, I was just curious to see what I could squeeze out of her. I wish I had the tools to gauge the tapped threads. I think you should definitely get another machine mate. Maybe a big Okuma, Mazak or DMG?
Would like to see the true rigid tapping at different rpm and the holes thread gauged with a go/nogo SFM can affect finish in certain material.
Thanks for the great vid.
Dirtdigger257 hey buddy. Yes you are correct. I think the tapping head saved my backside and tap during the testing. Threads can be stretched when pushing too hard. I need to invest in some more testing tools too 👍🍻
Hello, really enjoy your video's but i have a question for you, I have a small shop with a few newer okuma's I've been looking at some of these cheaper machines like tormachs, syils etc. As a cheap way to add capacity on loose tolerance parts that don't need a lot of material removed, would you recommend a syil for this or do you think I'd be disappointed?
Hi Craig. I have only been machining aluminium in my machine at home. So I'm yet to cut steel or harder materials with it. However, all aluminium parts made have been -0.02mm undersize and that's without running radius compensation in the controller. So I'm very happy with those results mate. Cheers, Aaron.
Not sure if you've solved this already, but if your Fusion 360 is outputting canned cycles for the tapping. It incorrectly boosts the spindle speed before each cycle. You need to change the post processor to set the spindle speed variable to Zero if your loading a tap. This will prevent it speeding up and wasting time.
Hi James. Thank you for the feedback. I'm not savvy enough to amend the post by myself, but I will pass on your information to the people that amended it for me. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Regards, Aaron.
Crazy speed - like this Syil machines. Regarding Garage-Milling, which max. room height do I have to consider with a Syil X7 if Z is completely up (and what is min. height for transport)? Would be great to get some information about that! Thanks a lot for sharing your insights!
Hello Johannes. Thanks for watching and stopping by. My machine enclosure dimensions differ to the latest model. My enclosure is the old version and the latest version is different. Best to jump on the Syill website and check out the dimension. Basically my machine physical size is Width = 1800mm, depth = 1500mm, Height = 2130mm. You will need 2.2m to get one through the door. Unless you remove the Z-Axix motor and I wouldn't recommend that ;-)
DCTTeacher1 Thank you! Syil page only says 2200mm but I wonder if this is shipping height or max. needed height. Will ask Syil for more Details about latest version then. Looking forward to new DCT Syil X7 Videos.
Johannes M. No shipping height is higher as they come in a very large crate. I did an unboxing video of my Syil that shows this 👍
That's pretty tasty Aaron. Agree, you obviously weren't actually making 6000rpm but still pretty impressive all the same. Is that a tension compression chuck? That would be pretty sensible in the circumstances.
Don't know how you programmed this but the spindle ran free at "admirable" speed before you actually ran the tapping cycle. That led me to expect that you were going to plunge in at full spindle speed - but then you stopped and came at it from a standing start - good call!
I wonder what limits the spindle speed in this situation. A configured max accel rate and defined ramp time might combine to give an unintended max speed before you start the tapping. May be hidden in the depths of the Syil firmware....
Murray Edington Hi Murray. Good to hear from you. I was very happy with the performance of this little machine. I’m using the Taiwanese LNC5800 controller on my x7. Others opted for the Siemens 808DA. Sadly, I couldn’t afford that upgrade ☹️. Yes you outlined some valid and precise points in your comment mate. It’s a shame I didn’t have an optical taco which would help to validate my highest achieved rpm. Ok mate heading off now at the airport. Have a good one 👍🍻
I love a good tap cycle :)
Thanks bud. Yeah I was happy with these results. I think the tap head helped a lot though. Cheers ;-)
Impressive. How does this compare to the Haas Super mini mill? I am considering one of these 2 .
