Is your config set to the right path

The older Haas Verticals dont seem to perform well at high feed rates. Antything over abot 60 ipm accuracy and finish go south.

razor, I think you should use offset contour and copy instead of move and it will maintain the chain. Then delete the one you dont want.

This has been happening to me too often and I wonder who else gets screwed by this. I created a 2D Swept Wireframe Toolpath and it works great, then while working on a different part of the program and a different tool the path will change sides. The initial creation works as expected, change something else and repost and the toolpath for the 2D Swept changes what side of the geometry its cutting on. I usualy catch it in Verify but just made a quick fix on the fly and got burned. Anyone else seeing this?

If you have used software like Solidworks the transition will be easier. If not I recommend some kind of formal training or tutoring. "Screaming Teacher" is very good. I made the transition without and spent a month or more of very frustrated head banging. I could have continued with 9.1 but knew I needed to keep up to speed with the latest technology and now Im glad I did. Good Luck!

The Engineering Departments for the last 2 companies I worked for use Solidworks. We are directed to use Solidworks for design work such as fixturing so It can be relayed back and forth. Although when pushed for time I still use Mcam. It seems to be a good partnership between the 2 and I see the Solidworks-Mastercam Combo at a lot of companies. I can get it done faster in Mcam.

I had a contour on a part that I had to surface with limited clearance at the surface of the fixture. I used a Bullnose End Mill with a .030 Radius and Extended the surface enough to get tangent to the edge of the part without hitting the fixture. Hope that helps.

I get the same thing using X MR2, when programming our Horizontals. Im only using 1 Work Offset, center of pallet, and I get the warning Same Work Offset used in mutiple views. Ive learned to live with it. If you find a fix please post it, it is irritating.

What version of mcam are you runing? Im running X2 MR2 and I dont get the peck option

If I remember correctly you can check start at center and perpendicular entry to get comp to work. I typically do 2 seperate cuts 1 to rough without comp and the finish pass as mentioned above. Hope that helps

We get faceting when the toolpath geometry consists of splines not arcs. You'll see that the code is a series of line segments instead of arcs.Good Luck

Sometimes I dont change anything in a cut, just open it and look at it and my transform becomes dirty. Im learning to accept it. This is usually followed by some 4 letter explitives. Then I feel better.

There are no hard and fast rules governing what offset numbering scheme you use. Most of the time the length offset will match the tool#. For instance T1, H1. On some older machines a designated value will be added for radius compensation such as 20 or 50. So a tools offset assignment might be T1, H1, D51. Newer machines can use the same value for both length and diameter wear (Cutter Comp). T1, H1, D1 and cuteer comp only being active when programmed with wear (G41 or G42). But you could use any value available in your machine like H64 D42. Its easier to deal with when there is an association between tool and offset numbering. I hope that helps.

Thats confidential. (I Think) We wouldnt want that to get to Matthews or PSE or Hoyt, Martin, Bear etc.(FYI Not Rocket Science). By the way Mic I used to work in your area. Armstrong Technology, Calmax Technology, A&D precision. 20 years in the Bay Area.

Okay! Right about now I'm feeling pretty stupid. It seems the post doesnt support peck tapping. Previously I manualy edited in the Q value and got an alarm. So I started researching expecting to find a different command such as G84. something or an alternate adress for Q such as K. After Craigs reply I tried it again and the Q worked. Sorry for the wasted effort. Thanks for your support.

Good Morning All, Thanks for the replies I am programming the deeper tapped holes with progressive Z depths and that works fine. I guess I was looking for an easier way out. This is a high end cell system with rigrd tapping and I would think It would support peck tapping. The control is similar to Fanuc but may be customized by Mori Seiki. I just started getting involved in the programming end after being away from it for 5 years. (Last shop didnt have horizontals). Ive got some catching up to do. Thread milling is awsome in a lot of Apps but some holes are 3" deep and the additional tooling gets denied$. Thanks for the suggestions. If I get this resolved I'll post the solution. Thanks again

The front of the control says MSX 501 III. Much newer than anything Ive ran before.

I dont think this will be much help but I have had similar problems and they were network issues. Welcome to the forum.

I would like to initiate a peck tapping cycle on our Mori. We doing some fairly deep 5/16-18 holes. We are using a good OSG Thru Coolant Low Spiral Tap. In my past experience you could add a Q value and it would work. Not with this control. Any help is much appreciated.

We tap around 1500 Rpm in our 50 taper Mori Horizontal in AL. It could probably handle 2,000 to 3000 Rpm in specific applications. Using form taps where you can will eliminate a lot of headaches. Thread-milling is also a great way to get close the the bottom of a hole when the part geometry wont allow you to drill deeper. We use mostly OSG Spiral Point Taps. Some Spiral Flute Taps in the larger sizes. Have fun with your new Mori.

Need more info JZ. Are you plunging into solid material? Try pocketing

This cutter is very impressive. 1-1/4 dia inserted EM: Kennametal, M1D125E1803BT40L488, 6438CAS, MS2126.

The thread milling in Mastercam works great on pipe threads. I often encounter multiple pitches on the same part and use a single point tool and cut them all. Very good results.

Hey Tux, Hanita Varimil for roughing, Data Flute for finishing. Both TAILN coated. Follow manufacturers recomendation for SFM. Cuts like butter.

I've never seen that. We have a Leadwell vertical pallet machine with that control. I usually turn on Dry Run.