Introducing Part Factory

[Part Factory]

Forum Members:

 

Approxiamitly a week ago a industry friend pointed me to this forum. He and I found some discussion in your group regarding the Mazak Integrex that sparked my interest and brought back memories of a journey with that machine.

 

Behind the business name Part Factory is myself, Bryan Johnsen. I admit that I am not a MasterCam user at the present time but may post inquires regarding its machining stratagy for new projects. The CAM system that I started with 10 years ago, CAMAX, recently died and can not be economically ressurected. Currently I use CamWorks but have not fallen in love with it. So the CAM search continues.

 

Part Factory is production machining in a garage. I love the comforts of home while making a living. I use a HAAS VF-2 with plenty of 4th axis work (poor man's horizontal). My programming style uses CAM generated profiles that are subroutined and nested into arrays and controlled by variables passed into the subs. This may sound tedious but actually saves time during development, maintance, and cycle time.

 

I enjoy the professional conduct of this forum. Also appreciate the side topics such as the Star Trek episode written by Jack Mitchell.

 

Need help with some Acronyms in this forum such as:

[*]O/T

[*]HTH

[*]CHOOK

Best Regards

Part Factory

[chris m]

Nice to make your acquaintance. We'll have to talk more about your Mazak experience; I'll email you soon.

 

O/T - Off Topic

 

HTH - Hope that helps

 

Chook - I'm not savvy on what this actually means; the other guys wil help out

 

I think there is actually a discussion of these acronyms in an earlier thread; maybe someone can dig it up.

 

C

 

[ 01-29-2003, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: chris m ]

[Allan Brown]

Glad you're liking the forum. Please don't encourage Jack... Just kiddin'.

 

O/T - Off topic

HTH - Hope that helps

IMHO - In my humble opinion

LMAO - Laughing my a$$ off

j/k - just kidding

 

C-Hook - Not an acronym - A C/C++ add-on application for Mastercam - like a Visual Basic Script macro for Excel

 

Search for 'acronyms' and there may be some web links to entire pages/sites filled with these.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

O/T means Off Topic - The main topic here being Mastercam

 

HTH - Hope That Helps, or Hope This Helps

 

C-Hooks refer usually to customized .dll's that perform specified functions in mastercam. Similar to how VB Scripts are used. VB being much easier to learn and less costly as well as you do not need a C++ Compiler to run them.

 

HTH

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Darn Dave beat me to it. Guess I gott speed up my typing.

 

Oh, BTW, Welcome to the forum.

[Scott Bond]

Welcome;;; Part Factory

 

I appreciate your positive post. I also like

the fact that the forum members have some fun .

I think we may just have a combination of the best

professionals in our trade , right here on the forum.

[Part Factory]

Thanks for the response!

 

I'm curious if there is a way to auto refresh the forum browser. I use the "Show topics from last day" then press GO.

 

Looking forward to a discussion with ChrisM and the Integrex.

[iowajim62]

Hi Bryan,

 

Welcome to the Forum.

One of the best tools for learning MC tricks is right here. Also as Scott stated this place is alot of FUN !!!

As for refreshing of this page just hit F5.

[Thad]

Bryan,

 

Welcome to the board.

 

To keep the page refreshed, go to Tools, Internet Options, Settings under Temporary Internet Files and Set "Check newer versions of stored pages" to Every visit to page.

 

Thad

[Jack Mitchell]

Part Factory,

 

Thankyou for the mention. It's actually a Starfleet thread as opposed to a Star Trek thread.

My garage toys include a VQC 15-40 M32 don't ya know. - I like to play hard!

 

Seriously, there are a few integrex experts on this forum, not to mention some Mazatrol professionals as well - so fire away.

 

Regards, Jack

[Part Factory]

I should clarify that the Integrex and the former business that owned it are deceased. I had a large amount of bitterness surrounding those affairs which is inappropriate to vent publically in this forum. Yet I will try to help members that are having difficulty with the machine/Mazatrol/EIA. I can also offer some super-macros that allow users to perform tilted B-Axis turning.

 

Thanks for the Welcome.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

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It's actually a Starfleet thread as opposed to a Star Trek thread.

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Jack, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Starfleet part of Star Trek? What makes it different? Do you wear your Starfleet threads to work? BTW I haven't read the thread being referred to.

[crazy^millman]

It is over 4 years old talk about and old thread.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

Ach. I got mixed up between the new threads and the old threads I was searching through. Zombie undead thread! Run!

[Hardmill]

quote:

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I got mixed up between the new threads and the old threads I was searching through.

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Funny but not :eye gouge: worthy

 

 

PEACE

[kunfuzed]

Welcome!

 

In my opinion, the support provided by this forum alone would make the switch to Mastercam worth it!