We have an Iscar Boring head with the available attachments. With it you could just use a standard bar and insert. We consistantly hold a +.0002,-0 hole with it. On our mills, its G76 for feed in, orient, shift and rapid out. Oh, and don't load the boring head in backwards. David

You also need to make it only leave like .01 for the clean up. Also, you could use Helix bore instead.

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I wish I could make double that up here.... Wylie is just NE of Dallas BTW.

I just want a strait up answer. Is there going to be a quickly available patch to fix all the crap that got broken between X2 and X3? I"m talking about stuff like this: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=031268 and this: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=031270 and this: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=031219 Which is related to this: http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...ic;f=1;t=031183 I am just trying to figure out if I need to uninstall X3 and go back to X2 until it gets fixed or not. Thanks

Mine does this too jagg2499. I don't know how to fix it....

I have changed the coolant settings in all my default files and it still doesn't bring my coolant defaults into the operations. I do not have 'use tools step, peck and coolant settings' checked. Does anyone else have a suggestion? Thanks

Hmmm, I am quickly figuring out that as soon as you post about a possible issue, it will magically fix itself.... Now its working right for some reason.

I notice that when I try to select drill points that X3 is not working properly. The last point I select is always put as point 1. So if I have a pattern and I want it to drill in a certain order and I select the points in that order they are not recorded properly. The last point is point 1, the first point is 2 and 2nd is 3 and so on for all the points. Has anyone else seen this? I looked through all the recent threads and didn't see anything. Thanks

Ok, So I have redone all of my Operation defaults through the control manager and they are all set to turn the coolant on by default. When I go to create a tool path the coolant if off. Can anyone think of something I need to check to make the coolant default to on? Thanks

I thought that X3 was suppose to have a notepad in each part file so you could leave notes in the part files. Was I wrong?

I think that after you have it place the '=' you can add *strtool$ and it will post your tool comments.

Ok, Thanks for the help anyways. I found a temporary work around. I just made it post A- instead of A. It works for now. I downloaded the MPMASTER post and I could get it to post correctly. I guess its about time to hang up this post from V7 and move one a more powerful post. I will be contacting my reseller and have them help me set it up I guess.... Thanks

This is the closest I have: code: # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Axis Rotary motion, user defined # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- p_index_2 # Find shortest way caxis = atan2(-m8$, m9$) dc = (caxis - prv_caxis) if (abs(dc) < 0.001)& (gcode$ = 1000), ex$ # Exit postblock (index not required) c_out = caxis n$, *c_out, e$ !caxis p_index # Check for axis sub cut if (rotaxis$ = 0) & (index = 1), p_index_2 p_sub_axis # Rotary subed for x if (y$ < prv_y$), a_dir = -1 else, a_dir = 1 pfr_0 g93_94, x$, ys$, !y$ p_ya_sof # Position YA if (y$ < prv_y$), a_dir = -1 else, a_dir = 1 ys$ = (yr$ * 2 * rad2deg$ / rotdia$) #* a_dir *xr$, "Y0.", *ys$ p_xy_sof # Branch to X or Y if rotaxis$ = 1, "ERROR - ROTARY MUST BE MOUNTED TO REVOLVE ABOUT X-AXIS" if rotaxis$ = 2, p_ya_sof else, *xr$, *yr$

John, I have seen that listed in alot of the old posts( forum posts that is ). My post does not have that line. I tried adding it in there, but it did nothing. I am running it on a Leadwell V40 with an Fanuc Oi-MC control. Thanks

We just had a 4th axis installed. We have never used a 4th axis and I have been playing with it the last week. One of the first things I did was an engraving on the outside of a rod with an axis substitution tool path. I posted it out and it engraved properly. All the characters an logo's looked correct and were properly spaced. Now I am having an issue. My post output does not position correctly when using the tool plane rotate. It goes the wrong way. I have searched high and low and everyone talks about changing the rotary axis direction in the machine definition manager. I did that, but it does not change the posted output. I have an older post that has been updated through the years and I have looked high and low through it for a rotary axis direction setting, but I can't find it. Can someone please offer some assistance? I sent an email to my reseller but that can take a few days and I need to make parts ASAP.... Thanks for looking David

Couldn't you do chamfer with a distance and angle?

Thats a good idea Colin, Thanks

Thanks for the replies. I did a test program and it seemed to work when I created new planes, but did not make them a WCS. I guess the only issue is now if I run an old program on the new fourth axis, where all the indexing was with manual entry. There is no easy way I have found to change the operations WCS to top while leaving the T/C planes the same.

We have 2 rotary indexers right now. I control them currently with a manual entry function. Usually, when I program a part for them I will use a different WCS for each index position and program everything in the top tool plane for each WCS. Later this week we are having a true fourth axis installed on one of our machines. How would I program that to use the post to control the fourth axis? Thanks

On the bottom, click planes>Lathe Diameter>+D+Z

Where did you find out where the control stores the part count number. I am using a Leadwell with a Fanuc 0i-MC control. Thanks David

I found where to read the variable number from. I just wrote: #500=[#500+1] It works for what I need it to do. The macros look very interesting. I can think of several programs we have where I can use a macro to count cycles for certain tools. Charlie, How would you use the WHILE statement like above? For what purpose? Thanks David

Doug, Where do you go to read the #599? I have never used a macro before, so I want to be sure that everything before I try.

So then you use the wear offset to indicate how many parts have been ran.... I got you... I might have to try this some time.