I've been on vacation..

In my original question I messed up..

This is what I meant to to have for my needed code:

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L82/KB04082

H1 =.00898

H2 =.00661

H3 =.00563

H4 =.00512

H5 =.005

H6 =.00748

H7 =.00512

N100 G90

N110 G92 X0. Y0.

N120 M21

N130 G0 X-.765 Y.625

N160 E2521 H1 F.118

N170 M90

N180 M20

N140 M78 M78

N150 M80 M82 M84

N190 G41 G1 X-.745 Y.678

the problem is in the start of program only. I want the:

N140 M78 M78

N150 M80 M82 M84

after the first M20.

Whenever I try to change the post to do this it messes up all the other wire feed codes later in the program.

I have a Bridgeport VMC 760. We bought it not long before Hardinge acquired Bridgeport. This machine has been nothing but great! The accuracy has been right on. The machine has giving us minimal problems.

I know nothing about theses machines since Hardinge took over.

I always said I never mess up"

read my signature!

I thought this would be easy but it's kicking my butt!

This is what I want at the start of progam:

L82/KB04082

H1 =.00898

H2 =.00661

H3 =.00563

H4 =.00512

H5 =.005

H6 =.00748

H7 =.00512

N100 G90

N110 G92 X0. Y0.

N120 M21

N130 G0 X-.765 Y.625

N150 E2521 H1 F.118

N160 M90

N170 M20

N180 M78 M78

N190 M80 M82 M84

N200 G41 G1 X-.745 Y.678

this is what I get:

L82/KB04082

H1 =.00898

H2 =.00661

H3 =.00563

H4 =.00512

H5 =.005

H6 =.00748

H7 =.00512

N100 G90

N110 M21

N120 G0 X-.765 Y.625

N130 M78 M78

N140 M80 M82 M84

N150 E2521 H1 F.118

N160 M90

N170 M20

N180 G41 G1 X-.745 Y.678

I'm using a modified version of

Mitsubishi FA-Series 4X Wire.pst

We had one of those 20 years ago. I, for some unknow reason kept some of the old files. I really liked that old machine. I want to buy it of the company but they won't sell it to me. Also if I remember correctly the code needed a heart symbol at the end of the program.

Here's what I have as far as communication setting:

Standard serial protocol

#

# STOPBITS = 1, 1.5, 2

# DATABITS = 5, 6, 7, 8, 16

# PARITY = NONE, EVEN, ODD

# FLOWCONTROL = NONE, SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, BOTH

# RECV_REMOVECHAR = NONE, ASCII0, ASCII0TO31,

#

[sTANDARDSERIAL]

RECV_NOSAVEEMPTY= No

TRAN_REMCHAR =

TRAN_STARTTRIG =

TRAN_ENDTRIG =

DEBUGFILE =

TRAN_OMITEMPTY = No

SMT_MODE = No

PORTINFO = COM1, 2400, 7E2

COMPORT = COM1

BAUDRATE = 2400

STOPBITS = 2

DATABITS = 7

PARITY = EVEN

FLOWCONTROL = SOFTWARE

DTR_ENABLED = 1

RTS_ENABLED = 1

XONCHAR = 017

XOFFCHAR = 019

PARITYINSERT = 035

USEPARITY = 1

RECV_CRLF = AUTO

RECV_OMMITLINES =

RECV_REMOVECHAR = ASCII0TO31

RECV_STARTTRIG =

RECV_ENDTRIG =

RECV_TIMEOUT = 5

RECV_SENDXON = No

RECV_FEEDSTART =

TRAN_CRLF = 013,010

TRAN_OMMITLINES =

TRAN_DELAYLINES = 0

TRAN_BREAKCOUNT = 0

TRAN_TIMEOUT = 0

TRAN_REMOVEWS = No

TRAN_TABTOSPACE = No

TRAN_FEEDSTART =

TRAN_FEEDEND =

TRAN_WAITFORXON = No

Have you made sure that your depth limits is setup properly?

also as mentioned earlier, after you window the chain you want to work with, right click "Attributes". There you can change the color, line style, level, and line width very easily all at the same time.

