i got a bad staph infection in my scalp last year. hair started falling out by the hand full. realized was getting coolant mist in my hair and coolant looked hored.

request had been put in to maintenence months earlier. meh ended up changing it and long recovery back to hair health.

every day is a school day. more for some than others. lol

just now getting into this so will not feed you dis information but ran accross this in my research.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fanuc-g682-5-axis-tilted-work-planes-tim-markoski/

we have a toolmaker hear that does these from scratch. I admire any one with that kind of attention to detail and patients.

welcome to the forum.

thanks for the reply however I need at least 48 inchs in y travel. I love rigidity and 50+ tools would be awesome.

just shopping at this point. business is dicey so dont expect many to drop a lot of coin.

any one on the forum have experience with this machine. looks promising for our needs. we make large layup molds and master patterns. our current machine struggles with aluminum and or we run those on our 1990's Fadal. that may explain why we would even consider a HAAS.

I dont write the checks but those that do are pretty tight with the $$

not familiar with it but am sporting a 90's Fadal here.

can you enlighten me? dont have functional probe but this does sound interesting?

all good moves up

cast mag will warp. just be aware. cut like alum tho.

dont run coolant if you can get away from it at most cost. if it lights up coolant will feed the fire bad.

small cuts and as mentioned keep the chips under control.

there is serious problems with the understanding or lack of model base these days.

our engineer sent me an stl file to program to, i asked for another format stp or iges. he sends me an iges with note that solidworks gave him errors bringing in the stl file. of course the iges file contained nothing. i asked for the native. oh thats a catia file he said. well just so happens that is the company standard and i have a seat. DUH.   

so this file was converted out of catia to stl then attempted  conversion through solid works to iges.   I am very confused of the thought path of even attempting that.

thanks, will do

to the large format pro's on the forum

I have a 1000 pound block of MDF to cut on my machine. question is would it be safe to box this in with stops at the bottom and just run.

what i am saying is no downward clamps on the part. let the weight of part keep it down. larges depth of cut will be .300 radial of aprox 1 inch. max.

i do a lot of what you mentioned (tooling one offs so cycle time is a small part).

i have a grid system on the machine with vices to the side. knowing where all these are I can program g10 work offsets using manual input op within mastercam. no zero to set at the machine.

faster and more ergonomically friendly. i use a conexion space pilot. work has the multi button one but i use hot keys since i swap between it and my own two button one at home.

takes a little getting used to but i now have trouble programming without one.

absolutely.

i am on v9.0000 but found it to be nice updates from v8.xxxx

they will tell you a 6 year old can do it too. lol

if you dont love what your doing get out fast... run run.

its a labor of love not riches and glamor

thanks peter. Diamond keeps coming up but hear the process and carbide base is really important for consistency. so if I can talk them into it will be looking at the big player brands.

I so love this forum. and a job that keeps me learning new things. thanks.

3 hours ago, Colin Gilchrist said:

The DFC coated should get you 5x-10x the life of an un-coated tool. But that will also heavily depend on Speeds, Feeds, and Holder Geometry. The diamond coating is much more resistant to wear than the un-coated carbide. However, I have seen inconsistent coatings in the past, so be sure to carefully inspect the tools before use, and while it is running (check periodically). It has been 8 years since I was cutting composites every day, so take that with a grain of salt.

It is estimated that for every .0001 of radial tool run-out, you are reducing the tool life by at least 5%. (At least, when cutting Steels.) So I would invest in some good hydraulic tool holders, or at least a "mill chuck", for holding on to these tools.

If you are just using an ER Collet (or a crappy Weldon Holder), then you might not experience the same 5x-10x increase in tool life.

thank you... runout did not come to mind.. duh been machining for 35 years and sometimes the little crap that means a lot goes to the side. thanks again. I think that may make some headway in big ways.

now to talk the company into the investment. lol tripping over $20 bills to save a dollar at this point. key is I learned and know the theory.  you rock.

The oscillate approach is excelent advise I have used that but unfortunately cant apply here.

have you seen really good tool life with the cutters suggested those are 4 times the cost of what i am currently using. hard to relay amount of cutting i am doing its a small part  aprox. 6x12 inches flat pattern (its not flat just est. here) am getting 4 parts per onsrud cutter i am using at $21 each.

sorry cannot share the part.   ITAR thingy.

OH and thanks for the tips

am very new to cutting this stuff but is very apparent that it is abrasive.

any who, would love to hear input from anyone that has good experience cutting this with success.

I am currently running un coated carbide cutters and experiencing what i think is ok tool life but this is a long term contract so cutter $$ are going to add up.

.04 thick carbon fiber.

t1 is a .125 onsrud straight two flute. mill profile and .205 holes

t2 is a carbide .04 wide slit saw. cuts two 12 inch long edges each part

I hear gin works well

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/royals/the-queens-dressmaker-reveals-she-uses-gin-to-clean-the-royal-jewels/ar-BBWBkBT?li=BBnb4R7

on the serious side we do the above, except have not tried the ultrasonic.

is shoot the engineer an option? lol

sorry I do not have more constructive idea at this time. tough feature.

On 10/17/2019 at 3:19 PM, navsENG said:

Ok, so I am helping a buddy at another shop and he has a late 90s fadal 3016. The issue I am having is that when it calls up E1 (offset) and positions in X and Y , it wants to move in Z as well.. 

I think my issue is that I set all the tools off the table, and my Z work offset is say 5 or 6". It seems that if this value is over the 4" that you have (for tool change height above Z0) , then it will alarm out.. I have been able to "fix" this by putting a z-3. or so on the intial positioning line (before it calls up a tool offset) and it runs ok.. It is just a pain in the xxxx because I have to do this manually.... Is there a setting or something on the machine to fix this???

I would rather not have to change where I set my tools 

I do exactly how you explain here but am using the fanuc format (g54, 55 etc). works very well for multiple setups on the table at one time.

no graphics driver update just windows 10 update I noticed from scratching my head and poking around my machine.

the issues just came out of no where and that's the only thing i can see that changed. our admins dont have a clue on my graphics driver and i like it that way.