Hello and welcome to my channel. I am very happy with my Syil X7 CNC machine. They are approximately 1/3 - 1/2 the price of a Haas. The latest model is an epoxy granite machine with high spec quality components. I think the new one with a Siemens controller is approx $30K USD. However, don't quote me on that. At the end of the day it's not far off a Haas Mini Mill. However, a Haas is no Okuma or DMG Mori either. Hope this helps you mate? Cheers, Aaron.
If you find someone in Australia with syil lathe , please do a walkaround of that machine.
Yes I will do. I haven't seen one up close yet, but I have seen some pics on the SyilCNC facebook user group. It looks like a nice little machine. Cheers
Nice! Even if you didn't hit top speed, it's still crazy fast.
Hey Rus. Thanks mate I'm pretty happy with the results I got from this little experiment. I think the "tapping head" saved my tap though ;-)
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Heck yeah. I really need to get my spindle encoder working so I can try this on the Grizzly.
@@russtuff I agree Rus. I remember watching Hossmachine did that a couple of years ago. I haven't heard of him lately. Hope he's ok?
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Yeah he did do it. I haven't seen or heard from him in ages. Maybe he's still active on CNCzone.
@@russtuff Thanks mate I'll check it out. He was the all the rage 5 years ago and then he just went quiet all of a sudden.
ok...I did not expect that.
Two observations: Why does the spindle go full speed before the canned cycle? It just needs to stop again to sync with Z axis.
If you start at a higher clearance plane - the spindle may have enough time to ramp to full commanded speed.
Either way - this is way better than expected from a small machine and blows the doors off of Tormach.
I'm thinking chip removal.
I was wondering about that spindle cycling too. I learned with my controller (Brother "C00") that you're actually not supposed to command an M3 when doing synchronized/rigid tapping. The tapping canned cycle in the C00 control will handle turning the spindle on and off (and reversing it). If the control on this Syil (is it Mach 3? I can't keep track) works the same, I'd speculate that the post has commanded an M3 and the machine is just doing what it's told. Then, when it gets to the line with the canned cycle (G84?) it is programmed to stop the spindle before starting the tapping cycle.
If it was determined that the M3 isn't supposed to be there, it's definitely possible to make the post stop adding it, if Aaron wanted to.
It may be a counter clockwise rotation as well to clear chips
@@JustinAlexanderBell Chip removal makes sense. I have been using form taps so long and don't consider chips anymore.
Factory400 good morning Carlos. Yes I’m unsure to why it does that. I posted each tapping cycle individually from Fusion360. Maybe it’s post processing thing using the wrong code or something. All that aside, I can believe the result I’ve been getting with this X7 👍🍻
Interesting tap / tool holder. It almost looks like an old Matsuura style floating tapping tool holder, but it doesn't extend at Max depth / when the spindle reverses. Do you push that small diameter disc in, then put your tap in and rotate till the square end of the tap shank locks in, or is that a special collet?
I've never seen a SYIL in person, but from what I've seen on You tube, they look to be a very capable machine.
Have you heard if the company provides good support in the event of a machine / component failure?
As always, good video Aaron.
Have a great trip. Be very cautious though. Lots of street crime depending on where you visit.
Take care Bud
Keith Lane Hello Keith. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Yes this tap head is a Chinese one that I got with my SF machine. I couldn’t use it in the SF because I didn’t have the Z height. Yes it has a small collet that you can change out and the tap is positively engaged with another mechanism. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll be staying with Lionel in Da Nang and he’s wife a local. Hopefully they will look after us. Oh, regarding SyilCNC 🇺🇸 give Paul Frink (Cape Cod CNC) a call he’s a good honest guy 🍻👍
Hello Kieth if your in the US and you need any assistance give me a shout. Syil America has 2 locations in the US 1 on the west coast and me on the east coast. We will handle any issues you may have personally so you are not dealing with China.
Hi Guys. Thank you for the info. I have emailed Cape Cod CNC, but didn't get a response. Perhaps I don't have the correct email address. Will Google.
