Please post here if you are new to the Forum

[SLJ]

Just started with MC last october. Started NC back when all we had was a Big Chief Tablet and a calculator. Over the years I've worked with Concept II, Smart Cam, Esprit, and now Master Cam.

In my opinion, saved the best for last. Located in southeast Kansas, doing aircraft work. Love the forum!

[MCHulk]

Hi,

 

i'm from Germany and a CNC-programmer in a company. About four Mastercam-Mill installations

help us since 2000 creating CNC-programms for milling molds and dies.

If beside is time i try to programm C-Hooks.

 

CU, MCHulk

 

[ 06-08-2002, 11:48 AM: Message edited by: MCHulk ]

[Randy Replogle]

I run the machine shop in the Chemistry Dept. at Purdue University. I've used Mastercam for 2d parts for a few years and we recently got trained in 3d. I look forward to receiving help and giving it when I can.

RR

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/machine

[chris m]

Not really sure if you're looking for more replies to this or not, but the message keeps resurfacing, so I'll fire one off. New (basically self-taught) MasterCAM users from the Boston area, just trying to feel our way along at the moment and wait 'til the bottom line looks better (then maybe we'll spring for some training). Mostly turning work; any more lathe guys out there?

 

C

[Charlie Lavalleur]

Hi,

I am from Fremont,CA(SF Bay Area) and am a former 7.0 user and currently getting brief looks at 9.0 where I currently work. I work for the leading manufacturer of surgical beds. For the most part I set-up,run and edit programs but will eventually program. Hope to learn alot here being primarily self taught.

Thanks,

Charlie

 

[ 06-12-2002, 11:29 PM: Message edited by: Charlie Lavalleur ]

[Guy Arseneault]

Hi.My name is Guy. New to the forum as of this posting. Work in a tool & die shop for 18 yrs., programming about nine years now,from v4 to v9 mill3. The forum is great. Keep posting,it helps.

[cheong]

hi,

we are the distributor for mastercam from malaysia. i'm glad to join the mastercam forum.

[LawyerRon]

I'm an Attorney from Upland California and my hobby is computers. Forgive me, but I don't know anything about Mastercam or CAD/CAM. I'm assisting a friend by building and setting up some new workstations so I'll be asking a lot of newbie questions in this regard.

[TimHollis]

This Forum is truly outstanding, I solved a lot of my issue's just by going through the old posts. I am isolated on this tropical island, with only 2 other people to discuss CNC/CAD CAM with. My parent company is in NY, and I am currently working for them long term in the American Free Trade Zone, Dominican Republic. I currently use the newest CNC, on the Island, a 1998 B/port TC1. Back home on Long Island, I had a group of us that got together about 1 a month. Here, I have only been able to find 2 other guys who actually know what their doing. I have been working with some guy's at the Technical college in Las Americas, and got a proposal and funding finalized for a course, but since the El Jefe, received the funds, things came to a grind, I’m waiting to see how that plays out.

After I registered, I spent my 1st few days reading through ALL the old post's. I just don't get it, why some of the other companies out there aren't following the example by MasterCam. I mean Bridgeport, Cincinnati, SolidWorks? Not everything you need is always found in the manual or on some automated tech help line.

 

I put some post’s out and was really surprised at the great responses I received back. Thank you to CNC Software Inc. for a great forum, the best yet.

 

The Ex- Pat

Tim Hollis

[Jean-Simon]

Hi! My name is Jean-Simon and I'm in Montreal working for CAP Technologies (distributor of MC) give trainings , tech. support and sales. Wish can help some of you guys.

[rbrooks]

CLueless beginner with Allegheny Bradford in Bradford, PA.

 

[PBpaul]

I'm new to Mastercam, too. Located in the middle of South Carolina, doing custom woodwork on a CNC router. Previously used Autocad and Bobcad to create toolpaths. Had little success with 3D and hope Mastercam changes all that!

[Lucky 7]

I'm a programmer/operator at J.S.P.Mold in Milledgeville IL. I am a old Camax programmer.It took a while to get use to Mastercam. But I liked the maching features right off the bat. We have 5 seats of MC Version 9.0 I program 2d to 3d M1 alum. billet cavities ranging from 1" deep to 12" deep. I haven't had a problem yet. But if I could improve one thing about MC it would be the long generation times on multiple 3d suface geo.

[dgignac]

Hello, New to the MC V9

Looks like a great site

Any tips would be appreciated

Thanks

[Guest]

Lucky7:

 

Go to this link and check out the information on how to speed up Mastercam's process times. They work well.

 

Tech tip thread

[EPettus]

I am new user of MasterCam V8.1 started Feb. 2002. We manufacture special EOM machine for various companies. Simple to complex welding fixture and test machines for various reason. You think it we try to accomplish it. I think I am going to like this site very much.

[johnson]

Mike Johnson, University of Calgary, Mechanical Engineering.

Replaced Smartcam with Mastercam. So far no problems.

Excellent training from Caledonian CADCAM Inc. Thanks Karl!

We design, build and repair research equipment for faculty

and graduate students, are involved with many SAE projects

such as, Formula SAE Car design and manufacturing, the SAE

heavy lift project, the SAE baja dune buggy, and a few others.

We have a HAAS HL-2 Lathe, Matsuura MC-760 V machining

center and a HAAS VF6-TR (trunnion) 5-Axis vertical mill.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Bump to revive a thread

[Toolfab]

WOW, bored with MPD, that is a recipe for disaster!!!

 

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Slow news day today.

[mold100]

Winnie, are you trying to find a topic to overthrow my twenty pages that's revived or are you just trying to get the newbies out of their shells?

[RickG]

Okay, I'm Rick Galindo, new to the forum but I've been using MasterCam since Ver.5

I can hardly wait for X since I've seen lots of great changes with every Ver. so far!

We work mostly with flatwork (plates, fixtures, countour milling) but we also do specialty work for a local casting company.

We use indexer in almost all of our machines .. which are all Haas's (10) total. 6 mills and 4 turning centers.

I guess that covers all ... for now anyway.

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

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to get the newbies out of their shells?

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That`s it ,brotehr Bear !

[mayday]

check out the first page. I think James and the Admins are the only ones still here.

[mold100]

Welcome Rick, you've been here for a little while.