Another option is to set the tool dia. to zero

Our brilliant IT department got me exactly what I told him not to get which was an ATI and it will run MC but it sucks! Any large file shaded almost locks up. It takes some time to rotate a part if it's shaded.

Talk to Steve he has helped me do several mods to my post!

You can then use the Cimco editor- transmission to send the posted program to the control directly from Mastercam if it isnt hooked to a network.

No way would i use the corn cob going 1" deep. definately use the high speed method. It could easily break the graphite around the screws and throw the trode right off the fixture especially going that depth of cut and feed rate!

You could try creating points along each "arc" you are trying to create then create-spline- automatic,then edit simplify. Or have you tried using create arc dynamic starting at the top of a line and creating an arc part of the way down, creating several arcs close to the existing geometry?

There is a chart with speeds and feeds on the osg website for diamond coated endmills. I buy alot of diamond coated endmills from cetdirect.com- i believe they can custom grind endmills and have them diamond coated. They are not the highest quality available but very consistant with size, and do hold up relatively well.

I hope they keep them, I used several swept toolpaths this morning!

Great choice!! You will love it. I also have mine set up with misc. integers. If you had a laser installed you can also set up a misc int. for the different macros.

You could look at getting a small 2 flute cutter made. I have made small fishtail cutters on a deckel grinder before for engraving small letters(not that small) but I would think richards micro or cutting edge tech. could custom grind them for you!

I don't know of anything from MSC or J&l. We use K200 which runs about $800 per gallon or mostly another product called Rydlyme which is alot cheaper. If your looking for something from wal-mart or the grocery store i have used CLR but the machine manufacturers dont recommend using the acid based cleaners because of the effect on the resin and water quality.

When you go to open the file next to the green check mark there is an options folder, open that up and make sure you turn on edge curves. it will import your solids with a wireframe and solid

If it is a HSS c'bore, program it the same as a drill using the c'bore diameter as your drill size. I use drillcounterbore which has no pecks!

Try DME or PCS that is where we buy most of our pins from. you can get standard sizes already hardened or soft if you need to add detail to them and heat treat after.Like they said H-13 then high 50's

Hey Brad can I get a copy of that from you please?

We are using Makinos and are very happy with them. As far as submersibles I have also used Sodicks and after using the Makinos would definately recommend them. If your looking for alot of travel they have one with 31.5 x travel with almost 20" Z.

Bump,Bump, just checking in. Wondering if anyone is still working on the files.

Thanks Bradst,I also had ver.3 manuals but we do not have HEAT on our machine, maybe our next one!

Roger, I believe I might have the Makino manual in a PDF file that shows all the power settings, but i believe there is at least 100 pages of different power settings for every thickness of several materials. I will look for it, I know I sent it to our reseller and they started to look at it and gave us a few samples and said this should get you started but it would take him a very long time to set up all of them!

The instructor that came in when we bought the machines used peps and made it sound like all their wire guys used it, and didn't want to bother with MC, more or less said it wouldn't work. I have done alot of programming for that machine including alot of 4x and it has worked great. You would think Mc being the biggest cadcam program in north america would be on top of this, and ahead of peps!!

Bradst, I guess the downfall to the way we are doing things is that we can't setup multiple jobs for overnight runs if they are diffrent materials or thickness due to the fact that we have to set model edh value for every program when we load,before we run. So yes spending the time would be well worth it but so far we have gotten by! I know peps has all the power libraries already in the software and is set up like the makino controls so it posts out e and d values for whatever mat. or thickness you set and never have to mess with the control, but we are running MC and dont plan on buying anyother software. Kind of wish MC would work as closely with the major machine builders like peps does to have these libraries available!!

I ran a few sodicks in the past and they were ok,definately not makinos. We are running all makino equipment here and looking to more than double what we have now after seeing what they will do! As far as the wire post our resser was able to get one that worked out of the box for us with our sp43. We have to set our E and D values in the control, only because we havn't had time to create a power library for this machine. Other than that we love it!

I am using MC to run our makino wire. the installer highly recommended peps, but we didn't want to buy another software after just buying MC. you have to do things a little diffrently using MC versus peps but is very easy once you set it up.If you are fluent with mill you should have no problem programming with MC.

Wear comp is offset in the computer which is more accurate,but also uses G41G42 to allow for tool wear or deflection in the control

There is a box to select in (surface projection)- join results- could that be what's causing this?