Take care
Keith Lane Hey Keith. Paul Frink @capecodcnc is your man to talk too. Also feel free to join the Facebook SyilCNC user group that Paul created. Heaps of us guys on that too 🍻
Thanks mate
Hi Tristan. My pleasure bud. Thanks for watching mate ;-)
Great to see a aussie on here . Cheers Arron
Tristan Buckoke Thanks Tristan, I’m as Aussie as they come mate 🍻. I’m an ex Queenslander 😉
Thank You
My pleasure mate. Thanks for dropping by my channel ;-)
This was really cool! Why does the spindle spin up and spin down between two taps?
HPB1980 Hello and thanks for watching. To be honest I have absolutely no idea. I thought it was to sync the spindle and VFD to that RPM and look for encoder start position. The code for all these holes were post processed by individually via Fusion360. Sorry I don’t have the correct answer for you 😔
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering No worries. I was just curious. Now that I think about it, it could be to clear swarf before the tapping cycle. If there is a M3 or M4 before beginning the tap, the spindle would spin up to whatever that RPM is before adjusting to the calculated speed for the tap cycle.
Yes it was a very good question. Thanks for understanding. Enjoy your day ;-)
Impressive, have you tried without the floating head?
Hi Peter. I rarely use the floating head these days. It rigid taps fine even with smaller M3 & M4 taps. I think the best test would be to check threads with a go and no go gauge. Cheers 🍻
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering oh is that not a tapping head in the video? Looks like a semi flexible rigid tapping head. I stick taps straight in a collet but use semi flexible rigid tapping heads for very small taps. The holder you are using looks like a semi flexible tapping head
@@PetesShredder Could be Peter. It a Chinese thing that originally came with my Skyfire machine. I just use normal ER16 or ER32 collet chucks these days mate.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering that looks like one of thoose tapping heads, often used in lathes. We use them on small cutters. I’d be interested to see your experiment repeated without it, with the tap directly in a collet. You may find the tapping head was helping quite a bit on the higher speeds
Syil sells tapping centers. How are they different than this mill that can tap as well.
MySchizo Buddy drilling and tapping centres are for high-speed work. Usually for multiple small parts and not designed for heavy work. They run very fast rapids, high speed tool changes and usually don’t have a large work envelope. Haas, Fanuc, Brother & Syil make these type of machines.
I really don't think form tapping requires more torque. I've done M8s by hand in a drill before.
Julius Jahn Good morning. Ok cool, thank you it’s good to know. When I was looking into it, this was the advice I received from my tooling manufacturer over here. Thanks for watching 🍻👍
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering try it see what happens. It will either work or it won't :)
Manny Calavera Hey Manny. I’ll get one off Sutton Tools 🇦🇺 and give it a try. I know the engineering manager down there 👍🍻
Wish I could share a video. Tapped a 1/4-20 roll tap at 6k rpm 3/4” deep using a Enshu mill tap
Hey mate. Are you on Instagram by any chance? You can post it there and tag me in the post 👍🍻
I haven’t gotten instagram. I did upload a video yesterday though.
ua-cam.com/video/EYF3qaS3Rwo/v-deo.html
Thanks I’ll check it out 👍
how long you think the tap will last at 6000RPM
Hi Chad. I think in the end that I could only squeeze 4000RPM out of it. Oh I agree, I only did this for a video. I usually tap at 500RPM. I see no sense in flogging my little homeshop CNC machine to death. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers, Aaron.
Haha nice, I don't even run my NTX2000 4000RPM, usually cap 2000rpm.
Manny Calavera I didn’t know you had an NTX2000 mate. Did you see my friends (Lionel) machine at the end of this video? His is a NTX1000SZ 👊👍🍻
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering I don't have one but run one daily :). AUD$750K.. I wish I owned one lol. Yeah I saw your mate post on titans fb group.
