Ahhh what a sore spot for me....that freaking E-stop.......What pisses me off is those guys that slam on the e-stop like its the buttons on a arcade game....they come loose ,short out,,,causeing big time headaces.......I dont use the e-stop unless theres a problem with the machine & i have to stop it on the spot!....shut the control down ,power main turned off...thats it for me......LaTER FOLKS

About one hundred years ago I was forced to load parts on a fadal cause the regular operator was sick.They looked at me and said you look like you can handle this. I was scared S###less....THe HEad set up programmer was a MORON IDIOT PIN HEAD ....I watched him for hours program & setup & crashed the spindal into the table......THREE TIMES..LOLOLOL.......So i said to myself....I like this work I can do that and get PAID! This jerk so called programmer hid all the programming books from everyone. I contact Fanuc & Fadal Engineering & purchaced all the manuals,,,attended the fancu mill classes in southfield mich. The light bulb in my head lit Up.....I like making stuff this way...this is the coolest ,the possibilites are endless! As a draftman (MODELER)I had the jump on everyone else...(I can read a Freakin print LOL) My VALUE WENT UP BIG TIME OVER NIGHT ! I started to hang with the manual machinist a do simple jobs and uses the cnc to do the radial funky stuff and i got fast and good ! then i took on more complex stuuf as time when on !the old guys over (sixty ) showed me the ropes ! I owe them dearly. Like i said that was a Long time ago...thats how i goy started

omg.....you got me..lol

In pipe (NPT)tapping holes that the print calls for the tap hole to be flat bottom & shallow( CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM THREAT )I use the powdered carb tread mills 80.-350$ OR A SINGLE point.....this allows room for the bottom tread (TIGHT) to get close to the floor of the blind hole..comp out the size

can you give us a step by step ...How to do using *.*bat

Woooo Nelly.....I never trust this function totally in any cam or cad system..(I got burned once never again)..double check for equal distance between points Do this.....analyze/length...then divide this by the number of points you want on that polyline...errrrr spline this can also tell you what is the equal spacing each point is along that spline........copy spline & points to another screen location ....Break this copy at the points. Then analyze each segment & compare values.....they should be the same.

Join the chain as a spline nurb...then create point along entity

Cimmatron was My first really good system.& i still use it....Maintenance fees are a Killer...But the Powers Still Kicks for molding JObs ! My Partner Uses it mostly now !..I went to Mastercam cause of the support & Multi machine tool post support....and you can get a Job FAster if you got Mastercam under your belt . Oh yes Mastercam Kicks Butt too.,,,and its more fun to use.

I,m reading up on the G10 stuff ...Macro B i belive is Intalled ... real cool lots of Power there. And thanks for the G52 tip ! Just got a 5000 part order increse per month ...Now i,m gonna make 2.. 80 load fixures with handels for OFF the machine parts loading ....To be swapped out by the operator to keep the spindels going...Boy i,m having Fun !......LOve this forum ! THis G10 stuff is next on the to do list Thanks guys

HOW can this be done In version 8.11?

Hi Guys Forum search came up zilch on this topic so here it goes I have fixures with up to 48 loads ,two of my Acra tapping centers has those Kewl G54.1P1 thru P48.....way Kewl BUt too many work location inputs to the control(GRRRRRRR) )with Local coordinance just pick up the location on FIxture master referance point & input the 48 known location in the program (G52XnnYnn)shifts & Thats Much faster & was more Kewl...bang bang DONE! six other machines Viper 950...HAS only the G54-G59 NT magicpro GRRRR...i,m using local coords & bang bang done! Has anyone tryed this method for M/c to post out Can it be Done???? Chips Flying...PING POP sizzle....OUCH! ...S*%#$!*!& Harry---ERRRR Kenneth Potter

Look folks Lets get real here for a second.Hasp hanging in the back unguarded, un-protected is like saying COME TAKE ME AWAY!....Look ,,,,Wire all hasp to a lockdown room or mini vault with alarm..entry keys or codes to 2plp only......Problem solved this will at least stop the grab & RUN thief DONT TRUST ANYBODY(ok YOur mom you can trust) ;)Peace out

Roll taps man....use ROLL TAPs!!......I use Standard cut taps only a s a last resort. I also love those thread monster solid carbide(powederd) cut taps...250 to 300$ a piece....there kick AR@#! interpolate a rough & finish pass for each hole .......last forever!!!! I make it.... you sell it !

I goofed around one day & did a Sherlock Holms style smpkeing pipe it was really simple in solids

Dude I feel your pain,,,Been there & heard that kinda stuff & it still blows my mind. I find that most bosses are simply computer scared & are afraid of loosing control in management & ownership ! Some owners wont to this day use a cam system !!!! There still stuck in the horse & buggy days of old .

save the stl in your verify. MAchine it there

Dont feel bad Jayman Iv been at shops that refuse to use any cadcam at all......cause of there manual programming pride & are just plain computer scared ! Iv also have been told to my face ( this shop will never go cadcam programming) I watched these clowns program at the control for 3 & 4 hours on stupid simple parts that can be done on cadcam in less than 20 minutes...scraping parts out big time as setup pieses.Busting tools left & right ! They are clueless to the art of feeds & speeds. Eccesive tool hangs for the work being done. The list goes on !!! I just shake my head & smile & watch the comic cartoon show. No matter what you say to them there still stuck on stupid !

Motty,,,,Thad What part of Michigan are you guys from ? Southfield Michigan here

Motty,,,,Thad What part of Michigan are you guys from ? Southfield Michigan here

Custom High volume & high pressure Hydro flow-control manifolds ...using those weird porting tools...& funky weird british taps! boring stuff

Yea ARTY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WE MISS YA

If indeed you selecting flat geometer.....when your verify config box is up....check to see if your boundries z values min...max...margin are all zero value.....set your Zmax value ot the thickness of your square stock....

yes that would work also....but there are times when i might have to vary the depth of each pass & too1 stepover amount ! example stock to leave .180....first pass .1 step over amount....stock might vary in over-all amount.! (safetypass) stock to leave .150...pass.two .05 stepover stock to leave.100..pass 3 .05 stepover stock to leave..05...pass 4 .05 stepover stock to leave..01...pass 5 01 stepover with add cuts..turned on [ 03-03-2003, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Kenneth Potter ]

This is what i do when i have extra stock on castings to deal with Create a bunch off rough contour tool paths & skim my tool depth down using the stock to leave option "Example" rough contour,,,,, stock to leave .150.....first pass rough contour ,,,stock to leave .100.....second pass rough contour,,,, stock to leave.05........third pass rough contour,,, stock to leave .01........Final pass this works for me

This is what i do when i have extra stock on castings to deal with Create a bunch off rough contour tool paths & skim my tool depth down using the stock to leave option "Example" rough contour,,,,, stock to leave .150.....first pass rough contour ,,,stock to leave .100.....second pass rough contour,,,, stock to leave.05........third pass rough contour,,, stock to leave .01........Final pass this works for me