Surface milling

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

Hi

I thought I would ask this, how many people are hearing there setup people complaining about surface machining and multiaxis tool paths giving to much code, they can't follow it, no cutter comp in rough cycles and more? This is some of what I am hearing as they go back to trying to program 3+2 milling at the machine on multiple pocket jobs and more.

Don S

[crazy^millman]

Well I dont hear it and if the part comes out right what does it matter. Mastercam does not use cutter comp in Roughing operation and doesn't need to in my humble opinion. As far as 3+2 goes think they need to see the benifts of being able to get the part done in complex methods that Mastercam gives you that having to do it by hand will not. Time is money and money is time and if programs have to be written where people have to make them work right on the machine then you lose time thus you lose money. I for the most part program a part hit the green button and walk away. If they need to hav it there way then teach them Mastercam so they can do it their way if they don't want to learn it then tell them to quit their bitching.

 

Just my humble opinion and not the ideas share by the company I work for.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Give them an option to make the complex work alone on the machine ,check the time it will take to the first good part ,then do your work ,set up alone the machine ,make first good part and tell them not to %%%% &&& ****** !

 

This always works

 

Teh solo player

[shatza]

and if you don't have the time to give them this lesson??

[MATT Q]

I lived that complaining it is just them seeing something different and thinking the way they have been doing it is the only way of doing it. You just have to show them the advantages to doing it the better way. and be patient

[P_Scott]

Don S,

 

+1 to Millman_Crazy, Winnie TP, and Matt. You've got to show them that your way is better. This can only be done through example. An incentive for them would be if you tell them to blame you if it doesn't come out right and they will be paid the same for doing less work. If they complain that they aren't in control, challenge them to learn Mastercam because the company made a large investment in the software to use it. Not to waste time programming at the machine or having Operators read thousands of lines of code checking for errors, that's what the Programmer's for. HTH

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

Thanks everyone for the replys. I am going to take everything here into consideration and we are going to move ahead. Again thanks

 

Don S