I have been a user for many years and always wondered why Mastercam hides to coolant two levels deep in the edit tool menu? why not put it up front and give an option to have it on for every tool..... Some times if I edit a tool and then post the program, the coolant will turn off in the middle of a cut!  This is such a nuisance, Grrr....  I need to go back to the M/C program and check every operation that uses the tool, check reinitialize speeds and feeds what a pain. 

I always use the option "Use tools step peck coolant" checked on

Or am I just stuck in my old ways and need to learn something new.....

way cool I was just wanting this the other day!!

This is the Mechanica-art guy from above I could not log into my account for some reason so this is my work account to reply.........

In the past I would create my own macro programs to read the values into the height offset registers, worked great! 

Yes I have been trough all the scenarios as above. I currently use a set point on my machines (Okuma) to measure tool length offsets. Very accurate when machining molds..... And have used the "G59 0,0,0" method in the past.  The controls are at the school and are on Sharp CNC machines. Fanuc 21i. Does Fanuc have a parameter that will read only from the machine position? I called Fanuc directly and they did not really know....  I just need to know if Fanuc has a method or parameter, or have I been missing something all these years......

I really do not like to teach the students to measure tools off the top of the part. It creates to many variables when using two vises multiple work offsets and so on. Measuring off a set point from the table is the most accurate and simple method in my opinion.  It also teaches the students about the machine, work coordinate, and length offset  systems and how they work with each other in a program.

You should never have to cancel a tool length offset when switching between WCO systems. Fanuc is still very down ward comparable, An old program should work fine.

Some thing like this

N1G28G91Z0M5

GOG40G49G80G90G98

T1M6

G54X1.Y1.M3S6500

G43Z3.H1M8

M98P1000

G55X1.Y1.

M98P1000

G56X1.Y1.

M98P1000

M9

G29G91Z0M5

G28G91Y0

M30

Your WCO system should adjust for the Z values.Are you using positive or negative offsets?

My question is why would you want to cancel the tool length offsets?

Oregon, Where in Oregon?

We figured it out! The kid who works here has been turning the mix knob eight turns instead of to the number eight! I checked the thickness and it was off the refractometer..........

Traings insued, and he is fine now

I know this is an old posting, but I am using extream cut 251 and it is jelling? Any recomendations???????

Does any one have some sort of tutorial for this?

I just recieved a temporary code from my dealer and want to test it out...

Yeah a customer wants this type The closest I found was Bella Donna????? Made it work so my quest will continue for future letters......

In Verify

Here is what I did, took a little time but engraves clean and fast, no pocket routine.......

I will try that. What I did was make 1" tall letters in my font then use offset countour to "tweek" what I need. Then I scaled it down, looks good. I have seen engraving houses do single line script letters that look real clean and are fast to process. I am going to contact an engraving guy and pick his brain. It would be nice to have this as a c-hook or something of the sort.

Oh and I do not want to turn a simple engraving job into a huge pocket program!

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Help.....

Does any one know of a source for single line cursive engraving fonts?

I need to engrave some cursive but the fonts provided are "pocket" style. When it engraves it looks stupid! I just want to follow a clean single line and adjust the depth or cutter diameter for the proper wdth of the letter.

Thanks

I am starting a class in a month teaching fourth year apprentice students CNC tech. I am including Mastercam in the training course this semester. What training books have you used? I am looking for good solid training book. The Students will purchase their own books for the class, and I want to be sure they will be able to utilize the book in the future too.

If you know how to program this machine, I have a few questions.

I need to make the Pully lock tool.

Does any one have the diminsions of a standard rear drive pully from a 1999 to present sportster or Buell?

Got it put the dollar sighns on the actual file name, Worked perfect.

Thanks

At the header?

So:

$ABC123.MIN$

(PROGRAM HEADER)

N1.........

M30

I have a Okuma with a U10m control. We run DNC and in the memory mode. Our Floppy drive dumped and now I am loading programs VIA the RS232 port. When I load a program it always wants to load every program as A.min. How do I format my NC file header so the control will recognize the program name? The manuals are not very clear on program formatting........

Found it thanks

My post need modification so my angle signs are reversed what do I look for in the post to do this.

Instead of posting A45 I want A-45