So if I drilled a hole at 5000rpm with a 30im feedrate, the reamer would be be 2500rpm and 60im?...that seems fast to me.

I did some searching and found that most of you use what I have always used in terms of speeds and feeds for reaming. But I came across this today and it seemed to be way to fast in the feed area: REAMING RECOMMENDATIONS Choice of Reamer: Straight Flute reamers may have advantage in blind holes, since lefthand spiral flutes tend to push swarf forward. Generally speaking the standard range of reamers will suffice for reaming most ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Reaming Speeds: Should be approximately 50% of the speed used for drilling the same material. Faster speeds are generally not an advantage , but may be possible in exceptionally rigid and efficient designs. Chatter degrades the surface finish and must be strictly avoided. (Refer: ‘Drills Guide’ and ‘Drill Speeds/Feeds’ by clicking on the buttons on the left). Reaming Feeds: Should be approximately 100% greater than the feed used for drilling the same material. Insufficient feed may degrade the finish and roundness of the hole and increase tool wear. I've never seen the feed be that fast when reaming, anyone else?

You could also merge the 2 parts, get rid of the part you don't need, and use the operations for the merged part. Save it as the 2nd part name.

Thanks Ron. It's a start...I'll have to look more into misc. integers.

I have a machine that has a seperate indexer that we add to the table for certain jobs. When this indexer is used, I need to input a *safe tool change position*(STCP). I have manually input this where I want in the past, but was hoping I could use the manual entry feature to just have it post out correctly. I tried it and I don't like where in the code it placed the info. Here is what it is doing: code: N1120 G0 Z1.125 N1130 M9 N1140 G91 G28 Z0. M106 N1150 M01 ( ) ( 1/16 CARB EM TOOL - 7 DIA. - .0625 ) G0G90G53X-500.Y0.( SAFE TOOL CHANGE POSITION ) ( CUT RADIUS' IN CORNERS OF POCKET ) ( ) N1160 T7 M6 N1170 G0 G90 G55 X.2975 Y.9938 S14000 M3 N1180 G43 H7 Z1.125 M8 T8 N1190 M50 N1200 G1 Z.969 F40. I would like the line that has the STCP in parenthesis placed before the M01 from the last cutter. Like this: code: N1120 G0 Z1.125 N1130 M9 N1140 G91 G28 Z0. M106 G0G90G53X-500.Y0.( SAFE TOOL CHANGE POSITION ) N1150 M01 ( ) ( 1/16 CARB EM TOOL - 7 DIA. - .0625 ) ( CUT RADIUS' IN CORNERS OF POCKET ) ( ) N1160 T7 M6 N1170 G0 G90 G55 X.2975 Y.9938 S14000 M3 N1180 G43 H7 Z1.125 M8 T8 N1190 M50 N1200 G1 Z.969 F40. How can this be done? Or is there a better way to force STCP than using manual entry?

Seems to me that others' have gone off-topic, because of neilj posting on topic...and because of that, those that come into the thread without reading all the posts, automatically think it's neilj's fault, when it's actually the rest of you who can't seem to let sh!t go. Damn, you guys are bitter. This was a good topic too...what a shame.

Save the setting in your machine/control defs.

quote: Often when you make a change to a point you will also make a change a little further on to return to the original feed or speed. Yes...I was hoping that it would change the entities I selected, and would leave the unchanged entities at the programmed feedrate. In the example from the op, I selected only the radius', hoping the straightaways would go unchanged.

Thanks Thad. I like that, never knew that was available. One thing I did notice, I had to select the straight legs and adjust them to the programmed feedrate or else they also converted to the slower feedrate.

I've always used the way it shows in the video, where is this *change at point* feature?

The backplot time doesn't take tool changes into account. The setup sheet does, and there should be a setting in the MMD file and the post where you can input how long your machine takes to do a toolchange, and that is where the setup sheet gets it's times from.

I don't know much about haas machines, this machine is part of a company we purchased. Common practice is to use G54 as your preferred offset for machining. Well, this haas has G54 locked up to use as a setting for touching off tools. The operator puts the machine in MDI mode, punches in G54 and the machine is ready for touching off tools. Is there a way to change the touch off process to use a different offset besides G54?

Rick - X3 is now available.

As far as I know, it isn't possible to run V9 on that computer. Sounds like it may be time to get into X.

quote: I do, and so far the coolant has stayed on. Oooops...that is until I select a new tool.

quote: I do not have 'use tools step, peck and coolant settings' checked. I do, and so far the coolant has stayed on.

quote: if you click on the center button on this dialog box it will go away the next time you start Mastercam X3. Ok, thanks. No, on the migrate, just an overwrite.

I get this: What's causing it?

Sorry, I forgot to notify you.

Thanks JP.

Do I need to change a setting in my post?...Nothing changed when I adjusted the setting, the toolpath still output the same feedrate...

Yep...thank you both.

I thought there was a setting for making the cutter slow down in corners, but I was unable to find anything, and I can't seem to remember what setting it was. Any help?

The only time I ever use it, is to rough estimate the tip length of a drill...I then turn the feature off, and manually input a # that I like.

We've had good results with them(holders) so far. I would suggest using them for all materials, not just the harder stuff. Definitely notice a difference with just going from a standard tool holder to the big plus. Don't have any info on the spindle.