Yup. ttblend$ was the answer. Thanks!

Thanks for this!! I was pulling my hair out trying to get tooltotal to work right!!!

No. You build them in MachSim.

The latest beta should fix the tool holder issue. Under work piece, position, set to translate xyz. Depending on where your fixture is in relation to the machine you'll need to adjust. If this is set to automatic then it will just "fit" it into the machine. I program trunnion to rotary center so i make sure my workholding is positioned relative to rotary center and the translation values are all zeros. There's not much documentation. I have lot's of experience so just ask away. -Josh

One thing is the ability to use the full range of travel without switching out plates. Chick is designed primarily as a machine your softjaw vise. The Toolex starts off as a jaw vice and then expands to fit any need. With the toolex you can machine a step down section in your softjaws so then locate in the x axis and repeat between setups. I'm speaking of the double station. I have no real need for a single.

They have many features and capabilities that Chick vises don't. Way more flexible. I've used both.

The Toolex dual lock is the best vise by far IMHO. I've looked into the Orange Vises. Looks like great stuff. I like the jaw interchangeability.

In mplmaster- Deleted this (* dia_mult) ppolar_fcyc #Output values for face, polar conversion cycle xabs = (xa + dia_shift) * dia_mult <------ Changed this to "0": g112address : 0 #0 = Y, 1 = C

That's what I started with. No good. I think I'll just use my handy mplmaster post as a base.

Gent's, As I'm sure your aware. The Haas Lathe with live tooling posts do't work at all. I need to modify one for a ST10-Y. The problem I'm having is the post uses Diameter for X while milling. I also need to change the G112 cycle so it outputs "Y" instead of "C". Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, -Josh

Look at the insert design. It's bomber.

The wear is much more predictable. The inserts don't fail in a catastrophic manner. I ran one of the Ingersoll tools against a Mitsubishi AJX in Ti with an interrupted cut and saw 3 times the life.

This tool is a straight up brute. No other tool compares for hard metal cutting imho. http://ecat.ingersoll-imc.com/ecat/ProductSeriesDetails.aspx?ID=298145

Looks like CNC is finishing development for the Eurotech B465S-Y2 in MT! -Josh

Yes. Correct. M code. Smart xxxx. No....