We LOVE our Okuma MB-4000H Horizontal CNC Mill! Having run vertical machining centers over the past decade - from TAIG to Tormach to Haas - the productivity of the horizontal truly is amazing. However, there are many lessons (some painful!) that we have learned in our first six months of running this machine. If you're thinking about buying a horizontal, this video is a must-watch for machine options, workholding, and production info!

00:00 Intro
02:00 ATC Size
02:45 Pallet Pool Quirks
03:50 Fixturing & Tombstones
06:00 Fixturing Advice
06:25 Y-axis: Horizontal's big limitation
09:33 Loading Parts
11:30 Balancing machine workload
12:30 Cost of mixing metal chips
14:08 Tool Life Management
17:40 Tool Break Alarms
18:15 APC Design
19:25 Coolant Consumption
20:30 Daytime versus Lights Out

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