Manny Calavera Ok cool. I wish you could shoot a video of that big beast in action, but totally understand why as most shop work is sensitive stuff. Hard to believe that Lionel’s been programming he's machine using MS Excel and the conversational on controller 🍻👍
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Conversational with the controller is pretty good for some things. The cycles are all there but can be less than optimal in some cases, milling is a time sink for example. I'd love to see/hear how he's using excel, sounds like a smart guy. i'll check his channel out. :)
@@mannycalavera121 Oh please do that Manny. He's very active on his facebook page. I will place the links here for you:
facebook.com/steam.launch/
instagram.com/alphingtonindustries/
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So now that we found that according to the sound diagnostics the tapping maxed at 4000rpm, I want to see a video comparing the Syil X7 to that of Mariah Carey?
Hi Dan. To be truthful, all RPM levels are checked only against the one and only legend. Yup you guessed it, Bruce Springsteen "The Boss". ;-)
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Ha! lol. I passed through his hometown a few times, and I always look around as I drive to see if I would see him. Kind of funny, the awareness I have when I drive though. Nothing so far. :)
It's a really run down town, btw.
I watched the boss on Netflix (Australia) recently. He was doing a one man show consisting of storytelling, and songs. I've never been to New Jersey. Wish I could afford to take 6 months off to travel around the USA. Hope you've been well Dan? Cheers, Aaron.
That thing makes tormach look like a child's toy
Hi Dillon. Thanks mate, I'm very happy with my Syil X7 machine. I think it's a hard one to beat within this price range. Thanks for dropping by. Cheers, Aaron.
OMG Did I hear a 3/8 fraction reference for thickness?
Yes my friend you most certainly did LOL. I thought I'd spice it up a bit for my good friend Kevin Ellingson from @Mechanicaladvantage and my followers from the good old US of A. Kevin is always taking the piss out of me in regards to our "communist units" ha ha ha. To be honest it was actually 10.3mm thick ;-)
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Hell has frozen over! LOL.. I don't even own a metric scale. Never needed one. Thanks for sharing.
Test Your Design my pleasure thanks for dropping by 🍻👍
can not find Peter Taylor the Wizard in us or Queensland, don't know what I am doing wrong could you pm me His URL Thanking you in Advance, Joe
a1woody11 Hello Joe. Here is a link to Peter’s channel mate. Cheers Aaron ua-cam.com/video/ylqmjl7xVtQ/v-deo.html
Aaron contacted me so I just added the info in a comment above for you. Basically just add /thewizard behind youtube dot com and you will be taken directly there. Or search for CNC4A, Quad4A, 3Dprint4A, Laser4A, TaylorVision or Vox Populi as they are the in the titles, although utube doesn't like showing them much but google does.
Thanks for following this up Peter. Enjoy your day mate. Aaron.
PUCKER FACTOR LEVEL 1000. 👍
The Masked Machinist Ha ha ha thanks mate. My sphincter was tighter than a fish’s bum swimming backwards up a waterfall LMFAO 🤣🤙🍻
I'll take the 250 rpm thanks, title of this video is accurate.
NuttyforNissan Hey man how’s it going 🤙. Yeah I agree 250rpm is good for me also. I only did this as a test to see what I could squeeze out of her. Thankfully I didn’t break anything whilst filming it 😅
Thanks for the plug Buddy and it will be great to be finally making a few videos together when you get back from Vietnam. You mentioned that my channel is hard to find well as I am the only true wizard on utube you only just have add /thewizard behind youtube dot com and you will be taken directly there. As I have a great variety of various topics, full of WIZdom, in my 265 videos, they all fit the Mission Statement of the Channel. To help those whom are broadening their horizons by beginning a foray into a new topic that they have never done before, hence the 4A behind each group. So just a search for CNC4A, Quad4A, 3Dprint4A, Laser4A, TaylorVision or Vox Populi, as that is what is at the start of each title. Most have to do with building CNC Machines and getting rid of the utube fake news from fan boys. We might do a video on the unique CNC4A Mach3 Screen Set to show just what is possible if there are enough requests from subscribers. See you when you get back and after you put up the Vietnam videos.
