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.

Got this back from Haas____________________________________________ Example: Enter 154.01 for G154 P1. Enter 154.21 for G154 P21. This will only be valid if your version of VQCPS in greater than 1.6. This can be checked by going to program O9023, and looking at the third line. Attached are the VQCPS macros version 1.8. If you reload the macros into any machine, the probes will need to be fully recalibrated. If you have any further questions please feel free to call me. _________________________________________________________

Don, That looks great!! When I was at Westec, I saw that Renishaw had software that would do all the probe programming from a solid model of your part. I asked them to scan my badge and send me info it and they didn't. If they are reading they should know that everyone that scanned my badge sent me info, and I have bought something from half of them. I'll get to the rest in due time. For the record I did get a free mouse pad from surfcam but only because the girl handing them out looked like my favorite porn star.

Chris, thanks for your help, I've sent an inquiry to Haas off their website. I'll post what I get back from them.

I have the programming manual H-2000-6222-00-B "Inspection Plus software for Haas machinging centres" from Renishaw, is that the one you are refering to? I searched through it and couldn't find anything on G154 P## offsets. I could be blind and stupid though, that has happened in the past.

I have the Haas quick code probing which uses the Renishaw system. I haven't been able to find anything in the manuals, or online on what to put in for a value in the "offset" dialog. I can put in the standard 54-59 and 110-129 but to do a G154 P35 for instance eludes me. I've got a bunch of jobs on the go and kind of flip flopping back and forth and want to leave the offsets alone to minimize set up time.

Thanks for the tip cascadeclimbr, retract was set at the default of .25 incremental. I changed it to .1 absolute and will give it a try. dcapps4150, I hate free trials, it makes me spend money. I went out and bought the ingredients for some BBQ nachos for me and the two guys in the shop, that helped me cool off.

I've got this very important job on the go and did up the solid in MC and got down to the toolpaths. First problem is with the HSM raster, I tell it 0. stock on walls and face and a max depth of -.675. I post it off and the comment at the start of the code is (MAX - Z2.) (MIN - Z-.7476) (STOCK LEFT ON DRIVE SURFS =.05) I verify the ruff and finish and even with the goofy stock left it appears to clean up all the ruffed surfs. Bottom line is I don't trust it so I turf the toolpath and code. I've double checked the min/max setting and the stock left and everything is good. I don't trust it and that is my problem. So I choose parallel finish and that looks good with the max depth and stock left. I trust it, a good thing!! I post off the rough and finish and drip it to the machine and the ruffing does a rapid right through the side of the part. I only have 5 bars left and no faith in the software and an important job. I think that I'm going to have to buy Cimco 5 so I can see if this thing is going to wipe out my remaining material with bad code. Other than the fancy fillets I can put on all the corners of this part, MC can't do anything that a good M97 P101 L300 couldn't do without a million lines of code. I don't get it, I'm not having a good day.

I wish 54 was 54 instead of having yet another chart.

another question is what are you using for tapping fluid? I've given up using coolant and now put a drop of some kind of specific tap lube on each hole.

That doesn't sound right. Since it is strictly a rotational torque, the load should all be on the dogs on the spindle. There shouldn't be enough of an axial load to pull it out if everything is syncronized. I did something like that once but I had a G81 instead of G84.