Are you running them dry if they call for it? Lesson I had to learn years ago cutting some 440 SS. Was using 10 1/2 endmills to make these paddle housings for the paper industry. It was only costing back 15 years ago $20 for a carbide 1/2 4 flute endmill with 1" L.O.C. I was making decent time on the parts at about 3 hours per part. Tool representative I knew came in and said I needed ot try this new 3/4 endmill on the material and run it dry. I laughed at him and thought he was insane. The tool was between $70 to $100 and I was seeing that as to much to pay for a tool. He told me to use their recommended speeds and feed and run it dry with a air blast to blow away the chips. If it did not work we did not have to pay for the tool. I think it allowed me to do 3 parts and cut my run time in half. Tool turned out to be cheaper than the process I was using before with 10 endmills and run time improved because I was not always changing out tools to complete the job. Thermal shock to Carbide is one of the biggest issues people do not consider when running coolant. HTH

Ray I made a post for that machine years ago. I have all of that dialed in for that machine. Might need to be updated from X4 to the version you are running, but all of the wait code stuff is worked out using the mi and mr values in the misc. The G13 and G14 is also sorted out in the post. I should have some old pinch turning programs I did years ago you can look at. Some of the long shafts we did and other little things. Machine still have that .002 dip near the chuck?

Here's something simple I just whipped up real quick. Only the drill is in the bottom turret, I highlighted the wait codes for you. I've got some much more complex stuff if you want to see that. ( PROGRAM - DEFAULT .min ) ( DATE - 10 /24 /2014 ) ( REVISION - ) ( CYCLE TIME - ) G13 N0002 G140 P0010 G123 G00 X20. Z32. G50 S913 CALL OTOPM XDIA=3.832 LNGT=1.5354 FACE=.01 SSPD=1200 FDRT=.003 N2 (OD 431 MAIN) G97 S490 M03 G95 G00 Z0. T020202 X4.2945 G96 S525 G01 G41 X4.0945 F.015 X0. G40 X0. Z.1 G00 Z.2 X20. Z32. T0200 N4 (1/2 CENTER DRILL) G97 S601 M03 G94 G00 Z.25 T040404 X0. Z.1 G01 Z-.2 F5.42 G00 Z.25 X20. Z32. T0400 N4 (.062 PENTACUT SQUARE) P100 P200 G97 S523 M03 G95 G00 Z-1.2727 T040404 X3.9734 G96 S525 G01 X3.832 Z-1.3434 F.015 G03 X3.324 Z-1.5975 L.254 G01 X3.524 Z-1.5974 G00 X3.896 X20. Z32. T0400 N152 (OD CUTOFF LEFT) G97 S295 M03 G95 G00 Z-1.5354 T1535352 X3.896 G96 S288 X3.732 G01 X3.532 F.0015 X-.032 X.168 G00 X3.532 X3.896 M05 X20. Z32. T15200 ( PROGRAM - DEFAULT .min ) ( DATE - 10 /24 /2014 ) ( REVISION - ) ( CYCLE TIME - ) G14 G140 X20. Z32. N110 (NO.2 DRILL) P100 G97 S1361 M03 G94 G00 Z.25 T1111110 X0. Z.1 G01 Z-1. F5.39 G00 Z.25 X20. Z32. T11000 P200 N9999 M02

Bottom turret uses the same x values as a top turret, so X+ is away from the centerline. As for wait codes, I have to put them in by using manual entry. The post I have wants to put wait command at every damn toolchange but they're only necessary when when you need to time the turrets. Do you want a sample text program, or a sample Mastercam program?

I haven't heard Gibbscam mentioned while discussing other cam systems. I purchased Gibbscam about two months ago and was given 14 posts for free. If you want the post modified it's also free. Not to mention the first post I had modified they did it the same day. Gibbscam is a very stable and powerful program. Hands down there is no comparison when working with solids. It also has fixture recognition and is much easier to learn. Just my thoughts

So I change one plunge rate for one operation to save a couple of seconds of time and look at what happens. Why does the stock model go dirty? Why did the operation go dirty that I changed the plunge rate for in the first place? Why did all of the surface high speed tool paths go dirty that do not even use that tool? These shs paths take about 3 - 6 minutes each to regen. So this is going to cost me 20 minutes of time because I tried to save a few seconds. Thanks CNC!