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Is there an easy way to sub a -W- for the A axis rotary in a MD,CD or post. Need it for a xxxxor control. I'm using an MP fanuc post..

Rhino works excellantly with MC. Only trouble I've ever had is with trimmed surfaces importing. Then I set my tolerances tight and use IGES files.

Thank you. I have previously set up an inverse feed post that worked, so I will revisit that. Is inverse what I'm looking for ? I thought inverse put a feed on every rotary move..

Sorry about the double post, trouble with my browser.

Hello out there. I have been using MCX for a while on Mikron mill but am new to rotary work. Any masters out there that can point me in a direction. I am using a rotary head in a small verticle(Benchman)

I keep getting feeds in degrees per minute. like:

01 G17 G90 G54 G94 A12.675 X.0211 Y0. S6417 M03 F500.

Z.4315

Z.3865

Z.356 F8.

X.0109 A13.294 F46.2

X0. A13.504

X-.0109 A13.294

X-.0211 A12.676

X.0305 A12.839

I am trying to get an out put of code that will read like this:units per min

G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90

( TOOL .02 )

T2 M6

G0 G90 X-.0534 Y0. A178.831

M3 S10000

Z.495

G1 Z.41 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Z.407 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Z.404 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Thanks for any help..DG

Hello out there. Any masters out there that can point me in a direction. I am using a rotary head in a small verticle(Benchman)

I keep getting feeds in degrees per minute. like:

01 G17 G90 G54 G94 A12.675 X.0211 Y0. S6417 M03 F500.

Z.4315

Z.3865

Z.356 F8.

X.0109 A13.294 F46.2

X0. A13.504

X-.0109 A13.294

X-.0211 A12.676

X.0305 A12.839

I am trying to get an out put of code that will read like this:units per min

G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90

( TOOL .02 )

T2 M6

G0 G90 X-.0534 Y0. A178.831

M3 S10000

Z.495

G1 Z.41 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Z.407 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Z.404 F10.

X.0534 F30.

A173.795

X-.0534 F30.

A178.831

Yes, exactly, with just a radial index of 180 degrees each stepover as in the code example I presented or Jim's Haas code. I can not get my rotary axis to do an unroll though.

Oh yea, feed rate is not an issue. I can set that to whatever I want.Of course unit per minute is very slow so you have to overfeed if you do it that way. Danbo, I am going to get to the bottom of this one way or another..

That's what I'm looking for but I need to do a surface with x step overs. My mcx2 ver doesn't let me unroll the surface? wonder why? that switch is not active. Is it because of the sides? (.010rad)

"You will need to do some setup inside rotary axis" I'm not sure I follow you? I can get a curve path at a fixed angle and then edit in my rotations..but i really didn't want to do the editing. I have a lot of these programs to edit over to master camX

Not quite what i'm looking for ,it still put out many A moves...I am looking for :

G54G90G0X0Y0A0

G1X0Y0F75

X-.095A90.0000

Z.260F10

F40

Z.26A-90.0000

X-.090F10

F40

Z.260A90.0000

X-.086F10

F40

A-90.000

X-.081F10

F40

I have allways milled it dry with a vacume line because it stinks and does powder up

I hope somebody can help me with a simple problem. I am cutting a half diameter, say .625 diam , .125 wide with a .01 rad on each side. I am using an A axis rotary. How can I get MC to output simple radius moves of -X- stepovers and 90 to -90 radial moves. Every toolpath I have tried -4 axis rotary, 5axis flow, and 3 axis subs out put long strings of code. I looking for something like;

X-.0625 Z.3125, A90;

F40

A-90

X-.060 F 10

A90

F40

I need to keep the program as small as I can.

I can do this with Powermill but I want to use MCX. Thanks for any help.

Steve, I was, I didn't have room to use mult pass. I used a four cornered 7 deg handmade and had some better results. I was wondering what they use on a panograh. The single edge wouldn't hold up. the tip kept braking down..

I should have added that I need to have draft of 5-7 so stamps don't stick in material.

Hi guys, I am engraving small letters on a stamp. I'm using A2 steel and the letters are .01 high and .007 across the flat surface. Am I better to make a three sided carbide 5-7 degree cutter with a .01 tip or a standard single edge engraving cutter? The walls seemed to come o0ut pretty ragged on my first try with the three sided cutter. My boss wants to start making steel stamps on our Mikron three axis mill. I suggested we cut graphite but he wants to eliminate that extra burn cycle if I can get good results. Thanks for any imput.

Sorry

Thank you very much, I know about the vast coverage of 4 axis here and I have been reading a LOT of it and I think I got myself all confused on the best approach. I have learned so much from reading these pages. I owe a lot to you guys. I hope to be able to pass it on. The only thing that is better than learning something new is teaching it to some one else. John I will check that book out. I know they have a new CD out on 4 axis also, have you any experience with it?

Thank you very much, I know about the vast coverage of 4 axis here and I have been reading a LOT of it and I think I got myself all confused on the best approach. I have learned so much from reading these pages. I owe a lot to you guys. I hope to be able to pass it on. The only thing that is better than learning something new is teaching it to some one else. John I will check that book out. I know they have a new CD out on 4 axis also, have you any experience with it?

Hello Guys..Could anybody make their best recommendations for some training or reference files for some fairly basic 4 axis ring shaped files. I am new to using 4 axis rotary programs. I can do almost anything in 3 axis surfaces but am brand new to rotary. I know that there are axis sub routines and roll die routines and 4&5 axis swarf and flowline paths, but it all looks like I'd have to experiment a lot. My employer presently programs rings for an inverse feed Fanuc controller with 4 different programs for each ring. I know we can do the entire ring with MCX in one program, but don't know where to start. It's just a basic band shape contoured on one side , a channel on the other with stone seats milled in with drilled through windows. I am a little older so I function better as a show me guy. Any CD's or video's or ftp files that would give me a starting out pt? I tried a 5 axis flowline tied to 4 axis but the path wont continue around the part.

Am also using snag-it without problems

Hello,Cm I am in the jewelry business and I use Rhino for design work, MC for producing programing for graphites, molds, models, stl protos and dies. Rhino is a good modeler for jewerlery as it is nurbs based and you can easily edit models. I usually IGES import into MC

Is flowline an option you could use? Very nice and clean with no transition lines, can cut outside in

As for me I can only really learn to apply something if it is what I'm working on at this time, or if I have the opertunity to try out the process right now. Reading about , or watching videos of all the options will let me know they're out there but I wont remember how to use them till I need them.