im going to a user group meeting tommorrow i will ask them and get back to you.

in stock set up make sure you have the correct view selected

if only .500 deep why not use 2D contour and step down .030-.050 leaving .125 on xy that way after you can finish side wall with 90 degree cutter

not sure how it's calculated

i don't have solids so can some one scale down the ball in the cube file and send it to me.i would like to cut it using 2*2*2 stock. thanks in advance

use stop on collision. it shows if there is problems. must have stock set up definded.

try tangentail line lenght

i've thought that too but when in doubt always save. Ive learnt the hard way

The classes put on by the resellers are great, small classes and helpful. Also this forum is a great place to learn some tips and tricks. Also the training tutorial books are helpfull. Get your employer to buy them if need be.

i would start with a shorter drill maybe 3-5x dia and then use the 10x dia length drill. DO NOT use peck drill they work better if it is a straight drill cycle. i agree with Hardmill use the recommended speeds and feeds if not comfortable with it phone your tool supplier and have the rep come in that way if you break it using their recommended s/f you can get another for no cost!

check the total tolerance filter ratio and make sure it is set. i found this to be a help before

glad to help.

just did it. use the .032 em forget the .062 em if you are worried about the cut amount you multi pass i set the remachine tolerance to 1% and use the remachine from previous tool diameter of .156

make sure you do not have the box checked "update graphics view when WCS is changed" found in view manager

no way as far as i know to show peck in back plot it would be a plus if they had it, sorry i couldn't help

just got the new release of mastercam 3 yesterday,i had my mastercam rep install it. i see they have added a couple new tool paths and gave us engraving, plus1 for that! i am going to play around with it today as i dont have much work. i was wondering what you guys think of the FBM feature? does it save that much time and are the tool paths effective?

If you need to start off where the other left off change the top of stock to z-5.00 and retract set to z -4.875 make sure you set clearance to positve z height.still use peck cycle this should help you

i'll check the sites out, thanks. also where do your operators bill their time to when the mills are running i feel that it should be billed to the job what are your opinion?

I am in need of some opions. I currently have a operator running and setting up various cnc mills, I was wonder what everybody does for time sheets? I would like to know so I can get the pencil pushers of my a**. I use to put the time start and stop on the job it was cutting but now they want set up time, program time, cut time and clean time and down time to me it seem more time will be spent writing this out and watching the clock. Any suggestions would be great. We don't run production jobs so they are all 1 offs.

found them, seem to be an ETS style. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a couple of shibaura cat50 holders and am having a hard time finding collets for them, they are older holders. Does anyone know where to buy them in the GTA area of Ontario? if it helps here are the holder numbers,

CT50S-CTA10-135

CT50S-CTA40S-120

CT50S-CTA25-135

CT50S-CTA20-135

Thanks.

Keith

got it figured out. in the offset setting page right arrow key(soft) page down, DNC has to be ON . thanks again for all your help.

thanks for the help it worked out perfect, with the shift.

what speed would you run it at? same as i would with conventional boring?

i have never bored holes on my cnc i usually mill them finish, but since we got our big mill and im making die sets i was wonding if anyone could give me some info on the boring cycles? i have roughed the hole leaving .010 total on the diameter(2.990) i have wahlhopter boring heads and carbide inserted. thanks guys. i dont want to drag the cutter up the side when im finished .