what all is involved in taking a job in the states if I am a Canadian citizen. I am willing to give it a go. I have talked to my wife and she is ready to pack up everything and starting a new adventure. where do I look or call to find out what I need to do.

I wish it was easier for a Canadian to go work in the states. I would be all over this.

how fast are you turning it? I would say around 50-75 rpm and flood it. or interpolate with a 3/8" endmill and call it a day. I would not even think of drilling that. I might predrill with 1/4" drill then endmill it.

I am doing a part on our trunnion table that goes from a circle on outside edge to a slot in middle then back to a circle. I am using port 5 axis to rough and finish it from both side and over lapping by my nose rad. that's was the easy part. the question I have has to do with the roughing button. because of the difference from the bore size and the slot size I have to rough it in 3 passes. when I turn on roughing passes it cuts on the first time around and then it goes over it 3 more times not cutting anything. then moves to the next z pass and cuts on first time around and then 3 dead passes. and so on all through the part. the part is 4 1/2" tall and im taking 0.050" passes and it is taking 4 passes for every 0.050" deep. so it takes a lot of machine time for nothing. so the question is am I doing something wrong with the roughing or it that a bug? if I put in 3 tool paths and cheat and change stock to leave for each pass I save over 3 hours and it only takes 1 pass on each z cut depth. any help would be very helpful for the next time I need this tool path. for now I cheated and the part is running but I would like to make it 2 tool paths instead of 6.

I have a xxxxor post that needs some mods done to it. I need to put the G54 on a line all by itself. right now it outputs g00 g90 g54 x y and I need g54 then g00 g90 x y. what is the call out in the post for the g54? I should be able to move it to the line before and al should be good there. another thing I need done is a little harder I think. I need my helix cutting to output like this: X Y I J Z K not X Y Z I J K. where and what do I have to change? or should I call inhouse and have them make those changes? that's all the changes I have found so far and I might need more not sure yet. I loaded the program and tried to run it in graphics and it keeps giving me errors. so I fix 1 then try again and fix the next and so on. now I have a few big changes to make and I will try posting out and reloading and then more edits. thanks in advance

i have a feeder screw I have to cut but it is made from Hasteloy and the cutter I have to work with is noncenter cutting. how do I program it to cut using the leading edge of the cutter? I was able to draw the part in solids and I have the front and rear of the helix drawn as angled lines. now I just need some help with the programing of it. if my cutter was center cutting I could program it, I have cut a similar part in 316ss a couple of years ago. but now the cutter I am using is a 2fl 5/8 inserted endmill with 1/8" rad inserts. thank in advance

I have a 2010 vm-6 and no problems at all. I see .0001" - .0003" after a full day of running flat out. but I run it with full coolant flow all the time too. on aluminum parts I can run a full week of parts and not change a single offset and not see more than .0002" over the week. have you had HAAS come in and adjust the thermal comp?

if you reload parameters you will have to reenter the unlock codes that enable all your bought options. been there had to do that. as for the 5th axis I just select my trunnion table type for the 4th and 5th and it works. nothing to turn on or off. usually you just unlock parameter 7 and you can change most of them. have you tried the debug mode? To get into debug mode go to SETTING 7 "PARAMETER LOCK" and set to OFF. Go to ALARM page and type DEBUG and press "write" button. You are now in DEBUG mode. To exit debug mode, type DEBUG once more in ALARM page. then you can change anything and everything. just be careful. you can mess up your machine big time.

also you need to unlock the parameter lock parameter number 7.

I think you just read file same as loading a nc file from disk. just read in the parameters instead. so it would be file button. cursor down and over to disk or usb. then cursor to file you want. and then recv. that's how I do it from the usb keys they come with now.

that seemed to fix it. thanks.

rapid retract is turned on on all ops.