Hi Peter. Over in Vietnam at the moment. Weather is moderately hot with high humidity. Look forward to catching up with you upon my return. A collaboration video sounds awesome. I hope some subscribers read this comment and ask for video request regarding manual turning, manual machining or CNC request for us to do. Cheers buddy. Aaron.
this is how fast i tap by hand at full coffee buzz at 8 am (-'
Hey Rob. I cracked up laughing after reading your comment. It’s just like watching the grandkids run around jacked up on red cordial (cool aid) or mountain dew lmao 🤣
Aron, Stop posting videos of that Syil machine!(kidding) I made a huge mistake buying my 1100M instead of the Syil. Nothing but unresolved problem and broken dreams Mate:( Be safe on your trip Bro:)
The Quiet Mechanic Tormach could be a good machine if they dumped the dovetail ways and used servos. For what they go for and the coming price increase next month, Tormach is making used haas mini mills and alike much more attractive. I regrettably have the 770...
The Quiet Mechanic Good morning. Hey thanks for watching. Yes I’m big tease aren’t I lol. I’m so happy with the X7. Sorry to hear about 1100M experience. I thought maybe TM introduced these to respond to the growing the competition. 👍🍻
@@makun16 agreed. So many used machines local to me I wish i went that route. I have spent since summertime trying to get it usable. I'm at my wit's end with this thing. It has a very noticeable vibration when cutting alum. forget cutting steel the thing will vibrate out of the enclosure.
makun16 Yes I agree with you. When they first came out this was acceptable. But now they really need a redesign to compete with the ever growing competition 👍🍻
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering I have a 1100 series3 at work and just bought 1100M this summer for myself. I would rather the series3 Much more rigid. If I need to cut steel I have to use the older machine.:( I thought the M would be better. Boy was i wrong!
Ridgid tapping with a compression tap head??? Generally considered safer, but can lead to it's own set of problems....
I used this in the video to save the tap from breaking. However, my Syil X7 will rigid tap without successfully. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Aaron.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering I wasn't faulting you for it, just stating that you could back yourself into a corner with it, starting with the fact that if your tap is getting tired or you didn't chamfer the holes first, the compensation of the springs in compression means that you've lost one of my favorite things about ridgid tapping, which is the ability to tune your tapping depth to a "T". They make compensator tap holders for ridgid tapping that deal with that by allowing enough up and down to help cover any encoder errors, while keeping the benefits. And they take all of your current tap holding collet's, same as the compression head. And depending on how high tech you want to go, they can even be less expensive. I'd look into; it would allow you to maximize the versatility of the function. :-):-):-)
@@7891ph Hey buddy. Thanks for the feedback and helpful tip. I was probably using this tapping head out of shear laziness, as it was a simple way to swap out taps (push button) for another one etc. Thanks for the heads up though, as I will definitely check the type you've mentioned. Lately I've just been using my smaller BT30-ER16 collet chucks to tap 😉.
@@DCT_Aaron_Engineering Collet's can work, but if doing really fine thread's, if there's anything at all not in perfect sync, you risk stripping out the threads, especially in softer materials like aluminum or plastics. I've seen brand new DMG's do that; not every hole, just once in ( ) number of holes, and the ridgid tapping style compensator head's took care of it. And yes, we threw one of the non ridgid units in to try and compensate, and that's how we learned that they're not the greatest answer either. If it was me, I'd go with the ridgid style on your machine as a cheap form of insurance; it's giving you good results now, but down the road??? You're one of the guinea pigs for this machine's...
Now, on a related note, as one of their laboratory animals, how are the pellets???? :-):-):-)
Is that a craftright tap wrench I see?... Yuck! 😉
7duser10 I’m not sure of the brand, but it is a Chinese one. No problems with it so far 😉. Thanks for watching 🍻