sounds great thanks guys

Having trouble finding a 3mm cutter with a .3 corner radius. we use osg but they dont have one that i see. Need to mill s-7 @ 54-56 any suggestions would be great. thinking millstar or jabro but their websites suck thanks for your advice thanks

Thanks Prosin Molds Actually this isnt our first Makino, we have a hyper 5 which is a different tool changer really goofy actually. But i am sure we will like this one a lot more. We also have 2 SNC64 for graphite. Do you have Makinos there?

thanks guys this is what im hoping for

Hey guys, have a couple questions for you. We are getting a new V33 tomorrow and i was wondering about some setup stuff and what you guys suggested. First I will need to get a new post for this machine. In the post i was wondering if i should set it so that after each tool change it goes and re picks up the tool. There will be a Blum laser for pick up. My concern is that when running unattended, if a cutter should break and its set to pick up when it does a tool change it will be very bad because no tool there and it would try to mill with the tool holder . If it didnt do a pick up then it would cut air for that tool which afterwards would make it bad for the following tool. Any suggestions???? Is there a way to set it so that if there is a variance of say more than .01 or so that it would alarm out??? thanks

Just use is smaller diameter cutter then the desired radius of the corner if you want it to roll around the corner

ahh, what about the radii on bottom and the cylindrical boss's on the ends??

One more idea if the ends are overhang then maybe have to cylindrical boss's attached to help it be more rigid, only work if the ends are cleared though.

Oh and maybe try a finish flowline for a surface toolpath

looks like its on a shank.? Is there any way you could have it mounted on an erowa or 3r so it would be more rigid and maybe leave a larger radius at the bottom where it would connect to a full width style block/shank? I would just try that then your feeds and speeds hopefully wouldnt need adjusted. they look a little quick for how it appears to be mounted on a shank My .02

That map has a little more detail than needed, any other examples of it??????

thank you

Looking for the outline of the USA so we can engrave it. Anyone have this or know where i can get it?? thanks

thanks guys

Anybody else?????

Hey guys, I guess we are getting a new makino v33. My question is whats your opinion on a vise vs a magnet. i currently use a magnet for milling hard steel and love it. The boss wants a vise in the new machine but i would prefer a stronger magnet so that it would withstand the larger cuts. My luck shows that a vise never seems as repeatable as as the magnets. Whats your opinion??? The one machine i have a vise and a magnet in i feel this is the best setup, the other just has a magnet. That way i can choose which workstation it goes in. i like the walker magnets. Any experience with the turbo mill magnets that they have. thanks for any input.

select all entities right mouse click on color at bottom of screen select color you want check mark

maybe it got pushed off your screen since its it own window, what happens if you minimize X2 will it appear??? the dialogue box can move all over and change size easily. try the mininmize thing. Other than that im confused as well

hit your arrow at the top left it will/should drop down then theres your info page as well

Well its been solved. The problem was the machine wanted the arcs broken into segments, but it was posting as though there was just one arc. In the settings this can be changed and all is well again. Thanks everyone for your input. Until next time

here it is in V9 same post (10437-201-60) (10-11-06 - 08:45) ( 3 MM FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 20 DIA. OFF. - 21 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .118) G20 G0G17G40G49G80G90 T20 G0G90G54X1.681Y-1.08S18000M3 G43H1Z.1M7 G5 P10000 G1Z-.001F10. G41D21X1.615F36. G3X1.681Y-1.146R.066 X1.747Y-1.08R.066 X1.681Y-1.014R.066 X1.615Y-1.08R.066 X1.6158Y-1.09R.066 G1G40X1.681Y-1.08 Z-.002F10. G41D21X1.615F36. G3X1.681Y-1.146R.066 X1.747Y-1.08R.066 X1.681Y-1.014R.066 X1.615Y-1.08R.066 X1.6158Y-1.09R.066 G1G40X1.681Y-1.08 Z-.003F10.

Thad, Here it is on the my makino post. ( 10-11-06 - 10:13 ) ( 3 MM FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 3 DIA. OFF. - 21 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .118 ) N100 G20 N110 G0 G17 G40 G49 G80 G90 N120 T3 N130 G0 G90 G54 X1.6812 Y-1.08 S18000 M3 N140 G43 H1 Z.1 M7 N150 G5 P10000 N160 G1 Z-.001 F10. N170 X1.7472 F36. N180 G3 R.0662 N190 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N200 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N210 Z-.002 F10. N220 X1.7472 F36. N230 G3 R.0662 N240 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N250 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N260 Z-.003 F10. N270 X1.7472 F36. N280 G3 R.0662 N290 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N300 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N310 Z-.004 F10. N320 X1.7472 F36. N330 G3 R.0662 N340 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N350 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N360 Z-.005 F10. N370 X1.7472 F36. N380 G3 R.0662 N390 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N400 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N410 Z-.006 F10. N420 X1.7472 F36. N430 G3 R.0662 N440 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N450 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N460 Z-.007 F10. N470 X1.7472 F36. N480 G3 R.0662 N490 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N500 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N510 Z-.008 F10. N520 X1.7472 F36. N530 G3 R.0662 N540 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N550 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N560 Z-.009 F10. N570 X1.7472 F36. N580 G3 R.0662 N590 X1.7464 Y-1.07 R.0662 N600 G1 X1.6812 Y-1.08 N610 Z-.01 F10. N620 X1.7472 F36.

its under contour toolpath thanks

i viewed it in all views, with verify on and off and according to the backplot i thought it was right. i also used an NC editor program and it shows exactly what its doing in the machine. thats why i wonder if its not the post????

I just started using x2 two days ago. I cut a runner with 16 drops in hard steel and had very little issues. Now I go to cut two dowels in the backside of the same plate and cant get the contour toolpath to generate a good path. when i backplot it, it shows it correctly going to the center of the hole, drop down in z, perpindicular to the edge, around the arc, then .01 past for an overlap, back to center, and keeps going to depth. When i send it to the machine it only goes from center of hole, to perpindicular to the edge, then up the .010 overlap back to center and continues to depth, never establishing the O.D of the dowel. this is a simple concept but for some odd reason i am missing either a click somewhere or my post is messed up orim just that dumb. Can anyone give me a suggestions??? thanks