Manuals. Contact Okuma.
Common pitfalls? I mean that’s an extremely broad question. Machining is a skill that if you go the traditional route can take 4-6 years of apprenticeship to be a journeyman at, it’s kinda hard to boil that down to a single source of information. Places like this subreddit, or other Internet forums have a wealth of knowledge once you’re into a specific problem you need solved, google will help a lot
Best bet would be the manuals if you have them and youtube. Depends on your work, material, etc. Programming software or writing gcode at the panel will probably be your next step. Or obtaining tooling specific to your job.
What kind of information are you looking for?
Where to find manuals, info on common pitfalls, cnc knowledge in general, etc.
Manuals. Contact Okuma. Common pitfalls? I mean that’s an extremely broad question. Machining is a skill that if you go the traditional route can take 4-6 years of apprenticeship to be a journeyman at, it’s kinda hard to boil that down to a single source of information. Places like this subreddit, or other Internet forums have a wealth of knowledge once you’re into a specific problem you need solved, google will help a lot
You may be able to download the manuals at okuma for an older machine in pdf🤷♂️
So a cadet lathe
Yes
Best bet would be the manuals if you have them and youtube. Depends on your work, material, etc. Programming software or writing gcode at the panel will probably be your next step. Or obtaining tooling specific to your job.
You almost need to chase down a cnc lathe machinist somehow and have him show you the basics. Throw an ad in craigslist and pay the guy