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i got to live and program with all these bugs
but if a can save a few hours if i don't have to always find a work around, i will be happy and my boss too
we are all capable to get the job done , but not necessarily the fastest way
Here in Canada we can not smoke in any workplaces of public places
so here at the shop it's a no way any time any where exept outdoors on brake time
but we are 38 worker here and only 2 smokes
we do a LOT of inconel ball , and button insert are simply not rigid enough to hold tight tolerances
a 35 deg VNMG insert is the best way to cut accurate balls
an be absolutely sure that tour machine backlash is really well adjust, at the point where the X screw will rotate to the other way , if you got too much backlash, you will get a very nice toolmark (on Okuma this can be adjust in parameter )
we got an old Okuma cadet LNC-8 that is 25 years old , it still hold parts within .0002 all day long
i don't think that a Haas can do this, even if it's brand new
x1000 dynamic toolpath for small end mills is a must, we do a lot of pockets with corner smaller than .250 ans dynamic was a huge improvement on tool life and reducing cycle time
for 1/8 endmill , try 5 to 8% stepover, it will cut forever
edit: don't be cheap on tooling quality
i got to admit that FBD can be a fast way to drill some parts with a lot of different holes, but the machine time will be out of range
you better take 30min to program each hole than waste 2-3 hours in the machine
FBM is a total waste of time, the cycle times are ridiculous...
with dual screen , it's really a common warning, an open task window can be hide under an other on the 2nd screen, generally the operation manager it's 100% my fault at each time
Gunther , it will be awesome if we can output the toolpath group name in the header comment
i use this to describe the operation to be done in the process
Tanks in advance (if its possible)
this dosen't solve the problem , i thing is that Nvidia does not update my 8800GT card driver to support nView in win7, only the quadro card get this update
this is a minor issue for me , i can really live well with this
for my 3-4 first try , it runs great
if you use aero version in win7 , the screen shot will take the X+ box with the printscreen, the X5 was like this too (see attached picture)
i just drag the X+ box in the other screen then click OK
FYI: the HTML version works better with explorer than Firefox
if my memory is good , it's a setting in the OSP parameter to remove the header name, it's not a Cimco setting
i think it's in the RS-232 page
we got both controllers and they work fine with RS-232
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