Thanks guys. As usual will be looking forward to the updates.

When I click on the parameters for an operation or click select tool in the parameters it is extremely slow. Anything that I can do to help this. Forgot to grab the computer specifications but it is a Dell with a dual core processor, 2 gigs of memory and an Nvidia graphics card with 512mb. X5 mill level 1. Thanks

Only when I use me hammer and chisel.

I like the ZRN coated endmills. Dataflute originally came out with this I believe but now you can get it from just about anyone. Accupro is cheaper and works as well. RPM's as fast as your machine will go and feed whatever it will handle. I have gone 10,000 rpm's and 200 ipm with these. Most of the time around 100 ipm or so and a little slower on finish a finish pass. They last forever.

I got most of the crap I need running around in my head. Half the time I don't even use a calculator. Maybe I been doing this to long.

Don't regret it at all. Was good working with all the guys again. Just was not for me. I agree with the tooling guys. Things do change fast now days especially with the coatings.

You must have missed my post from the old Emastercam Chris and the starting line here. I'm outa there. This Thursday is my last day. They stuck me on the Robodrill doing nothing but repeat jobs. Lot's of 2-6 tool jobs with fast cycle times. Have spent more time just pushing the green button in the last 9 months than in the last 3-4 years. Don't see myself doing anything but for quiet a while. Need to get back to programming and something a little more challenging. It's a decent place to work and Daren and Barry are pretty good to work for but if I spend much more time there I'll be in a funny white coat with drool running out of the corner of my mouth. Daren may be afraid of stainless I don't know. I do know that from comments he has made that people pushing 100-200 inch feed rates are "cowboys". Good thing they are not a straight job shop. They do not seem to care about cycle times there.

Used some in a Robodrill also. A cut that screams and howls with a standard holder cuts like butter with the big plus. Will try to get some at the new place. Just need to program correctly for them. Light cuts fast feed. My old boss could not seem to grasp this. Always gave me cuts from the 40 taper machines which would scream and howl.

TY all. Looks like not to many people are cutting this. Best information I can find is treat it like tough stainless. Low SFM and a high feed rate.

Anyone with experience cutting this? Face mills, Inserted mills and end mills? Surface footage and feeds? Place where I am working part time soon to be full time has a bunch of work with this material. They are going through a ton of end mills and no luck with face mills.

Had some Supermax machines that used M100. The macro would shut off the coolant send the head home orient the spindle and change the tool.

Double stick tape to hold parts for finish. Nice light cut parts should come out nice and flat. Have done this before and works well. As free a state as you can get as John said.

Don't do any 5 axis work but we do have a 210 head. This sounds like a setting or parameter. Check with your Haas rep. I have had this problem before and it was something like that. Don't believe it is a Mastercam issue.

The other thing I have done when Mastercam grabs an entity you don't want is to blank it then chain. Mastercam will not grab what is not on the screen. When done just unblank.

Thanks Dave will do if the guy decides he wants to buy Mastercam.

Quick question and no I'm not asking for a post . Does anyone out there run Mazak machines using Mastercam programs? Does the mpmaster require modification or can it pretty much be used as is? Someone I know is starting out and just bought a Mazak machining center to go with his lathe. Trying to find out some info for him because he has never used Mastercam and has no idea what it really is or does. Has done everything with the Mazatrol control. Could be another opportunity .

quote: This is making touching tools a pain.? Haas does not care what work offset is active when touching off tools. Could you tell me what was happening as I run Haas machines also. We always just hit tool offset measure then next tool and never have had a problem.

Thanks Dave and Colin missed that one.

Is there a way to set stock to leave, tip comp. ect... to a default instead of the last setting. Example when I do a drill cycle or contour and set tip comp or stock to leave the next drill cycle or contour has the same setting as the last used. It does not matter what your settings are in your operations default. I recently scrapped a part cause I missed that the tip comp was checked because the last cycle I did I used it. I ended up with a 3/8 spot for a 10-32 hole.

We had 2 +1's so I guess I am +3 This has been brought up before. Seems like it would be easy enough. Really adds to the operation manager size when you have to keep copying for finish passes. Or else adds time to manually edit the program after posting. I think that there are a lot of people doing a lot of 2D work that this would greatly benefit.

quote: I don't think tools made from copper could last all that long. If I'm cutting balsa wood they would.

What do people use for copper? Milling, drilling and tapping. We are doing a bunch of copper and I,m just running standard drills and taps. Decent enough with proper speeds and feeds. Really not enough parts to justify carbide at this point. Taps? Broke a few and ordered some OSG coated (made in Mexico). Could not even get through 1 part with them. Went back to standard uncoated taps (GTD).

Got it done and working. Thanks for the help and info. Learning more every day.

Right you are. But the edit you suggest still give me an O in front of the sub. Wouldn't mind this for my machines.

Make sure in your machine definition you are using the post you altered. If you don,t change it it will use the original and post M98,s. quote: Find M98 and replace with M97.I again just went and did this and it worked fine. N2M01 ( T2 3/8 SPOTDRILL DIA. .375 ) ( SPOT HOLES ) T2M6 G0G90G55X-.703Y0.S4000M3 G43H2Z.1T3 M8 G99G82Z-.075R.1P2.F20. M97P1001 G80 M5 G91G28Z0.M9 N3M01 ( T3 NO. 9 DRILL DIA. .196 ) ( SPOT HOLES ) T3M6 G0G90G55X.703Y0.S1364M3 G43H3Z.1T1 G99G83Z-.8889R.1Q.0588F4.1 M97P1002 G80 M5 G91G28Z0. G0G53G90X-15.Y0. M30 O1001 G91 X1.406 M99 O1002 G91 X-1.406 M99 %