"..you tell them you need something dead nuts, and they come back with squirrel food" LMAO Verndog

AB tool has done us well also

sure it's an arc not a spline?

a free download from Vericut I believe

the WCS doesn't "have" to stay in the same place for each op, that was only "one way" to do it,if your WCS is in a different place on your part,say op4, then that work offset (g54,g55,g56 or whatever)would have it's own XYZ position.Anyway you're on the right track hpoe I didn't confuse ya..

same here

forgot to say in my previous post, it'll only work if your WCS is, for example, left or right rear or front corner on "each" op "it must be the same point" whatever is against your fixed vise jaw and stop, for my example to work, that's huge to leave out,sorry

1+ to Mike S. the first op, G54, you can leave X and Y the same for all ops if your up against a stop on your fixed jaw, op2 G55 if you need to move your Z up or down to accomodate for your part being taller or shorter, you can, X and Y being against a stop are the same, and so on for each side G56 thru G59, if there is no difference i.e. you have a perfect cube, you can do it all with only one work offset G54 or whatever and M00 between all your ops so you can reposition your piece..HTH

same old story, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

you probably already renamed all the ops to the same name?

some ppl here have been waiting years for mill/turn functionality..like everyone says 2 spindle 1 turret OK but that's all, just OK..do not know why MC has dropped the ball when it comes to M/T..

you need flat I know but to clarify, the tip on that counterbore is pointed. at .04 deep you may only be .02 wide,most likly more tho, anyway you're on the right track w/ harvey tool

if you do not need a flat bottom we use single flute carbide countersinks they work well as engravers,small as 1/8" dedending on clearance around your engraving, to whatever i.e. 3/16, 3/8, 1/2, size if nothing's around it.

having the same problem here, everything looks good, code posts as arcs, but halfway thru the arc I get a line move on the part, don't know if the lead in/out, cutter comp, aicc, machine problems or what, but it's driving me nuts.

I'd just drop or raise the engraver in the tool Z offsets accordingly for your different depths.

doesn't look like you'll have enough travel to lube your bearings using 1/2 em., only .064, less if you leave stock for a finish, do a search for peel mill, there have been reported problems with bearing failure on longer slots.. might be better to use 3/8..

thought that might be it htm01, but no go, still have the flat.. even at 20ipm.

sorry for the delay just back from the weekend..machine is fadal 4020/ fanuc 18i control it's only about 3 yrs old, as you can see from the code, I've tried ijk and r, no difference..like I said above, I had it once, but can't replicate the good path again..delta arc to center is the way it's set I beleive Justin, thanks for taking a look Matt.

G1 Z-.1 F90. G42 D1X-.3377 Y-.686 G3 X-.003 Y-.764 I.3347 J.679 F90. X.731 Y-.1924 I0. J.757 G2 X.8681 Y-.0082 I.2908 J-.0734 G1 X.9969 Y.0687 G0 G40 Z.25 X2.6623 Y-.686 Z.05 G1 Z-.1 G42D1 X2.6623 Y-.686 G3 X2.997 Y-.764 I.3347 J.679 F90. X3.731 Y-.1924 I0. J.757 G2 X3.8681 Y-.0082 I.2908 J-.0734 G1 X3.9969 Y.0687 G0 G40 Z.25 or G1 Z-.1 F90. G3 X.731 Y-.1924 R.757 G0 Z.25 X2.6623 Y-.686 Z.05 G1 Z-.1 G3 X3.731 Y-.1924 R.757 G0 Z.25 both these give the same result' funny thing is, I tried a few different things and one of them got rid of the flat but can't replicate it and overwrote that file..so I don't believe its backlash. I've tried arc filters everything I can think of..maybe the fadal is breaking the arcs? Thanks for taking a look.

"G3 X.731 Y-.1924 R.757" could anyone tell me why this simple line of code would result in one section being faceted or flat? all 16 parts w/the same flaw "G3 X-.003 Y-.764 I.3347 J.679 F90. X.731 Y-.1924 I0. J.757 " same chain w/ IJ output, this also results in the same..

"FYI ... I am using Create arc 3 points ... tan to line, endpoint of 2nd line, tan to 2nd line ..." I guess I'm missing something but is that really three points? Have you tried making an arc using a different method?just to see if you can make "any" arcs... or are you just trying to fillet?

I think that G49 has to be before G5.1Q1, on the G0 G90 etc. line.

found mine in X4 folder file "unistX+.exe"

there should be an uninstall file in the x+ folder

used a floating holder when we didn't have rigid tap capability. now that we do,tap collets or thread mills, in your case, that's a large tap to push. when we did that size in the past, the machine couldn't do it all the way, had to finish the last by hand.you probably know but the tap also has a tapered reamer that needs run before tapping.