Tried this morning with no success. Jeez. Tried putting the code is as written out and tried MDI. It took in MDI. I'm just thinking that the parameters are not set up correctly fgor axis substitution.

What control is it?

It's supposed to be on the machine I'm just trying to make sure it's there. I took a look at the Fanuc manual and there were three settings that define which axis is the rotary and which two get comped and there were all zeros instead of a 4,2,1. Maybe that's part of the problem. The code took and i do have a fixture offset page. I didn't have it coded like that hardmill. I replaced the G54 with the G54.2 P1 so maybe that is my problem. The example in my programming manual wasn't really clear. I will try it in the morning and see what i get. Thanks for the help.

I am trying to program my horizontal for dynamic fixture offset. First how can i check my machine to make sure it has this option? Mori Seiki NH5000 Horizontal. 30i control. Second does anyone have a program example they could share with me? Thanks

Not too much here. Much of the ohio valley seems to be struggling.

No C-hooks. Thanks very much. Happy 4th.

When installing X4 if i migrate customized setting from my previous version will the settings in my previous version be erased?

Try a mitsubishi micro mse drill. they make a .34mm drill with 6 mm flute length. from experience on their larger drills they are typically a little generous on the flute length. hope this helps.

Going from a vertical to a horizontal is a big jump. We are doing it currently. It takes some creativeness and alot of tought to get your setups flexible. But in my opinion it is well worth it. It may take a while to get probing routines setup esecially if you've never used one like me. But, again if will definitely pay off. Anther big improvement for us is chip control. On our verticals we are constantly in and out of the machine blowing chips out of pockets and such. this will no longer be the case on the horizontal especially with high pressure thru spindle coolant. And you can be setting up a fixture while a part is running.

We have a computer and "programmer" at each machine. This is extremely inefficient. So, I'm very interested in how you have things set up currently. How do i send a PM i can't seem to figure that out? So i take it you program everything off line away from the machines? You have all tools set up in your library with tools approximate tool heights? Then do you model the components to machine and all of your setup? Doing this would help keep you from running into clamps and parallels and such i would think. How do you make editing easy on the shop floor for things like tool diameter, depth of cuts, speeds, and feeds? What do you consider an operation file? How do you transfer files from you programming to the machine? Sounds very interesting!

Using blaser. Works great.

Just ran the same material. 1/2" endmill 10000 rpm, 100 ipm, .12 doc full width slot. Ran flood coolant on it. Could have pushed it to .250 doc if needed. Also ran a BXD from mitsubishi at 10000 rpm and 150 IPM and .100 doc. and flood coolant. Could have pushed this one further as well. Used this for facing and squaring material. Everything ran very well with very very very little tool wear.