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.

and Double Bubble chewing gum to seal those pesky leaks

Love the video, especially the wrench on the right side of the machine so you can help pull the poor thing around the corners

and a funeral and memorial service for the Protrack shortly thereafter.

Thanks for the Novo tip I didn't know Kennametal had a feeds and speeds app I'll be signing up for that!

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

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.

Have you tried an uninstall/reinstall, your hasp drivers may have gotten corrupted somehow.

As far as I know, the only legal way to acquire and old hasp is to buy a business that owns the license. Of course 2 people doing a deal on a 10 year old hasp could care less what CNC Software thinks as there is no support for a 10 year old license, no matter who owns it.

There is also NCSimul which used to be a decent reasonably priced product from France (?) They got eaten by Hexagon a few years back so I suspect it is no longer reasonably priced. also, Predator Virtual CNC I used to own a seat of this, in fact I still have the dongle laying around somewhere. Back in the day it cost $1K per axis. It was capable software though now where near up to Vericut standards. It got me through some very tough jobs, but I eventually gave up on it because there was zero support.

I've kept my license current for 26 years now. If you're current, going from a dead hasp to a software license is a small fee. If you're not current, you will have to get current which will cost a lot of $$$ If you are more than 3 releases behind, it will probably be cheaper to buy a new seat than renew an old expired one.

I'm still running a USB hasp. When I bought V7 it came with a white hasp that plugged into a printer port. I don't remember when I had to swap it out for a USB hasp. I'm thinking X or X2. It still works and CNC still supports it, but should it break or get lost, it will be replaced with a software license.

Bird2010 is correct My original floor surface was a trimmed surface extracted from the solid model I created a new surface that was a full 360° lofted surface I still have no control over where the tool part starts, but it's starting at a more efficient location.

What OS are you using on your PC X5 supports Windows &, Vista and XP

I'm using the ModuleWorks 5X pocket toolpath

I'm trying to rough a slot in a Ø50 Ti ring The slot is 4.25wide 2.25" deep and has a sweep of 170° I want to use dynamic roughing with a Ø1" carbide endmill I've got a very nice toolpath going but... It rapids to about C 160, helixes to depth , roughs all the way back to C0 rapids out and back to C160 then finishes the slot to C170 Is there any way to control where to toolpath starts cutting and in which direction it goes?. This is a production part and I need it to be as efficient as possible. Ideally it would start at c10 machine to C0, then rapid back to C10 and finish to C170

Do you have any values set in Reference Points

Lie .... make your drive geometry longer than the actual part so the plunge move is safe.

There are 2 machine sim's available for Mastercam. One version, supplied by Mastercam, is free and runs on NCI. The seconds is the Postability Machine Sim. It is linked to your Postability post but it does not run the actual gcode. However, it does accurately reflect what will happen on the machine.It's greatest advantage is it launches straight out of Mastercam. It is excellent for checking tool clearance, toolpath motion, collisions and the stability and smoothness of 4 and 5X toolpaths. I use it extensively to program our Okuma MU1000H, a JOBS C/A 5X gantry mill and a Cincinatti A/B gantry mill. It is especially useful for checking windup limits on the JOBS as the C axis is limited to ±200° and it is as simple as launching a Verify session.It is not a replacement for Vericut. Vericut stands in a league of it's own, but it also costs 7 to 10 times the price of Postability Machine Sim. I use Postability Machine Sim as a programming aide and Vericut as the final check before releasing a program to the floor.

Aside from this graphics issue, how is that Threadripper treating you. I've read that Threadrippers and Mastercam can have issues, though I don't remember where I read that.

Check this setting Start/Mastercam 2024/Advanced Configuration you'll need Admin rights to make changes

a dumb question If my seed toolpath gas wear CDC enabled, will Convert to 5X output the G41 D and G40 callouts Even if it did, I don't think it would work if .1" long linear leadin/out moves were converted to .001 point to point motion

I wish Moduleworks could output arcs when it was appropriate. Moduleworks outputs some really sweet toolpath motion but most of the time, the file sizes are too big to run on the old dinosaurs we've got around here. Cimco used to offer a filtering app, but last time I looked, it hadn't been updated in years... and now it's not on the Product list. I often wondered how well it worked, but never had the opportunity to try it I did find an old brochure

Will this convert the whole toolpath to point to point even if the seed file contains arcs??

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