I program setup and run 2 Mitsubishi machines. The oldest of the 2 is a FX10K which we bought new in 1998. Its been a good machine .We run it constantly on 2 shifts. We never had any problems with accuracy. We have only had 1 exspensive breakdown. The auto feed wire can be a little temperamental, but with a little experience with it, its pretty easy to work with.

Our 2nd machine is a FA10P. Its a new version of the older one. It has fine finishing on which is a high accuracy and super fine surface finish.

The best thing I can say about these machines is Mits. customer support. They always call back and they try to talk you through problems.

Theres fixtures I'm making are use to hold parts for an engraving operating in a production environment. The fixture sits in its natural state with only locating pins. The "designers" claimed they researched and did testing on nylon and found it to be the best material for this application, I'm going to make some suggestions for different material and possible a design change. Wish me luck.

Thanks for all the input.

Recently we've been making boards made out of 1/2" nylon 6/6. The plates are 16" x 24". We squared them up then machine a series pockets in 1 side.

They just added a parallelism and flatness within .005 . We all know how unstable this type of part can be. What processes in machining do you recommend that will allow me to maintain this tolerance? Possible there are some better materials that I could recommend to the designers???

There are quite a few links to Youtube on here. A lot of them are programming and machining examples. The problem is my company blocks me from Youtube. I'm not into web design so I don't know if this is possible: it would be nice to have a upload video to this web site so that a link is not needed.

Must be nice to see youtube videos. Big brother doesn't allow that here.

When training people I sometimes tell them after a long programmed part to hit the END button. Then when things start spinning, they usually say "what did I do?" I mess with them and tell them that they screwed up the whole program and need to start over.

I think you are talking about work shift in Z. It took me awhile to get used to it but this is how our Hardinge lathe works . The number that goes into your work shift in Z is negative the distance that the stock is out from machine "0". The face of our spindle is Machine "0" so if the stock is sticking out 1" from there, the work shift offset is Z-1.000.

[ 04-14-2010, 08:42 AM: Message edited by: Oppiz ]

Thats why I'm asking. I'm not sure if I need it. I'd just like to have some of the mentioned advantages, but now I'm wondering if its worth it.

I do not have solids for MC. Our designers and myself use Inventor to create solids then I bring them into MC and create surfaces on import, then I work with the surfaces. I'd like to get solids for MC but I need some info on the advantages of this upgrade to be able to get the ok from my boss.

I'm guessing its your tool geometry. righy click on your tool in your operating manager and make sure your tool setup matches your actual tool.

Where would you draw the line between carelessness an a honest mistake? If you charge quality people for their honest mistakes, you'd pay dearly with bad attitudes, work slow downs, employees trying create overtime to help pay for the tooling they are forced to replace. I've been in this trade 30 years and I know the person making the chips has more control over shop output then management gives them credit for.

If you have a person in a position where they are are unable or unwilling to the job. Then you must take on part of the blame for poor work.

This how I have my FX10K set up

stop bits 2

parity even

baud 2400

data bits 7

dtr checked

rts checked

17 Xon

19 X off

check parity off

I've used MC for 12 years, I never knew this was possible

I'm having trouble getting the english loaded also. I downloaded the X+ file then I downloaded the english file. then I replaced the lang.dll in the X+ with the english lang.dll. Is this correct?

I'm looking for info on drills, speeds, feeds, etc on drilling 1000 thru holes .094 dia. in 4130 steel 48-52 rc .375 thick.

http://www.mastercam.com/Products/Enhancem...ments-final.pdf

Worked great, thanks again Roger for all the help!

Both M00, M01,.....After and a program stop or optional stop Mits. EDMs need to start flush, wire feed and machining on before it will countinue on. Yes this is in a tab cut stop situation.