if you want want to output multiple M codes on one line you can define it like this: sm09 : "M09 M31 M31" or If you want to output multiple M codes on separate lines define it like this: sm09 : "M09" + no2asc(13) + "M31" + no2asc(13) + "M31" ASCII character 13 is a carriage return HTH

It's a c-hook

When I was closer to Mats, so upto around 2010, I had been told that grease is fine upto the limit of 15k. Oil mist was the way to go above 15k. And they had been the leaders on high speed spindles having 20k since '89 by memory. The used FX5 (20k) I bought back in 2001 was a 1994 model and still on its original spindle, and when I left the place (2005) it was still running strong.

With all the new fancy stuff in the new versions since getting away from the X versions, and the bugs still in 2019 why release a new version instead of making the current one rock solid? I'm not trying to be a smart azz here but working with this for almost 9 years now , and still getting used to the newer version layout to me no matter how many bells and whistles it has it seems to be a lot more clicking and looking for stuff. I am getting used to it but seems like were giving up functionality for fancy.

I recently sat in on a spindle training class. The guru running the class said grease spindles: 1. have a 2 hr max duty cycle, after which a brief pause is required ( i guess to let the oils re penitrate the elements?) 2. 8000hr life Oil/air mist is only bettered by straight VG68 ported directly into the bearing race. 42k rpm for 365 days straight? ..no problem.

You could add it in the post block that outputs the g80 also.

Well, your system specs definitely meet the minimum! Just to eliminate a faulty graphics driver, press the windows key/start button and scroll through your applications list until you find the Mastercam 2018 Demo folder. Click on "Advanced Configuration" and choose "Graphics support." Whatever the Hardware acceleration option currently is, switch to the opposite (i.e., disable it if it's enabled and disable if it's currently enabled). Then try to run Mastercam again and see if it still hangs on the startup tasks portion.

Well now that's a handy little tidbit.

Yes.. our big Okuma 5X has a greased spindle I rough a lot of mild steel parts using a Ø2" high feed and through tool air blast instead of coolant. Some genius used a cutter body that had no coolant holes, so the air blast blew out the seals and all the spindle grease. By the time it was over, our spindle sounded like a gravel truck on a bumpy dirt road.

Do you still have that file from 2007 Lol. Good luck with your search's my friend!