I have an old Cincinnati Arrow 750 with a Fanuc 18I control. I am struggling with getting it to drip feed program or run from the memory card. Any help?

I have the okay to replace one of our Bridgeport Mills this year. I am considering something like a Trak mill. I need something that has a similar foot print and also can be run manually. Any recommendations?

A better question would be, how do you make sure the people in shop clean the tool holders?

I've been using MC Wire for over 20 years on Mitsubishi Machines. I am currently using MC 2020 to program 3 Mits. machines, one of them being a new MV1200-R.  I have no problem programming  tapers. I don't quite understand what you are trying to accomplish and where your struggles lie.

Soft it machines like D2 but It's a pain to grind after hardening.

What is the most efficient way to program countersinks?  The flat on the end varies . There doesn't seem to be a spelled out standard for these tools. I have been physically measuring tools before I program them. 

It has been my experience with X+ crashing in 2018 is when I open a part that was previously programmed and try outputting a setup sheet with doing a regen.

Possibly it could be your plunge parameter settings??

Have spoke to the engineer of the part?  Possibly that small of a radius isn't necessary and was over looked in the design.  I run into that quite often.

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what do you have here in the post processor drop down?

We have 4 of them here but I'm not involved with them . They are used here in production, engraving our light cases.  examples:

https://www.zippo.com/collections/lighters?page=2&sort_by=price-descending

Are you talking about the Z1, Z2 & Z5

Does anyone have a sample file they could share?

If I understand it correctly, if I have a complex part and want to use optirest, I can set up a stock model using the previous operations to use for the rest mill setup?

I'm trying to grasp the use of stock models, when? how? why?

found it in view. Dah

I closed out my recent function tab (2017). How do I reopen it?

What sucks is if you over look one of the dimensions and the guy at the machine starts adjusting tool comp then screw up a different feature.

How do you handle parts that the imported solid model is made exactly the to print but the print has different plus and minus tolerance's through out. Do you edit the model? Use stock to leave? Use comp? or sent it back to person who made the model?

Thanks you,  now I can use  MC2017  more often. My operators prefer  your setup sheet.

He's a quick easy way to do this, a basic 2d contour with depth of cut set it to cut a taper. I did this years ago before I had surface. Also this works good for the old machines with little memory.

I mainly thread holes from 4-40 up to 3/8-16.  I might have time today to mess with threadmilling. Thanks for all the help offers and I will be taking you up on them. BTW the machines I'll be trying this on  are a Okuma Genos 560 and a Cinci with a fanuc 18I

I've never got a handle on thread milling.    I bought a couple thread mills to try and busted them and never went back.  Maybe I'll take another stab at it. Any help?

The small reamers from the default  "Big inch" library get an error. They have to large of a chamfer distance.