X5 Lathe

[robh]

the war dept here is balking @ maintenance, due tommorrow..think there is much point in hoping the lathe product will get much attention? I know "don't hold my breath"..would hate to miss out on any new mill features either but hard trying to convince someone who doesn't use any of it..any pro/con arguments to help my case appreciated.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

What does your dealer tell you besides "...pay up fooo..."?

 

Us Beta Testers are prohibited from disclosing that stuff.

[robh]

can appreciate that James, was just hoping maybe CNC software might be listening in and could help my case some..any hoo off for the weekend, 4 days to slave away on my place have a good one all

[gcode]

I'd call your dealer..explain the situation and

ask for a copy of the X5 What's New pdf

[kunfuzed]

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hard trying to convince someone who doesn't use any of it..any pro/con arguments to help my case appreciated.

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Lie. Fight idiocy with deceit. What they don't know can't hurt them. My morals go out the window when management tries making stupid calls like that.

[Guest SAIPEM]

As a practical matter and based on previous experience, don't expect anything in X5 lathe worthy of justifying the maintenance cost.

 

It's obvious that the overwhelming amount of resources go to developing the Mill product.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Don't forget Art and Router.

[Dave.L]

When X5 comes out, ask your dealer for an eval.

 

If the product has been improved, then pay for it.

 

Pay after not before.

[kunfuzed]

What part of Southern Oregon are you in Rob?

[John White WLM&T]

We have lathe and wire bundled with mill so we have to update all three products. Really don't think this fair. I was quoted a crazy amount to debundle so I could pay maintenance for mill only. When I bundled it was in version 8 and there was no such thing as maintenance. How could I have known. That's how they get you.

 

John

[MIL-TFP-41]

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As a practical matter and based on previous experience, don't expect anything in X5 lathe worthy of justifying the maintenance cost.

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Agreed 100%. Other than the "X style" GUI, 99% of what is in lathe was in V8. The only thing I can think of is in X2 they finally got the VTL machine def correct. Oh...some grooving enhancements came along. Boring bars are also now round. Thats about it.

[robh]

just got back from a 4 day break, hope everyone had a good one..looks as if they let it lapse as there is a "0 days left.." message on Mcam when booting up. Oh well, times are tough I guess,will try some of the suggestions above tho'

[John White WLM&T]

Looks like they made the right call.

 

John

[Colin Gilchrist]

:Looks around:

 

Haven't we seen you trolling about Lathe maintenance before?

[Tyler Robertson]

Looks like they made the right call.

 

John

s, I

 

John, given the amount of bashing you've done of Mastercam and In-House Solutions on other forums .. (yes, I post on cnc-zone as well). I'm wondering what you hope to accomplish by posting non-stop negativity on a forum we provide?

So far I haven't seen anything constructive posted from you, but I'd like to be proven wrong.