Hi everyone, Please excuse the question,I know this has been talked about many times ,But I can not find the right answer,Or I just do not see it.I have a part with many ops, I am machining five at atime from one pc of flat stock.I want to take this part and machine it on a rotary/indexing head(haas) so i will be able to make the part on four sides of a fixture.I will be glad to e-mail the part geom to you.I am using version 9.1. Thank You in advance, John

Hi All, First I like to say thank you for all the help in the past.Now for a question how do I edit the post to remove this information (MASTERCAM - V9.) (MC9 FILE - C:MCAM9MILLMC9453264453264,SIDE TWO.MC9) (POST - C:MCAM9MILLPOSTSMPMASTER-2.PST) (MP - V9.19) (MATERIAL - ALUMINUM INCH - 6061) (PROGRAM - TEST.NC) (DATE - JUL-17-07) (TIME - 11:10) (POST DEV - IN-HOUSE SOLUTIONS) (OVERALL MAX - Z.25) (OVERALL MIN - Z-.5) N100 G00 G17 G20 G40 G80 G90: Thank You, John

Hi All, I know I am doing somthing wrong,Can someone help me with this.When I do an lead in and lead out,I get an error saying cutter comp. on arc move,How can I do this different ,I want to use an arc to blend in to the part.What am I doing wrong? John

Hi Everyone, I am machining a 1.7" Dia. pocket @1.4" DP.,The pocket has a .625" Dia. post in the middle of the pocket standing .05" high.Two questions;I want to lead in for a finish pass by using an arc that is 50% smaller then the lead in line,But I get a error when posting saying cutter comp.on arc error,I can remove the arc move but my finish ends up with a tool mark in the wall,I just want to blend the tool path,I am using the true spirial with a helix entry and I am using the finish option. Second question is with the .625 dia post I end up plunging for the final .05" to finish my depth since I can not have an helix entry,Any suggestions on this would be helpful. Thank You, John

Thank you for the reply,No I did not ,Thats is the problem.Thank you so much. John

Thank You, By turning of Trochoidal the cutter is taking a full cut (slot).If I could e-mail my geometry and toolpath to some one to look at it would really help. John

Hi All, I have read many topics on high speed machining,But I still not sure if I should be using it or not.I have a aluminum block that has to have a rectangular pocket machined 3.5 deep .What advantage would I have verse using zig zag toolpath?I saw a video on SurfC#@#@ using something simular.I am just not sure on how to set it up and if I should be using it.HELP Thank you , John John

I'm doing a 2-d circular pocket,2.8 dp. and I want the helix entry to start in the center of pocket but it starts off center goes to first depth then the center and spirals out. What can I do to get the entry to center.I am trying not to plunge or pre drill a starter hole. Thank You , John

Hi all, How would you use the WCS on two different parts in two different vises.Not knowing where the second vise/part is located from the firstpart/vise.I would like to use g55,g56 But I am not sure how to set wcs for the second vise/part and be able to have it any where on the table and still post good code.I tried creating two parts and toolpaths,but I get a "X"DIM. and a "Y"DIM from the first part/vise in my code.Iam confused,And you probaly will be after reading this.

Terry,I seem tobe having trouble locating the tutorial.Can you give me direction to where I can find it? John

Thank you John ,That will help alot,I will do the search on wcs.

Does anyone have any rotary table knowledge using MasterCam,I am not sure how to use the option.I want to machine a rectangular block,On the top face I will do a pocket and there are some drilled holes and taped holes,Then rotate 90 deg. and drill and tap some more holes,Rotate again 90 deg.(bottom of block) drill and tap again.I hope this gives enough information.Version 9mc Thanks In Advance