Thanks for the reply. Is this supposed to append to the first part program or does it go in as a separate program? This isn't something I'm familiar with and the only person here whos done it in the past used Mazatrol 15+ years ago to accomplish it.

When all else fails ask google....when that fails ask the forum. We have a Mazak dual turn (twin spindle lathe) that has been converted over to run eia/iso. I'd like to set up the spindle transfer to auto load parts from one chuck to the other but I dont have a roadmap of the GCode required. Does anyone have any experience with a similar lathe? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We are looking for a second mastercam programmer for a prototype auto company. Work has increased steadily and we now have more than we can push through a single programmer. The company is located in Sterling Heights, Mi. Anyone interested can send a resume into [email protected] Experience with lathes, mills, and wire are recomended. I"m not sure if this is kosher on the forum but I figured i'd come straight to the source for the best.

cheeves...check out thewoodwhisperer.com. Hes got a lot of great basic info that you'll find usefull. He just posted a new one on how to tune up a brand new table saw coincidently.

the one on finewoodworking.com isn't too bad. Its a subscription service but they've got a lot of info on there For those little tricks and tips that just make your life a little easier i recommend the video podcast at thewoodwhisperer.com Hes also got a forum on there. If you have a few hours or a just a few minutes hes got a lot of great basic info on there

We're running a mazak dual turn 20 that i had the g-code option installed on recently. Its a two spindle lathe that allows for part transfer between chucks. Does anyone have a similar machine and if so know what the G-code is to do a part transfer. The machine is capable using the mazatrol programming but no one here is really proficient programming it that way.

what version are you using?

i ordinarily would do that but i only need them for a single path and would have to spereate them also

I have a large project with 4 - 5 thousand surfaces...its actually a transmission case. I would like to pocket out the inside using a large cutter. Is there a way to window pick only the visible faces...ie those not on the back side of the case while looking at the front... Its not an overwhelming problem but it uses a ton of extra unessesary processing time.

i found some at bigkaiser.com thanks for everyones help

Does any one know of any companies that produce apaters for through tool coolant, ie...not through the spindle but mounted to it. We'd like to retrofit an andapter on an older machine for a new small run production job, only i can't seem to find any companies that make one. thanks in advance for the help

what kind of 3d work are you doing? if its not overly complex you could go with the cheaper card and not even notice a difference...but if you're using something with 1000's of surfaces you'll kick yourself later on...or

the first thing i do in an issue like that is pull the hard drive cable. If it gives you a no operating system error you know it got past the bios and is the drive...if you dont get that then you know you have a hardware/ bios issue.

alright thanks for the help. I'm going to check some memory meters and see if theres somethign that pops out

i actually am using faces. And no high speed paths. Just simple surface rough pocket. The odd thing is it appears to slow the whole file down. Even opening the parameters pages seems to take forever. I've resorted to converting all my solids to surface models now.