HELP!!!

[latheman]

hello everyone,

 

I am still new to mc and have been trying to machine a pocket around a radial part that has tapered walls on three sides. if someone could point me in the right direction would be great. boss wants all edges to be smooth. i have tried contour using tapered walls function and im close but it seems i have one issue after another with surfaces not smooth

 

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X4 MILL LEVEL ONE

LATHE LEVEL ONE

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

?What do you mean not smooth

It may be matter of toolpath not dense enough?

if you have mill level 1 only you can use wireframe toolpathes like swep2d instead of contour

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Have you tried the wireframe toolpaths?

[latheman]

Thanks for the reply,

 

(?What do you mean not smooth)

 

where the tapered walls come together. very hard for me to explain. i have not tried swep2d but i will now. when i used contour tapered walls the post outputs straight moves not G02 G03. which makes program to big for my old machine. sorry if this is not very clear. if i can i will try to send someone the drawing to make it clear(er).

 

Thanks again

[3R!< W3NG3R]

change your filter settings for arc output.

Also, check your control def to see if it has arc output selected.

[latheman]

thanks Eric for the help. my post is now outputting G02 and G03. I have been hung up on contour stubburn i guess. i will try wireframe.

the only work i have done with mc mill is drill holes so this is really freakin me out. i have been machining for 16 yrs. and just started in mc and it feels like i know NOTHING!

 

thanks again, sorry for the venting

[3R!< W3NG3R]

Hang in there and you will be fine. A class probably would not hurt. Are you used to conversational? With MC, we don't use the conversational at all.

[latheman]

Eric,

 

I took the mill level 1 course offered by my reseller. The first two days were drawing. Not alot on toolpathing. I went to the local technical college where they teach mc. i presented the problem i was having with this part and he said im sorry we dont get that deep in mc. If you have any suggestions or books i can refer to let me know.

I want to know this stuff really BAD!

 

Thanks yet again

[3R!< W3NG3R]

The most I learned was from this forum. Everything else was self taught trial and error.

[latheman]

this forum is great and i have learned alot. I will keep pushing these buttons until i get it right.

 

Thanks,

[BenK]

If you want some books try this link. http://www.mastercam.com/Partners/Addins/L...ls/default.aspx

[Camdude®]

"he said im sorry we dont get that deep in mc."

 

sounds like a cop-out to me, at least he should have pointed you in the right direction.

[htm01]

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he said i'm sorry we don't get that deep in mc

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that sounds almost like the answers i got when i went to class at cnc for V3."i don't know. try it, see if it does something"

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

latheman,

 

Can you put a file on the FTP site so we can see what issues you are having?

[Hardmill]

Latheman

Like Justin said post it on the ftp or email to

one of us and we'll help ya out.

 

 

PEACE

[Jim at Gentex]

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sounds like a cop-out to me, at least he should have pointed you in the right direction.

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Absolutely!

 

This instructor needs a :SMACK:

 

Hang in there latheman.

You'll find it gets easier the more time you spend in the seat.

 

As others have said, you can always upload your model to the ftp, or email it to someone here, and I GUARANTEE someone will help you out.