P-Cancel should solve your problem. If that works you might want to schedule some preventative maintenance to check the wires to the home switch and e-stop switch's (one for the left side and one for the right side) for the X Axis. On the machine I have here they go through a wire race that moves back and forth with the Y-axis of the table. Over time these wires get oily, brittle and break. This was the cause in the past for me to keep losing my home position. Mine also has the power and encoder wires for the X-Axis servo in the same race. The encoder wire broke on me also and had to be repaired.

Thanks Del.

I'm having difficulty finding information for larger threads, specifically 4 11/16-12 and 8 11/16-12. Machinist handbook only goes to 4". Anyone have any internet links to a chart for these sizes? Thanks.

Right click on your operations, select "Edit Selected Operations" then "Change Program #"

Try setting your feedplane to -.1 abs

No problem.

You could use a cutoff toolpath. Select a corner point, Use X Tangent point to select the depth to go to, adjust compensation direction to get the tool on the correct side of the point you choose, turn off corner radius geometry and uncheck your entry and exit vector (leadin/leadout) or make sure they are set to 90 deg and -90 deg.

All this guy wants is a bushing to go into a plastic 45 gallon drum with a 1 3/4" straight thread in the center (the 45 gallon drum has the buttress thread on it). I have a male and female of the thread so maybe I can duplicate it to a piece of HSS and cut the thread. He wants it turned out of Delrin so I don't really need to worry about it lasting too long. Thanks for the info everyone!

Here is one here: http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=021313#000000

Anyone ever turn Buttress threads? I've had a request for a bushing for a plastic 45 gallon drum which appears to have a buttress thread, approx 2", 5 TPI (.200 pitch). Just curious, for the one thread I've been asked to make (2 pcs), would I be best to grind up a HSS tool (will be turning delrin for the bushings)? Is there a form gage used to grind the tool to the proper size? I think I used one for ACME threads in trade school a while ago. Any information is appreciated. Thanks.

I believe you have to make a call to phsmon and phsmoff from somewhere else in the post. Maybe somewhere after you call up your height offset for phsmon and somewhere before you retract your spindle for phsmoff. Refer to this post for more information: http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=021313#000013

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Here's one that was done a few years ago. Maybe use the same file and start a new thread, since a bit has changed since 2004. Linky

Racer Machinery is located in Cambridge, Ontario. Not far from you. Phone # 1-888-514-1661. They should be able to help you out with manuals, or some information if you get stuck again.

If you move the red arrow in your operations manager to a point before the stock flip then the original geometry and stock will show up. edit: sorry MillingMan. Didn't read your entire post before posting the same solution!

I have had a couple things reverse engineered by CMM in the past. It is great for simple 2D parts, such as a tool change arm for a CNC machine. I've also tried to reverse engineer a control arm from a car using this method. After getting pretty crappy point data from the guys with the CMM (outsourced) I spent ours trying to extrude the arm and eventually got a close representation (close enough for what we were doing). While I was working on this I inquired about other methods and one that was pointed out to me was 3D laser scanning. The guy I was talking to said in the time a CMM could get a couple of points, this laser scan could produce millions of points. Accurate to .005". He said they would use a software called Polyworks to create nurbs surfaces from the points. Here is their website for more information. http://www.sammertech.com Keep in mind I have never used this service, it just came up while I was inquiring about options, so I cannot comment on how well the data came in, or how usable it was. Just something to look into.

I found where it hasn't worked for me in the past is if I want to completely change a tool for a bunch of ops, including speed and feed. I have to change the tool first, exit the edit dialog, re-enter and change the speed, exit, re-enter and change the feed. I find if I try to change the tool, speed, and feed all at the same time that it doesn't take.

I just had a problem on my machine (not a haas) that sometimes wouldn't orient and would alarm out. Took the orientation sensor out, couldn't get a replacement same day so I cleaned it up (dust from the belt was on the end of sensor) and put it back in. So far no problems (been 1 day). This happened once before (couple years ago) where a bolt came loose and was jumping around inside the area where the drive belt is. The bolt at one point broke the wire for this sensor.

I have X2 sitting here. X is just working so well for me, and there was a spindle speed issue that I just didn't want to have to worry about it. One day I'll get to it!

Thanks. I'll try those suggestions.

When you are window chaining I find I have better luck setting it to 3D instead of Cplane, or make sure your depth is set to the same plane the letters are in.

Using X MR2, I'm trying to mill an undercut using a 4" slotting saw .315" thick. I've put a file on the FTP in the mcx_mr_or_earlier directory MILL-OP20-SOLIDS.zip There are 2 operations in the file. Problem seems to be regen time. The last time it ran for almost 1 1/2 hours processing operation #1 and was only up to surface 5 of 8. Is this normal? Could someone else try regenerating it and see if they get the same result, or any ideas on what I'm doing wrong for it to take too long? I've haven't even been able to get to the point to see if the toolpath is what I want yet. Takes too long to regen. The surfaces I'm using are on Level 2. I created these surfaces from the model, which is on Level 1. Thanks.

Roger, can you clarify what version of Solidworks should X MR2 open? X2? Thanks.

I thought there might be a timer somewhere in the parameters that could not be reset that would show me total hours on the machine. I'm trying to sell the machine and the one guy that came in asked how many hours were on it. My diagnostic screen shows total run-time 901 hrs, but it can be reset and I know I reset it on one of the machines before by accident, can't be sure if it was that one.

I have a Fanuc 0-MD control and am trying to find the total runtime. I know there is a runtime on the diagnostics page but I believe that one can be reset. Wondering if there is one that cannot be reset and will give the total the machine has run since it was built. Thanks.