Yeah. Someone might use it for a boat anchor or something. I guess I won't freak anyone out and say that its an aerospace part. Oh, wait... Hey you make it and use it for whatever you want. Next images I show will be SI girls. You appreciate that right? Starting this thread was a mistake. Won't happen again. Have a happy non-paraniod week.

Seems like its flaking out due to solids. My file size is 9.5MB. This error follows the first after it wouldn't let me save. Thanks for any insight!! D

Guess I need to check my emastercam etiquette. Sorry for the loaded question guys. Have a nice weekend.

Yeah, it works on the computer just fine. I dont know what the problem is on the floor. Try reloading the program!

Yeah, I was asking how long to program. I'm looking at 1)dovetail 2)rough top 3)rough bottom. 4)4ax rough bores 5)finish top and profile. 6)finish bottom 7)4ax finish bores 8)4ax finish grease ftg hole 1 9)4ax finish grease ftg hole 2. 2 programs for tooling. I'm guessing about 60 hrs. total my time.

Solid Block.

...forgot to mention .03-.06rad edge breaks all around for shot peen.

Just curious how long you guys would estimate to do this part. Not looking for any record setters, just normal programming pace (and the usual interuptions) Ready, GO! Mat'l is 4340M. Rough prior to heat treat then finish. Bearing bores are +/-.0005 dia and location is tight! Consider the rest of the part +/- .007". There are two angled holes for grease fittings 2pl at the yoke side (thru one side). Programmer designs tooling and dreams up machining strategy, orders cutters and models the part from print views drawn in 1972 (nice huh?). Now the machine is a newer Fadal. Not exactly a steel machine but does ok. Max cutter dia for roughing is .75dia. You can use insertables but probably won't go biggger than 1.5dia" and .2"axial cut. A 4axis vertical is used to finish the bores and grease fitting holes. ....Thanks fella's! D

Yeah....thats what I've always been used to. I like to use a high plunge feed to get from my z-check to depth in a hurry. Was hoping that X3 hid a button somewhere..

Want to have feedrate on the direction tab for surface toolpath lead-in. Is there a way to do this?

Yep. Wish list add for X4 to override last depth (and last side) cut fd/spd. Like X3 does for pocket finish pass.

I was afraid that would be the solution. The toolpath editor can be handy but cumbersome. Thanks guys.

Is this possible? Using X3 MU1.

Thanks guys. I agree. right now the part has been water jet to about +.200 on the profile. Plan is to use powdered metal fine pitch roughers and leave dovetails to locate after heat treat.

I'd would machine after HT if stability is a BIG problem. The book says machinability goes down to 25% speed/feed and run time is the concern. Heres the part: LWH dims are about 17" x 8.5 x 3.6

It's been a while since I've done one of these. I'm sure it'll shrink some. Does anyone know if it will warp much?

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Thanks John, but that didn't really help me because I'm not using the MPMASTER.pst I'm using a Fadal post that was generously supplied to me for X2 and it worked really well. When X3 changed the post thats when the wierd things started happening.

For some reason X3 MU1 is making my post (which worked fine in X2) kick out this: G94G1Z.48F999999. X.724Y-6.7637Z.4547 X.6044Y-5.3196Z.4168 X.724Y-6.7637Z.3788 X.6044Y-5.3196Z.3409 X.724Y-6.7637Z.3029 X.6044Y-5.3196Z.265 X.6605Y-5.6186 X.644 X.6472Y-5.6451 AND it doesn't drop the feed rate to programmed cut rate either. I'm stumped!! daniel.

Is it correct that custom holders are only available with high speed surface toolpath? Does anyone have a way to do custom holders so that they can go into a holder library so you dont have to do the 'undefined' tool file thing? Thanks.

John, I did download and install from that link.

John - Is there a way to make change the font size?

John, Nope. No setup directory. This is from the html.set file: #Mill tool image directory sdirpath_force "" #optional force of mill tool image directory I do get a IMAGES directory and my screen shot image is there.

I'm looking at the html.set and I cant see why my tool graphic images aren't getting output. Any ideas??

I'm baffled. X2 is crashing on startup almost every time now. I ran the repair from the CD and it seemed to help for a few startups. Now all I get after the splash screen is this: Is anyone else having probs like this? Could it be a windows automatic update issue? Thanks guys foir any help!! D