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The first testicular guard "Cup" was used in Hockey in 1874, and the first helmet was used in 1974.

It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important.

Does anyone know of a source for documentation on the format of punched paper tape for various machine manufacturers? (ie. Warner&Swasey, Cincinnati Milicron, SunStrand ....)

I have several ma ...

If I understand your question correctly, the local user variables are assigned values thusly:

A #1
B #2
C #3
I #4
J #5
K #6
D #7
E #8
F #9
G #10 **
H #11
L #12 **
M #13 #* ...

Hi,

we recently acquired a kitamura machining center with a Fanuc 3M model C controller. I'm presently trying to configure it to be able to do DNC operation but the only way i could find was the u ...

In Edit Mode, press PRGRM, then CAN, then ORIGIN. This performs a "memory arrangement" and displays all stored program numbers. At the lower left is the amount of free memory in characters.

There is nothing that emulates the 8 inch floppy but I have seen some
controls retrofitted with 3 inch floppies, must have been a Cincinnati
option. On some Big Blue controls the memory is actually ...

1. Do you have the e-mail object? I think it requires a special license for it.

2. Have you tried to impliment it allready? If so, what issues are you haveing.

I'll see if we have it and I'l ...

What's the "Scroll Lock" key on my computer for?
07-Oct-2003

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Dear Straight Dope:

Why does my computer keybo ...

Thanks, that helped me understand it.

Hi guys,
I was hoping some of you season vets would be able to help me with variables.

Here's my dilema:

My company bought Gibbscam in hopes to prototype our parts faster rather than hand writt ...

You need to go into IPM feed mode (Inch per minute) Should be G98 but check your manual.

G98G1X0F10.

Those that will work will. Those that won't work will not. It is human nature to do what is easiest.

The democrates have created a hammock out of the safety net of social programs. Once a human ...

I did not write this, although I wish I did. The author is T. Davies, professor of accounting at the University of South Dakota School of Business. It has been reprinted in several magazines which is ...

How fast are you turning? RPM and feed rate.
It could be as simple as this...sometimes older controls may not be able to keep up with the calculations needed to make the radius if you're running too ...

Great idea. Sometimes you dont see the forest thru the trees. Lot ID is scanned but not downloaded to the MCU (yet).

That should work fine. Just have to devise a way to let them run it again if the ...