Month: July 2026

XYZ KRV 2000 Milling Machine

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The XYZ KRV 2000 also branded as King Rich is what is commonly known as a turret mill it is an incredibly versatile machine. This machine can get into all the nooks a crannies that other machines can only dream of. It has an Acurite Mill Vision digital readout.

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Access all areas, it’s a bit like the gynaecologist who repainted his hall through the letterbox.

My machine had the Acurite DRO this is the Acurite Mill Vision and for it’s age it still packs a punch as you will see later in the article.

It takes me back many, many years, in fact 50 years. I actually worked on a what was known as a Beaver Mill. Mine was a Beaver Pal very similar to the KRV 2000, still a few Beavers out there.

Now, not without it’s sexual connotations it was an unfortunate name but I was proud of my Beaver, it was brand new.

At the company I worked for Sharnco Tools, you were rewarded with your own brand new Beaver once you became fully skilled and qualified as a toolmaker. You also got all new collets chucks and tooling.

Wow luxury. (Don’t let anyone tell you the 70’s were shit.)

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On-Site Bridgeport BRJ Turret Mill Training

On-Site Bridgeport BRJ Turret Mill Training

Develop your team’s practical machining skills with professional on-site Bridgeport BRJ turret mill training, delivered at your own workplace.

Rather than sending employees to an external training centre, the instructor comes to your premises and provides practical training using your own machinery. This helps learners become familiar with the exact turret mill, tooling and workshop environment they will use in their day-to-day work.

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Practical Training at Your Premises

The Bridgeport BRJ turret mill training is designed for beginners, apprentices, maintenance engineers, workshop technicians and operators who need to improve or refresh their manual machining skills.

Training at your site reduces employee travel and time away from the workplace. It also allows the course content to be tailored around your equipment, working practices and typical machining tasks.

Where suitable, training can be delivered on a Bridgeport BRJ or a similar Bridgeport-style manual mill.

What the Training Covers

The course can be adapted to suit the experience of the learners and the requirements of your business. Typical subjects include:

  • Operation of digital read out (DRO) where applicable
  • Essential safety procedures and pre-use checks
  • Correct machine setup
  • Workholding and vice alignment
  • Selection and fitting of cutting tools, collets and chucks
  • Setting suitable spindle speeds and feeds and calculating them
  • Establishing a datum and setting work coordinates
  • Accurate measurement and dimensional checking
  • Face milling, slot milling
  • Drilling, countersinking, tapping and reaming
  • Safe tool changing
  • Machine shutdown
  • Routine care and workshop housekeeping

The emphasis is on safe, methodical operation and the practical skills required to produce accurate work on a manual mill.

 

Bridgeport BRJ turret mill training

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I Love Guide i

Category : New Stuff News

Now I know in the past I have been inclined to say some pretty rude things about Fanuc Manual guide.

Well today I’m here to make amends please Mr Fanuke, as the Americans call him, forgive me it was pure ignorance.

Right now that’s out the way. I could write a massive blog about all the shit things but no there are some great things.

I think the more you learn about something the more you seem to like it. Like all these people who slag off electric cars, funny how they have never actually bought one. I have one and I love it.

Let me make a amends today so it;s official “I Love Guide i”

Manual Guide i is great for editing, fixed forms are awesome and graphics are less crap than all the others.

I Love Guide i, Some things you might not know

You can click on a tool like in this picture T0101 then press INPUT

I Love Guide i

And it will jump to the tool file.

I Love Guide i

Now try clicking on an M code and press INPUT.

I Love Guide i

Wow an M code list comes up. I recon that’s impressive and very useful taboot.

I Love Guide i

I you have it and you don’t use it then you bloody well should. another reason is that when you click on a G code or M code down the bottom left it tell you what it is. Don’t you just love it. Oh and one more thing if you can be arsed to put all your tool descriptions in it will tell you what they are too.I Love Guide i

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