Holy moly. That is a lot more than I was expecting you to say. We wouldn't even be able to make parts.

How much movement are you guys seeing? And in what direction/s?

Interesting. I'm surprised they feel the Mikron is "higher end" in that type of work? When I watch nice Euro machines like Mikron, Hermle, etc - I feel there's a German/Swiss engineer somewhere rolling his eyes at every tool change..."Ugh, you vant to change tuls, again? Shizer, let me stop the spindle and fold out this rube goldberg ಠ_ಠ " Very nice machines that are awesome at simultaneous 5x, and 3D milling - but they just seem like the engineers didn't intend them to run general production.

What kind of parts are you guys making JP?

LOL. I think being a Fanuc shop would be the number one reason to check out a Mazak control. Jokes aside, Mazak and Haas are the two most Fanuc compatible controls out there. All the codes and macros are virtually identical. Whereas Okuma, Siemens, and Heidi are a significant change in nearly everything.

Mikron had one of their machines making little football trophies at IMTS. The finish on the part was extremely impressive for any type of toolpath, but especially when you consider it was simultaneous 5X. If you're going to buy a machine with a normal spindle speed, like 15,000ish RPM, you're probably going to top out around 250ipm for 3D finishing paths anyways, because of the chipload.

Send the parts back to the customer. http://www.threadcheck.com/no-go-gaging-per-ansi-asme-b1.2-1983-an-american-national-standard/technicalinfo/

I prefer the old backplot like everybody else. I like the direction of the new verify, but something needs to be done about the graphics, and especially the lack of collision detection with the fixtures. Can you envision Sony sitting at the boardroom table, pitching their next gen system: "Well, for the PS4, we're going bring back the 240p graphics from the PS1, even though the PS3 had 720p....BUT! the user has the option for 1080p when he pauses the game and hits 'accurate zoom.' "

I just got a spam mail this morning from my tool house, with a "Christmas Deal" on a POS old style Mitutoyo unit......$110.

I still have the first Noga that I bought over 10 years ago. Great units. A buddy of mine just bought the Techniks version, and he really likes it as well.

This is certainly not the worst crash ever, but it's probably the one I hate watching the most. This is my worst nightmare when using long tools: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1kUCb9avw

LOL holy xxxx. Talk about jumping in with both feet.

Sounds awesome. Downloading now.

"Heavy duty" as far as 30 taper machines go. But yes "light duty" compared to a 40 taper machine.

Holy xxxx.

I'd think a second dowel would calm any worries. That way the inverta-bolt isn't encountering any shear force whatsoever. I'm not sure how strong the 1/2-13 invertabolt is, but even a 3/8-16 socket head cap screw has some ungodly high load rating on a purely straight pull like that.

G99 will return to the initial plane after drilling the last hole. I use MPMaster and it's the same whether one hole or two holes. (PROGRAM - TEST.NC) (DATE - NOV-21-2014) (TIME - 12:30 PM) (T44 - .173 DRILL 8-32STI - H44 - D44 - D0.1730") G0G17G20G40G80G90 G91G28Z0. N1T44M06(.173 DRILL 8-32STI) (MAX - Z8.3625) (MIN - Z-2.8925) M08 G0G17G90G57M42B270000X1.5653Y18.0753S7000M03 G43H44Z8.3625 G94 G98G82Z-2.8925R-1.8005P1.F21. G80 G91G28Z0. G0G90G54B0X4.1575Y6.1 G43H44Z8.3625 G98G82Z2.28R3.372P1.F21. G80 M09 M05 G91G28Z0. G90 M30 (PROGRAM - TEST1.NC) (DATE - NOV-21-2014) (TIME - 12:31 PM) (T44 - .173 DRILL 8-32STI - H44 - D44 - D0.1730") G0G17G20G40G80G90 G91G28Z0. N1T44M06(.173 DRILL 8-32STI) (MAX - Z8.3625) (MIN - Z-2.8925) M08 G0G17G90G57M42B270000X1.5653Y18.0753S7000M03 G43H44Z8.3625 G94 G98G82Z-2.8925R-1.8005P1.F21. X-1.4347Y18.0747 G80 G91G28Z0. G0G90G54B0X4.1575Y6.1 G43H44Z8.3625 G98G82Z2.28R3.372P1.F21. G80 M09 M05 G91G28Z0. G90 M30

If you're drilling with G98, the drill cycle should end at the Z position it was in when it started the drill cycle. In Rstewarts original code snippet - that means the tool should have come back to Z3. before indexing. It shouldn't need an extra Z3. call. Actually, now that I think of it, G99 works the same way. It returns back to the Z position it was in when the canned cycle was called. Whether he used G98 or G99, the machine should have been back at Z3 before the index.

Yeah it's a 6x1 Techniks shrink fit. With an 8x1 Destiny endmill. 12.0 gage length.

This one was a real treat too. Talk about quadruple checking your backplot and verify:

Did you try asking Renishaw? They have some pretty sharp people over there who have seen a lot of stuff. First thing I'd try - is take your exact program that's causing the crash - and remove all of the AICC, or any other lookahead stuff from it. See if that fixes the problem.

Seems legit.

Just from the looks of it, I can say with 99% certainty that you can't spin the tool with that tool setter.

LOL yep that's who the quote is from. I ended up ordering a 9 inch long PC Components 1 inch side lock holder, and a 1 inch shank, 2 inch diameter AB Tools shear hog.

1 each: RA590051R19S11M 10 each: R590110504HNLH10 1 each: C53910150100A 2 each: C53910150080A 1 each: C53904540050 Total was $2511.00 My distributor doesn't do Sandvik, so the quote is from a place I've never done business with. $1500 is more along the lines of what I was expecting.