Dynamic WCS?

I had the same issue and followed the directions in one of the threads for changing a setting from 'allow windows to set' to 'maximum performance' or something like that, I can't remember where I went to set it but I'm sure it'll ring a bell for the gurus on here.

Thanks for the help, I'm not terrified of this job now LOL

Wow haven't been here in a while, thanks for all the help in the past!!! I've been machining a part out of gr.2 titanium and my customers have been requesting a lower cost alternative out of stainless. I machine PILES of 416/Project 70 from Carpenter and I have that stuff down to a science. I can't get 416 in 1.25" plate but I can get 410. What is this stuff like to machine? What speeds feeds do you run, it will be mostly solid carbide tooling, very few insert tools and some 1/4"-28 tapping. I just finished another job with 304 and I think that stuff is nasty and don't want to go in that direction. Thanks in advance, Steve

Is it the same tech replacing it each time? Maybe he's doing something wrong.

I have a TL1 here and as far as tool offsets go we use the chuck jaw for setting Z and the standard cut a diameter and measure. By setting the tools up at Z 0 on the chuck face, the amount sticking out from the chuck i.e.1" can be plugged into the G54 as 1.000, or simply touch off any tool with a Z face measure. We don't use MC to program it.

I looked on the tools page in the ops manager and it refers to feed from tool. I do have use tools step peck and coolant checked. Am I missing something??

I have to say that today I am extremely frustrated. I have a job I'm trying to finish and I keep smashing up tools and wrecking parts. Why is it that if I generate a tool path, but go back and change the RPM or tool number in the tool page it changes all the cut depths, step overs and such. IF I CHANGE A TOOL NUMBER, THAT IS ALL I WANT CHANGED!!! I don't want my depth of cuts to go from .05" to .234" and plow my endmill into the stock and then bust it off cause it is A)full of melted material B)a retarded depth of cut. Sorry for the yelling but I'm behind and it is because I don't have a clue about what I'm doing.

I can't wrap my head around using wear comp. I have tool probes on the machine and don't see the point of setting everything to 0 when I can have true diameters. I haven't really played with comp at all and want to find something that works and utilizes my actual tool diameters.

A lot of people like to bash Haas products but I have had excellent luck with them. I'm always trying to figure out how I can put a minimill in the shop for doing secondary ops and small stuff, instead of tying up a large vertical.

I was breaking taps in aluminum with synthetic coolant as it has no lubricity. Is it breaking going in, or coming out? Did you look in the first hole and see if the tap made a mark in the bottom?

I haven't changed the post at all, and it has worked fine in the past. I was just trying the "renumber work offsets" right clicking in the ops-manager and it had no effect. I'm going to pull up a different file and see what happens.

Not sure what is going on here, maybe a button unchecked. I did some searching and found nothing that would help. I have a fairly simple part with 3 tools and 10 operations. When I post out all the operations I only get a G00 G90 G124 X Y with the first tool. The other tools only have a G00 G90 X Y. But if I select only one tool, it outputs a G124 where it is supposed to. I have all the planes at #21 for the work offset and they show next to parameters in the ops-manager. WCS is all top Thanks for the help

Sorry to drag up old threads, but any idea if this is coming? I just tried the tip that MattW mentioned and it is awesome.

I did the software upgrade that Haas sent along, did the probe recalibration and tried out the probing. Yaaaaaaay I now have another 100 offsets to use and confuse myself with. htm01, I'll give him an e-mail, thank you.