How does the Cimco HSM differ from Mill Level 3? Are the HSM toolpaths in Mastercam just as good? Just curious.

It is Marc Stevens. Him and John Schneider were just in here yesterday. Both are great to deal with.

I was looking at the following options: Tool Life Management Full Fourth Axis 116 Tools Renishaw Part Probe Renishaw Tool Setter It comes with a 14K spindle, Thru Coolant, Chip Conveyor, and Macro B to name a few. I've been watching this thread closely and have learned a lot from this thread. We have two Daewoo Lathes that we have bought within the past 2 years and we love them. Service is good and only minor issues.

I just got a quote on a Daewoo HP5100. Looking into our first one as well!

We just had the smae problem, but it was on a 15 year old Ikegai, with a 15 year old chuck. Replaced the chuck and all is well. We do believe that the bearing spindles are soon to follow. You can definitely hear the difference now. If you have 2 of the same machine, you might want to compare how they sound when running at the smae RPM.

John, Changing it to 16 worked perfect, thanks!

Thanks guys, I'll try it on Monday.

John, That removed the decimal and gave me this G83 R.145 Z-1.75 Q0000 F4.2442 I triple checked the parameters and I entered .1 into both the initial and subsequent peck depths. Any ideas on what I could be missing?

After a few years of hand coding canned drill cycles for my lathe, I decide to research into changing my post. Through a forum search I added this to my post: quote: lpeck$ #Canned peck drill cycle, lathe pdrlcommonb pcan1, pbld, n, *sg81_f, prdrlout, pfzout, *peck1$, pffr, strcantext, e$ if initht <> refht, pbld, n, sg00, initht_z, e$ pcom_movea This is my output: quote: (TOOL - 1 OFFSET - 1) (5/16 DRILL) ( ROUGH DRILL THRU ) G0 T0101 G97 S855 M03 G0 G54 X0. Z.295 G83 R.145 Z-1.75 Q.1 F4.2442 G0 Z.295 Z6. G28 U0. M05 T0100 M01 I need the Q value to read as Q1000 I am running Fanuc 21i control. I know it is a format change, but I can't remember how to change a format to post with no decimal. Also, with the lathe peck cycle is there a way for it to post without the Q value if I leave it at 0. It would be nice to give the operator the opportunity to add the peck if he feels necessary. I read in the Fanuc book that if the Q value is absent it still drills with no peck. Thanks for the help.

You'd probably be looking at a point to point toolpath.

Thanks James, I was thinking I might have a problem with that.

garyg, The machine is a Daewoo Puma 300 LB - No C Axis. Thanks for everyone's help!

Thanks guys. Calnet - It is a figure 8 type oil groove. Jeff and Randy - That is how I figured on doing it. Full radius with a threading cycle. The relief angle will definitely be an issue on 1 of the grooves (1 revolution per 3.50") For the figure 8 do you guys use a thread cycle with 2 starts?

I wanted to see what you guys felt was the best way to turn an I.D. Oil Groove. It is basically a large pitch thread made with a full radius grooving tool. I don't have the part drawn yet, but I can try to scan in the print if that would help. I hoped from my vague description, someone might know what I'm talking about. The I.D. of the part is 6.450". Thanks

I guess I type to slow!

mattstang, I couldn't rerun the path because I only have Level 2. I think you need to change the redius to .062 in the tool parameters page. Just like the diameter needs to match the custom tool, I believe the radius needs to as well. Tim

No problem Randy. With the way MC models, you need to really be watching in what order you process your model. It looks to me like you need to extend the smaller diameter of the flange down to approx. the c/l of the other part. Then boolean add. Doing this will make the inside look messed up. This is how I would do it: 1. Revolve the OD of the main body only. 2. Use extrude to create the OD of the flange area. 3. Boolean add. 4. Revolve Cut the ID of the main body. 5. Revolve cut the ID of the flange. 6. Then work on any other holes and fillets. Doing this will eliminate the need to go in and clean up the ID after you Boolean add the flange.

Randy, If you want to send it to me, I might be able to create the model for you.

Jeff, Will this macro work for I.D. threads as well? A customer asked us to bore some of these on the I.D. of some cast parts. What kind of tool did you use? Thanks

Thanks guys, I am looking into all backup suggestions. Luckily all I was trying to do was import toolpaths from an older file to decrease my 'grammin time on a part that was redesigned. Ended up starting from scratch, luckily not a whole lot of ops. Thanks again

No, I don't have either set up. I save files on the server, which has a tape backup system on it. I had figured that backing up on there is enough, but I will probably start using that function. I'm still not giving up on retrieving the file from the tape, it's just a new process for me. Thanks

I posted a file onto the FTP under the MCX2 folder. The file is 431122_Rev01_OP2.MCX. The file was originally created in MCX, and I was trying to import the operations into a new file that I am creating in MCX2. When you try to do that it asks if you would like to convert the file, so I said yes. The Send Error Reports popped up and then it said that the File was Invalid or Corrupt and left me with 0 Bytes of data. I tried restoring the file from my Tape Backup but have been so far unsuccessful. CAn anyone restore this file or am I SOL. Thanks

I was reading all of this, had a solution for you, got to the end and Matt beat me. It's the perfect solution for your application. I'd outsource a batch to a creep feed grinder to check results. If they came back good, then buy one if you have the quantity to justify it.

Double Post - Sorry

We worked with a company in PA on a project for the military that we were machining. It's not Northern VA, but these guys seemed to know everything and anything about Heat Treating. Solar Atmospheres