Hey John, Not trying to start something up or anything but I'm curious about what happened between you and your HFO. I've been at my present job 1 yr. now. This is the first experience I've had with Haas equipment but it's all been good. Machine does what it's supposed to and service has been really good (only one issue with a gasket/seal in the spindle). Just curious. Mike

Hey savtav, I'm just curious, what post did you start with and what did you modify in the post? What changes did you make? What version MC is it for? The reason I ask is I have a friend that I do some programming for about once every other month or so. He has two VQC's. I've never run Mazaks. My experience is with Haas, Fadal, Mits., etc. I currently post out the programs I write for him and then spend and hour or so editting manually. If I could cut this time down or out, it would be great. The programs I write for him are from a certain customer of his that sends him cad files with surfaces or splines that he can't do using conversational programming. Just thought I'd ask. Mike

Hello all. I mostly lurk around here and haven't posted in a long time but felt compelled to wade into this one. I AM a tool & die maker who, just so happens, does all my own programming and most of the running of all the CNC equipment I have ever used. I've been using Mastercam since version 6. I remember when other toolmakers would tell me they could do it faster on a Bridgeport than I could on the VMC. Didn't take long for them to realize the potential. I gravitated to the wire EDM and really did some "magic" there. Some of the biggest critics became supporters. It just took time. The other thing you have to understand is that most "old timers" struggle with e-mail. That's how it's been in a lot of the shops I've seen. I watched (and helped) one of those old timers learn to use a CNC and Mastercam. It took him 2-3 years to do what I consider bread & butter stuff. Nothing really challenging. This guy bought his first computer to use at home just to help himself get better with that aspect. I really respect his efforts. "Smoking these old timers" implies to me that you want to embarass them. Put them in their place, so to speak. These guys are every bit as much an expert at what they do as you are. While I understand they aren't giving you the same respect, you still need to earn it in their eyes. Try including them, get their input on how get more out of job. They may surprise you. To this day, I still pull things out of my a** using some trick an "old timer" showed me. This isn't meant to be a rant. Just my take. I see old timers as a resource that's fading. Yeah, some were real a**holes to work with. But then again, I can be too. Mike(huntinghippie)