I started working on a new part this morning and my post is not working right. I have some holes to helix bore and then drill on compound angles. I create a new plane, name it for each hole, and then I helix bore each hole on that plane. like I have been doing for 3 years now. when I post it out I get the first hole no problem. when it moves to second and third and so forth, it does not rapid to new angle. it unlocks, move about 1 degree, then locks, and then unlocks and moves another degree, and so on till it gets to next position, then does helix, then repeats. I never had that happen before X7. this is the first 5 axis program I am making since switching to X7. I am using the default Haas vf-tr 5 axis trunnion post that comes with X7. I have been using that post since X4 when we got the machine. it has always been ok for us. what am I doing wrong or is there a setting in post or control def I need to change to make it work. or do I need to call and buy a new post/ Thanks in advance

I thought I was the only one who drew his solids like that Crazy. I have been drawing them like that since V8. its the only way I find works good for me. draw each component of the parts and thenadd or remove from many model. makes adding rads and corners a lot easier I find. one problem I have been having is sometimes when I create a solid like that I go back into it later or next day or when ever, the solid is corrupt. and will not regen. I have to delete and recreate the solid. not always but enough to make it annoying.

thanks guys I will try this when I get to work this morning.

i came in this morning and my status bar is shifted all the way to the right. my attributes button is the last I see. I can not for the life of me figure out ho to reset it or get into the config "!" button to fix it. anyone know how? I really don't want to reload x7. thanks in advance

a 2 flute will be better and make sure it is a good one made for cutting aluminum and uncoated. coatings add thickness to the cutting edge and therefor make them duller.

it is because you are using center of 4 flute ball nose cutter. try a 2 flute and it will be better. and if you can tilt the part10-15 degs, or cutter if you have rotary or 5 axis it will be even better. the center of a ball nose does not really cut. technically not turning right on center, need to use more of the side of the cutter. and your part will come out nice and shiny. been there done that.

I know what you mean. I run them on a HAAS TM-2 that is 5 yrs old and on a 3 yr old VM-6. I wish I had a new MAKINO or MATSUURA to really push those cutters but I have to refrain myself and just be happy with what I have. maybe one of these days the boss will get the machine that is a good performer not the machine he thinks is a good price.

I use the same OSG cutters here and I love them. I run them about 25% over what the book says and they last long time. try the 5 flute series and run it full flood coolant. leave 1/8". heat treat. and finish. I don't see any problems machining that part.

radeon is not supported you need NVidia quadro series to run properly. high end NVidia gaming card will also run it but alittle slower. amd radeon does not support open gl properly for mastercam.

we are looking at having our tooling supply company supply cabinets and they are going to come in every week and do inventory and place an order for what we have used from it. like you we have little plastic bin in an unlocked cabinet on the floor and it is not working at all. we never have any tools when need it. I will be following this to see what other are doing.

I just ran a job making 200 pieces of 304L ss. the part started 1 1/2" think x 2" wide x 3" long. finished at 1 1/8" x 1 1/2" x 2 1/2". I was running a 1/2" VG531 from OSG. running at 6000 rpm and 90ipm. only used 2 for roughing and 2 for finishing on the whole job. we quoted 60 mins each part and I managed to cut the cycle time down to 27 mins per part. the boss was very skeptical about buy the tooling for this job and even more skeptical about if we could deliver on time. but I told him to trust me I had some tricks I learned from the internet that I wanted to try. so when I programmed this job I used the dynamic database as a starting point and all the hints and tricks I could find on the dynamic tool paths and just trusted my instincts and pushed the machine as much as I thought it could go. then I pushed it even farther. when we finished the job 1 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule and 12000$ under the quoted price the boss is now a believer and said to buy more of these great cutters and use these high speed tool paths every where I can. if you are not using these tool paths to the fullest your machine can do you are leaving tons of money on the table and all that money could be your x-mas bonus that you don't get. that's how I look at it. for every dollar I through away is a dollar I don't get in my check. this thread has taught me some more great tricks to save time programing and make better more efficient programs. I have to thank everyone for all the info I have found and I hope more people learn from all the great help there is here.

just change the m03 to m04. fixed.

we have a new to us lathe with a Fanuc System 6t model b control. we are missing some of the manuals and could use some help. how do we send and recieve programs to the control? and how do we use the offsets on the control? the previous owners did not use the offsets for cutter comp. they altered the program for every change in size. it has an offsets page and we would like to start using it. it is a WASINO L5-J3 lathe. i have a post from inhouse to use for it. but we cant figure out the paramateers for transmiting a program and the procedure at the control to recieve into control. i am hoping someone knows this control and can walk me through it. figuring out how to run the machine wa easy. not i just have to learn the more complex stuff. thanks in advance