I taught a night course here in washington state for three quarters. I really enjoyed it, but doing the grading/testing was kind of a drag(not enough hours so I had do it on personal time). I was paid in the low 30's which was really decent for part time work. Don't expect any benifits though. Definatly a labor of love, but I would do it again if the opportunity arose. I am currently the full time instructor for Cimtech Inc. the Washington State Mastercam reseller. For a college course I highly recommend Dr. S.C. Johnathon Lin's book, Mastercam Version 9 Mill and Solids. I'm not sure when the X version will be out, but he does a great job of including good explanations with actual tutorial examples. The Handbook series by Charles Davis is a great book for doing explanations/lectures, but I found it to be a little lacking in the step-by-step tutorial department

hi i think that insted of makining lengthy program by using master cam why don't U use by applying G66. Eg: MAIN PGM. T01M06 G54G90G40G80G00X0Y0 G43Z2.0H01 M03 M03S2500 G66P5000 X0Y0 X2.5Y0 X5.0Y0 G67 G90G00Z3.0M09 M05 M30 SUB; O500 #1=0 N10 G01Z-#1F2 G01G91G41X1.0Y0D01F35 G03I-1.0J0F35 G40G00X0Y0 #1=#1+0.02 IF[#1LE1.0]GOTO10 G00G90Z1.0 M99

thanx friends. keep in touch bye simon peter

hi friends i am working in india, in one of the US based company as a programmer. v suppose to get all orders from US. some times they supposed to mention the drill sizes and etc with the syble of (#) eg. #7, #2, #8 like so.. still i get confeused how i can found that sizes. If #7 equal to what size... in convertion books avialable to findout such type of sizes. if anybody knows plz. let me know thanx. simon peter -------------------- G. SIMON PETER

hi friends i am working in india, in one of the US based company as a programmer. v suppose to get all orders from US. some times they supposed to mention the drill sizes and etc with the syble of (#) eg. #7, #2, #8 like so.. still i get confeused how i can found that sizes. If #7 equal to what size... in convertion books avialable to findout such type of sizes. if anybody knows plz. let me know thanx. simon peter

hi long back i faced like this problem, that i had worked on fanuc 11m, in that some times i faced buffer and prg. not stopping problems. by trying out all my ideas i come out that problem by using master cam cimco edit for transfering data, plz. note that first keep the mode in TAPE from the machine side, then send data from pc then press cycle start button.

hi why don't go for gun drilling. it gives you reamed finish.