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compressor sam

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  1. compressor sam
    Thanks Daniel, i did like to see the other work people were machining, rather than looking at a solid model t
  2. compressor sam
    Congratulations Tracy, site is excellent, Is the gallery coming back ?
  3. compressor sam
    the 3d pdf tool in the verisurf tools, does quite a good job
  4. compressor sam
    If you change the tool settings,(see attachment), and set tool clearances, the path will run, with no stock collisions
  5. compressor sam
    Can you upload a file, and I will look at it ?
  6. compressor sam
    I have my Mcam hasp, hypermill hasp, and crashgaurd studio hasp all plugged into a powered multi usb adaptor, and have had no problems
  7. compressor sam
    We use a knitted close fit kevlar glove, they work very well, apart from the really fine chips.
  8. compressor sam
    Yup, i used log tables, my first cam system was Anicam, then around 1987(bit fuzzy on the timeline), i moved onto version 3 (mastercam), one of the shops i worked at, still uses V5 & 7, i try to sub contract work their way sometimes, my favourite version of mastercam was X6, loved it, refused to move onto X7 & X8, my employer forced me onto X9 at the time. So that is 30 years using mastercam, really showing my age here !
  9. compressor sam
    A few years ago i used one, but never new you could get them for a lathe, wow !
  10. compressor sam
    An ice vice is pretty good for this, it holds the first op in "free state"
  11. compressor sam
    absolutely true, this part requires major investment, and if it is a one off, they will be scared off by the price, that is probably the best way to get the designers to look at their design again, P.S. i was not having a dig, i was horrified when we got the quote for air gauges ourselves, my boss`s face was a picture !
  12. compressor sam
    We put an enquiry out for air gauges. These are most definitely not cheap !!! I visited a company last year who had purchased a small range of air gauges 100,000 pound later !!!
  13. compressor sam
    if the tolerances cannot be changed, this would need to be ground in a temperature controlled enviroment.
  14. compressor sam
    right click, and the pop up bar contains the icon for change levels
  15. compressor sam
    My Post is from Cimco, and we needed it updated, with a new CP6.dll file
  16. compressor sam
    I programme screw rotors, all lathe work and milling work, are done using the top wcs, when turning i set my datums(usually g54/55/56) from inside the operation parameter page, i have used this method since X6, and have had no problems EVER, as i said previously, only opening a file, but i have found a "workaround" for this
  17. compressor sam
    The only crashes I have experienced, are with opening a file, it still happens, I can create and alter/edit tooling with no crashes, but..... I have found recently, on the file opening issue, if I start mcam, then wait a few minutes before opening, no crashes, this was entirely by accident. P.S. I did not like mcam2017 initially, but using it for a few weeks, it has become second nature !
  18. compressor sam
    Is the IT dept not the bane of everyones working life ?
  19. compressor sam
    G code, i used to machine this mtl years ago, i dont remember the speeds/feeds used, but, this mtl needs to be rough machined, then left to settle, it will move quite considerably.
  20. compressor sam
    Barry, why not try lathe dynamic rough, I have been experimenting with this tool path, it is very fast, and easy to control. you need to use a round insert though, for some reason, I cannot attach the file, so below is a screen shot
  21. compressor sam
    Barry,
  22. compressor sam
    Ernie, I love the 3D pdf function, this will be invaluable, Thank You very much !
  23. compressor sam
    Tim, you can export the levels from mcamx9, by right clicking in the levels manager, this saves them as an ascii *.csv file, i am not a solidworks user, but it must be able to import, an ascii file ?
  24. compressor sam
    Ron, that is pretty much the toolpath. I only use this method with "contract" parts, where i need a quick turnaround, i prefer the high feed method, to machine our rotors, but that has a lengthy programming time.
  25. compressor sam
    thanks for the info Josh, i will give this a try,when i showed my re-seller, the hypermill path, he contacted CNC software, to see if Mastercam could do anything similar, but i have had no reply.

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