"The last time I looked, even the mighty SolidWorks did not have a Vista ready release yet. " SolidWorks is in Beta2. does CNC have a Vista Beta?

they could learn from Sun Tzu.

Is not WinXP 64 bit better than WinXP, security wise?

XP 64 Bit? ain't that an option??? will CNC support it? how long is MS going to support it? "Steve Balmer is the Anti-Christ!" maybe so. and where did that black stripe on his tongue come from? (or should I say "who") [ 02-07-2007, 01:02 AM: Message edited by: Jeff Kemper ]

It opens here, near seattle, in the snow.

Thought I'd try to make smoke come outa that curly head 'o his. 8^}

Thanks Hardmill Hey, is that quote yours or some other famous person???

Jack Google doesn't find "Feta" carbide tools. Lotsa cheese. Spell check?

Ask him the manufacturer of the 1/2" he's using and to see their recommended F&S's

There's also free lessons @ http://www.streamingteacher.com/home/index.aspx

IE 6 here Still works

Works for me. Try again?

The thicker carpet tape has thickness variation issues. There is also a thin carpet tape that does not have the thickness variation issue. 3M makes an awesome tape, 667 I think, very good adhesion, good coolant resistance, and much easier removal than lots of em. Jeff

Hot Keys inside of commands have always(?) been there. Hot Keys for the main menu have been added with MR2, to toggle when the Alt key is pressed, as indicated by the underlined letter in the Main menu file names. Opened menus will also have hot keys underlined. Learning Mode prompts, displaying all of the hot keys for functions you have activated, can be turned on by going to Settings> Configuration> Screen on the right, in the middle, check Use Learning Mode prompts. When in the function, hover over any button in the Ribbon bar and all of the hot keys will be displayed below the ribbon bar.

Found nothing available free online. This from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Technical-...e/dp/0415112249 which is also the 1st hit in a Google Books Search: http://books.google.com/books?q=french+eng...r=&sa=N&start=0

Thanks!

Flipper Never Mac'd, know people who have for quite a while. Apples quality is commendable, as is quite the oppsite for usoft ('nother story...) Yeah, winders has gathered their excrement in one location, about 10 years after the winders intro. Any wonder why MCAM was reluctant to cede the power? And then look what they got. 'Nother nother story. So is apple takin clue from linux?

When Apple announced that they were going to an Intel chip set, the Win people oohed and said "so you'll be able to run Win apps?" and Apple said oh no that's not our intention. All the smart people said "YEAH RIGHT!" Following is a quick response from a friend who knows a little: I haven`t done any of this stuff but as I understand it there are (2) ways to run WinApps on the IntelMacs (1) Using Bootcamp (Apple software) to allow the machine to boot WindowsXP w/o booting Mac OS X; WindowsXP & associated apps have the whole machine but the details of accessable ports etc are hazy to me (2) Using Parallels virtualization app allows Windows, associated apps & Mac OS X stuff to run along side each other w/o the dual boot method (http://www.parallels.com/) (Parallels method also, I understand, allows you to run any other x86 OS as well as MSWindowsXP should you wish to run MSWindowsME, OS/2, DR-DOS etc) I`d be careful about either of these w/o actually doing some testing, particularly when any kind of "copy protection" (dongle etc) might be involved as I suspect is the case w/these high end apps You might try checking this website (http://www.architosh.com/) for some hints Irongate, do you have some links on running Solidworks on the Mac??? Thanks Jeff

Heidenhain has a great website, manuals are available online @ http://www.heidenhain.com/ Click on the text on the left, the picture links didn't work for me. Follow the long trail, or this may take ya directly there: http://filebase.heidenhain.de/doku/tnc_gui...343/N15343.html Took maybe 5 minutes to download the PDF file, 530 pages, hey I wonder if they did that on purpose? Just went to save the PDF and it has a non-descriptive name, so if ya save it, ya probably wanna change it to make it easier to find in da future.

Yo Colin Thanks for the link, I'll check 'em out. There's still life @ Combi, 'bout the same. How's the lazy B? Jef

Anyone use any of these to coat custom or off the shelf tools? Know who is better? Who to avoid? Thanks

Not wondering about posts or machining stuff. Just thinkin positive should be clockwise, kinda like a . . . a clock? Wonderin why it isn't, for CAD/CAM.

rotation. Anyone know the origine of this convention? TIA

Anyone done this??? Thanks Jef

http://www.handyharmancanada.com/TheBrazingBook/comparis.htm http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/thexp.html looks like graphite is pretty close to quartz in tempco. a better option would be zirconia, but that's probably not too cheap either. re: backing plate breaking or cracking with clamping: you're cutting thin parts, right? how much clamping force do you need??? Jeff