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  1. there is a slider on the bottom left side of the Verify window drag it all the way to the right
  2. I've put a bunch of my most commonly used functions on the QA (Quick Access) bar. It's very easy to add or remove functions from the QA bar so I'll add or remove them as my current project requires.
  3. I know several small shops that do just fine without CAM. One shop has a bunch of bar feed Okumas. If you know anything about Okuma lathes, you'll know their canned roughing/finishing cycles are world class. They got along fine programming at the control and the owner is doing very well for himself. Occasionally they would get a part that had geometry issues the Okuma control couldn't solve. He'd give me a call, I'd whip out a finish toolpath and a bill for a 1/2 hour minimum of $45. No doubt it could have all been done better with Mastercam or some other CAM software but he didn't want to invest the $$ to buy it or the time to learn it. Eventually, he hired a guy with a cracked copy of AutoCad and they started using that to solve math the Okuma control couldn't handle. That was one more customer gone.
  4. I have used that wizard for years. Did Kennametal buy Carmex???
  5. Weird ... does that link work? It keeps kicking me back to your original post????
  6. This Alberti head might work https://www.albertiumberto.com/en/products/t90cn-15/ I requested a download of the catalogue page and they sent it to me but our A/V killed it
  7. When I was a kid in Saudi Arabia, people would cut your throat for Double Bubble... even though it had been in transits so long it was rock hard. When I got to the states and bought some fresh chewing gum, I thought something was wrong with it cause it was soft.
  8. Love the video, especially the wrench on the right side of the machine so you can help pull the poor thing around the corners
  9. Thanks for the Novo tip I didn't know Kennametal had a feeds and speeds app I'll be signing up for that!
  10. This is the tool holder I'd be using, an HSK125 PG32 Secure Grip RegoFix contacted me last year and asked if I'd like to test the new PG40 they are coming out with. I said sure but have heard nothing since. That should be a stout tool holder!! The problem is, you'd have to buy a new machine to put them together and that is some big money. I've included a Helical endmill and feeds and speed recommendation as well Those are default numbers with no adjustment on my part. They seem crazy fast to me 550283250.pdf 59384-HEV-M-61000-R.060.pdf
  11. Thanks !!! That is good to know. I hadn't thought of that. My managers have this project scheduled to run on a horizontal boring mill old school plunge mill roughing or maybe rough, index, rough etc etc. I know for sure that it is not capable of running a B axis dynamic roughing path My test file posted at 21meg... for one of two slots LOL!!! I put this sample file together to demonstrate what modern toolpaths and a state of the art Okuma 5X HMB can do. I'm still working on my demo and sales pitch. What I really need are realistic feeds, speeds and stepovers DOC is 2.25, Material is Ti ( don't know full specs yet) endmill is a 6 or 7 flute Ø1" bull /.06r Tool holder is an HSK125 RegoFix Secure Grip... or maybe a heavy duty hydraulic chuck. Up to 500 or 1000 psi though coolant is available. I've tried HMS Advisor and Helical for feeds and speeds. HSM seems realistic but a little slow,, Helical at even half recommended feeds and speeds is stupid fast.
  12. Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall, your hasp drivers may have gotten corrupted somehow.

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