I thought it was just my install. Like you said, close, reopen and it works fine. Sometimes I'll shut MC down and restart I have been blaming our IT dept. security BS. Lathe is a whole nother story.

Yup, but the bone head will just f them up again. One of those that know all but..... So that is his punishment. When he complains it is off I tell him to fix it and stop abusing the tools then I will get another.

We have several of the Kurt vises. Nothing special about them. We have two that are sprung because the gorilla that uses them insists on using a hammer to tighten the handle. Those two are the only ones I let him use now.

I'll second the Harvey Tool. I get better results on the finish with solid carbide than insert tools.

File Transfer Protocol, If you look in this forum (a few above this topic at moment) there is a pinned topic describing it with links. Welcome to the forum.

I would say its possible. A big factor being machine and time as you point out. We still polish for molding pvc and the darker colors of abs.

Welcome to the forum. I've been using surface project toolpath for engraving on curved surfaces with out any problems.

Hello Simon from Newington,Connecticut U.S.A.

Good here. Left right were I put them.

Yes the problem is in X5. Select point here, keep tool down,finish tab finish pass at final depth.

Same here. My workaround has been to use other toolpathes or post multiple pathes without finish.

Scott, Welcome to the forum. We run the Anilam 3000M and 5000 here,(they don't use T0)not sure of crusader M. I have seen that problem when the post leaves a ramp off move to cancel cutter comp, usally at end of program. I would also try what Leigh suggested.

We do Monday startup here. When I was third shift I prefered Sunday start so I could have Fridays off. The Monday start works well if you have first do Saturday time.

Have used it maybe half dozen times on basic stuff. Not much use for it .

Thank you Ron for a well written article and thanks to 35K Chipper for pointing it out. I have been working on this for some time. I showed the article to the owners and got the go ahead just this morning.

What Ron said. I use coolants depending on the application of part. We sometimes use it in elevated temp and try to match the conditions of use. As to fly cutting watch for chipping of edges. www.ampcometal.com/.../ampco_machining_recommendations.pdf

ducati, I believe dxf is standard in the utility option. I did come across a post for 2-axis that output in conversational but for 3-axis the added step was necessary. Only used the dxf utility a few times and found it limited. I think our reseller got the posts from In House, so they are out there.

ducati, The 3000 is a low end control that is only conversational. It has the capability to convert DXF files and g-code files. The posts we have output g-code, we then convert that to conversational within the anilam control. It is an added step of three to four mouse clicks. Ours is on the network so file size is not a problem. Older controls have a floppy drive newer have usb. HTH

ducati, After running g-code thru conversion utility, the conversational looks like this. Contour toolpath of 1" sq. with .250 radii upper right .01 deep. *ANILAM TEST *MCX FILE - T *PROGRAM - ANILAM TEST.G *DATE - APR-13-10 *TIME - 12:28 *T1 - 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL - H1 - D1 - D0.2500" Plane XY Dim Abs Unit Inch Offset Fixture# 1 Tool# 1 MCode 6 * 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL *MAX - Z.25 *MIN - Z.01 MCode 3 RPM 2139 Dim Abs Rapid X 0.0000 Y 0.1250 Rapid Z 0.2500 Rapid Z 0.1000 Line Z 0.0100 Feed 6.4200 Line X 0.7500 Arc Cw X 1.1250 Y -0.2500 XCenter 0.7500 YCenter -0.2500 Line Y -1.0000 Arc Cw X 1.0000 Y -1.1250 XCenter 1.0000 YCenter -1.0000 Line X 0.0000 Arc Cw X -0.1250 Y -1.0000 XCenter 0.0000 YCenter -1.0000 Line Y 0.0000 Arc Cw X 0.0000 Y 0.1250 XCenter 0.0000 YCenter 0.0000 Line Z 0.1000 Rapid Z 0.2500 Plane XY Dim Abs Unit Inch MCode 5 EndMain

ducati, If it is 3axis no rotary table,this is what we have for g-code output. N100 *ANILAM TEST N110 *MCX FILE - T N120 *PROGRAM - ANILAM TEST.G N130 *DATE - APR-13-10 N140 *TIME - 12:28 N150 *T1 - 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL - H1 - D1 - D0.2500" N160G17G90G70G00 N170G53.O1 N180T1M6* 1/4 FLAT ENDMILL N190 *MAX - Z.25 N200 *MIN - Z.01 N210S2139M3 N220G00G90X0.Y.125 N230Z.25 N240Z.1 N250G01Z.01F6.42 N260X.75 N270G02X1.125Y-.25I.75J-.25 N280G01Y-1. N290G02X1.Y-1.125I1.J-1. N300G01X0. N310G02X-.125Y-1.I0.J-1. N320G01Y0. N330G02X0.Y.125I0.J0. N340G01Z.1 N350G00Z.25 N360G17G90G70G00 N370M5 N380M2

We run a machine with Anilam 3000m control. The post came from dealer, actually has a couple that work. We do have to run the G-code through the conversion utility at the control or offline program. The U on the 3000m is for rotary table. HTH

Just machined Toolox 44, in place of P-20. Not bad,seemed consistent thru. Don't know how Toolox33 compares to the 44 other than hardness.

I have taken post class from my reseller. They do one class a month, full day.

Thats the way it was for me also. I just followed thru and have had no problems. After post update I selected the machine and control def. in settings as I did not migrate from x3. hth

We use high speed head with carbide burrs. Speed depends on shape and surface contact of burr, 10,000-35,000+. I have also used reamer followed by small groove tool with circle mill as Vince said.