Keith M
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I use master cam to program 5 axis routers with my company looking into 6 axis robots. The power it has to program 5 axis routers is great, And useing the fourm I have found that the are post out there for 6 axis robots. How may programs can do that and are user freindly.
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I had to cut stellite on dies for transvers wedge roll machine. The original dies wore out and they just welded them up. I cut them on a 3 axis mazak mill. That was a lot of fun. [ 07-14-2003, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: Keith M ]
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Mastercam User Groups
Keith M replied to Jimmy Wakeford from Barefoot CNC's topic in Industrial Forum
I was involved with a Ideas user group about 2 years ago. A local college was where we had our meetings at like 7 pm. The college had about 20 seats of Ideas and the teacher was there also. I am not saying that the teacher new everything just that everyone help where they could. I would be interested if ther was one in Pa. -
Simon are they using master cam to do the programs or to just make the files and then some other software to make the tool paths. One other issue I have with this is some of our parts a rather lager with bigger one on the way. We may have to have a indexing table under all of the fixtures. I am talking about some parts may be as long as 18 to 20 feet and 10 to 12 fett wide.
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They tell me that it will be cheaper to go with the robot. I just wonder if they are figureing the added time it will take to rewrite all of the programs that they have currently. James have you had any experence with 6 axis?
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I was just wondering if any body out there is using master cam to program 6 axis robots. My company is thinking of replacing their Thermwood 5 axis router and one on the things that they are looking into is a 6 axis robot. For what I am told is that they are only about 60 percent accurate with off line programs then you have to adjust them in at the machine. They have the percsion need for production work once the program is tested.
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I do architectural drawing at home in my spare time. I have found differences of 2 feet on some of the drawing that I have gotten to start with.
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Dell makes a good laptop for this. I think it is considerd a desk top replacement. It is a M50 I beleive [ 07-10-2003, 07:37 AM: Message edited by: Keith M ]
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Nice one. I liked so much that I had to print it off to give to my operator.
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Were are running it on a Par. It is more on a special made machine. Boeing runs a lot of Par made machines. Ours is set up with a router spindle on it. It has 30 feet in x axis 15 feet in y axis 5.6 feet in z. I had to have them special made just for us. They had 8" loc and yes they are soild carbide.Yes sometimes I also use a 4" extension on that. [ 07-09-2003, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: Keith M ]
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Currently I use a 3/4 dia. ball mill that is 12" long.
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The largest thing I have machined is a 34 foot boat hull and deck. They were about 10 feet wide and 5.5 feet tall. That is using a 5-axis router to do that.
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A guy I worked with used a .005 tapered end mill. It was on graphite. It was used to cut it the manufactures emblem.
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I know on some machines the axises are switched. The post you are suing may be set for a machine that has the X and Y axis reversided. I know that is the case on our Thermwood.
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New Job Opening for Mastercam Programmer
Keith M replied to Verisurf - Ernie Husted's topic in Industrial Forum
Is one of the benefits a relocation price ? [ 07-08-2003, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: Keith M ] -
I have 9 years in machining. 8 years in programing, I start out using Smart Cam then to Ideas artican series then to Master Cam 8.1 for the last two years.
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I was woundering if anyone is running thermwood 5-axis routers in the composite industries? If so what they think of them. How ridged their fixtures are and repeatiblity of the programs from set up to set up?
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Try loking in screen, configure, toolbar/keys. This may be what you'r looking for.
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You may want to read the FAQ,s.
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I worked in a forge shop and they had a company come in and hand grind our casting of the drop hammers. The company said they could be with +-.001 if I remember right. I will have look for their name and phone #.
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Semi O/T, what measuring tools do you use?
Keith M replied to Ripper3785's topic in Industrial Forum
I work in the marine industry and we have a Faro Tracker. It's like a r2d2 unit. It will measure 100' in any direction from where it is set up. I t works well measuring curves on the sides of hulls. -
I'm up by 4 am at work by 5 Then I go home at 3pm. Then about half of my evening I work on architectural drawing till about 10 pm to do it all over the next day.
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That looks like a nice shirt. I would buy one.
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Here I am glad is't Friday and I don't have to expect any phone calls till Sunday Night