if the blades are real thin try a smaller dia cutter maybe 4mm. Reduce the stepdown to aprox .006-.008 and go faster feed to make up the time. The shank is tappered so it is a strong tool. once the blades start to singing it is hard to shut them up.

if you are stepping down can you change the angle to reduce the length of extension and try this cutter. I have had good luck with it. http://www.garrtool.com/viewitempublic.jsp?edp=14260

are you producing the blades with a swarf cut using the side of the cutter or are you surface machining stepping down using the ball of the cutter?

thanks for the info on backup, didn't know it was there. I feel dumbbbbbbbb

I have been screwed before also, I have learned to occasionally save the file to a new file name, jhdvjld-1 then jhdvjld-2 then jhdvjld-3. at lease twice a day. I have to admit that since X2 the number of crashes has gone way down, maybe 1/week.

Sandvik has a free one, it takes chip thinning into account, Very helpful The factory reps are good and they will help you get the first couple of jobs running. I would call them.

really hadn't noticed, when there has been a glitch I assumed it was me

try right click drag and drop. this gives you the option of cut, copy, before and after

not sure exactly what you are talking about but sometimes if a tool path is making a lot of herky jerky motions try adjusting the gap setting, this will keep the tool down and a smoother tool path.

why do you care if it outputs small increments instead of circular code for circles???

on the setup page there is a tool tolerance, default is .008. try .001

we have a new Matsuura MAM72-63V. the machine is awesome. the best part is Methods Machine included a seat of CamPlete software that handels optimization, simulation, and posting. It reads the NCI file directly from MC. The "A" axis has a travel of +10 to -110.

we don't move the model between operations, we use named wcs for each operation. In verify you will never have to worry about xforming the stl model everything stays in world coordinates. Also if customer changes the model it is very easy to adjust what ever operation needs to be fixed.

For the older toolpath you can draw the holder and it will be used for back plot and verify, it is kind of a pain and manual. You will have to change it for each tool. There is a mcx file called HOLDER.mcx in the tools directory. you will have to draw the new holder and rename the file to HOLDER.mcx for each tool you want to back plot. I have drawn several holders naming the file to match the type of holder. when I want to back plot a tool and see the holder I just make a copy and re name the file to HOLDER.mcx. Verify can detect collisions with the holder, this is a great feature, sometimes I draw the spindle nose if it is a long reach on a rotory table job.

Happy New Year

the step over appears un-even because they are parallel to z axis. Try morph between two surfaces and pick the fillet surface at each end. good luck

found it

where is this button

very cool. I just tryed it in X2 and it works Happy Holidays

the thread is not working for me. do i need a special password??

not sure what i have intel pentium-4 3.2ghz 2.0g ram

thanks, memory I'm familiar with but affintiy is a new concept. is it best to leave the default, both processors set?

I don't mean to sound dumb but where are the settings for processor and ram?

is there an easy way to mirror a 3+2 program with many named views. I find this very time consuming.

just kidding, CNC software is the BEST!!!