Obviously G's and M's were never a problem... lol But seriously this website is the greatest source of information for people like me. Thanks to guys like youself, JParis, Gcode, and dozens of other grammer's that are willing to share what they know in an almost 911 rapid response fashion I have always been able to source the experiance and guidance I need to keep food on the familys table.

Ok So could not get the boss to clear me for the mikron drills. But we do have some of these guhring's laying around the shop http://www.guhring.com/ProductsServices/SizeDetails?Series=6401&EDP=9064010030000 These holes I need to drill are about .700 deep, break through in Heat Treated 4340. Honestly Im at a loss as to how hard I should run these? Guhring website recommends some pretty ludicrous Speeds, somewhere in the neighborhood off 200 SFM and .0074 chipload. Anybody got any recommendations that might not end up in catastrophic failure? Peck drill? at what depth? etc. I spent the whole day trying to make holes in this stuff, the way it was programmed, the center drill idea is now dead in the water, cause well that just did not work, I think it hurts more than helps. But after an exhausting search of the entire tool crib I could not find 1 stub with a 140 deg tip to spot with. I will order one but the boss thinks Ill be fine without it. Man days like this are challenging, but if that machine sits any longer I'm in trouble. 9 holes in a circular pattern, .001 true position off a pre-existing center hole..... its laughing at me! I still havnt ruled backlash out of the equation.... Thinking about spotting 1 at a time from a reference point in an attempt to combat that, but then again I might just be going insane. Never thought this would be so hard...... But next on my todo list is just punch these suckers in with these better drills and see where that lands me.... Any help is much appreciated

All Good They got back to me, pretty quick and got it all updated and working for the newer versions. Now I am ready to deal with this nightmare of a part. Thanks as allways

Colin it is a custom postability. problem is they are in Chi town for IMTS and production is at a standstill over here... LOL long story, but ultimately legacy program that now is not meeting new standards so the job got pulled from the floor. I guess I'll be brushing up on my x8

Ok now that have gotten that far, and thank you for that. Post works, maybe just the Machine def now? Something is missing. the aggregate is not carrying over, I tried to add them. (multiple angles for this job) but its not going well. In the X8 version when I go to post it asks me for a tool length or reference length. Something to that extent. I can actually now open the whole file in 2018 but when it posts it in 2018 all the X values are way off. it does not ask me for a tool reference length so not sure if that's it or not.

We have an old post for x7 that uses an RAH. Can we bring this up the chain?

its amazing how easy they make it look in the video. That being said I have use this system for a decade. What are your questions?

Colin not sure how you retain so much information and find the time to share it, but you are the man. I programmed it both ways and literally went from 48 minutes to 25.. this includes some pocketing. I got the tool crib to get me some quotes because there is more than one size hole I'm drilling, after that I need approval. man working for someone else is exhausting... If this was one of my jobs in my old shop it would be a no brainier. The other factor will be getting the production coordinator to give me one of the mori's with thru spindle coolant to really capitalize on this plan. Basically I'm saying Thank you

question though, if you guys had to drill a bunch of .118 through holes in 4340 .300 deep with a +or- .002diameter and a .001 true position tolerance. what would your process be. the previous program starts with a comment to remove backlash?, then center drills, pecks at .020ish with a drill, then pecks with a 3mm ball end mill, and then reams it. this process really distracted me and through me off my game, I have never seen someone working so hard to drill a hole. Was it really that hard in the 90's?

I too like spot drills, guess I got drawn twords the center drill because its a reprogramming job where they previously used a 90 deg center drill so they could break the edge and drill some pretty small long holes with a .001 true position tolerance. I figured if that wasn't broke dont try to fix it. lol But I guess its my job to optimize this bad boy. Originally the job came to the shop years ago with a program already in place and a whole box full of custom tools. I spent most of the day scratching my head wondering what in the hell were they thinking. Over the years its gotten pretty hacked and chopped so it hit my desk as a reprogram and organize deal. But boss said this is one of the jobs that doesnt matter how long it runs as long as the parts are perfect. Funny thing is I looked at it and said oh this should be ez.... lol then I saw all the tools, blue print and old program and was like WOW did this just get hard, or was someone really just overthinking this thing... lol Guess we will find out tomorrow when the chips start flying

tried a search but most of the info is pretty dated so links not working, etc. What is the secret to perfect center drill depths. I seem to find lately that no 2 centerdrills are the same and when I try to modify existing geometries from the library it starts to get dicey at best. Verify does not seem like a reliable resource for validating drilling depths. What am I missing here? Is Gcodes old chart still floating around somewhere? or is there a way to truly define geometries in master cam and use the hole diameter to calculate depth? I'm stumped?? Thanks as always

Im in... Still trying to get my head around all of it but eapprentace has been hand down the best guide

eapprentice live session???????????

Contour, then project tool path??? Not exactly sure what your trying to do, but I always contour for engraving, then use project if its 3D

I see this alot in verify, not so much at the machine. I have learned to just hope/assume its the verification itself. So I am watching hoping the greater minds weigh in on this

I'm no expert but I do usally alot of deep pockets like you mention. For me Depending on the size of the pocket I would use a really nice (helical solutions maybe) 3/8 endmill dynamic rough it, then run a finish contour, and run it through high feed mode to slow it in the corners. Probably not what you are looking for but works for me. If deflection is a problem use a reduced shank endmil and step downs. EDIT.. Sorry missed it in the OP thought we were talking 1/2 inch here. Same principles apply though, 3/16 for the finishing tool reduced neck with step downsand high feed.

Any buddy know how to turn off the A output on the generic fadal 4 axis? I thought it might be the "rot_on_x" but turning that to 0 did not help. The fadal we still have in the shop has a trunion on it but we have to use M20, if memory serves me correctly to activate a rotary move. I would love to modify this post to output the M20 but for know I will be happy just to turn it into a 3 axis post.. lol Im trying hard to learn this post stuff but by the time I get home from work my brain is fried. I have all the literature and even my eapprentace account, but this stuff does not come easy to me. I'm like Kelly Bundy, in order to learn something new I have to forget something else... Its like my hard drive is full... lol either way thank you for any guidance.

Any simple way to get MPMaster to output G10 L12 P1 R0.0? I've had enough of the operators running a muck! I'm throwing down the hammer on Wear Comp. But in order for it to work Im having to do manual entries with My G10's. I want to do them at the beginning of the program to zero the tool diameters and would like to do them at the end to reset the value to the the tool Diameter encase the next job uses the same tool but is programmed in Control. Its the only way I can see to keep these guys from messing up a good thing. Would be even more awsome if it were attached to a misc integer so I could switch it on and off. This is obviously deeper down the rabbits hole then I've been. But it could make my job sooooooo much ezier... Thanks as always

When using the same tool for 2 consecutive paths my post seems to combine the paths into one. MPMaster on Haas. All I want is an M01 to post in between paths so I can isolate those toolpaths for say testing diameter comps and what not..

So I am running a part that requires probing off a bore to maintain true positioning. We were having problems just trying to assume that it located in a fixture well enough. So we used a Haas probing cycle to reset the work offset on each part. The problem I have is the Z move is not protected. I know there has got to be a way to say rapid down to 1 inch above the part then enter a protected z move to depth?. heres the code we have as of right now. Thanks for any help T24 M06; G00 G9O G54 X0 YO; G43 H24 Z-0.1181; G65 P9023 A1. D0.312 S54;

I'm Loving you right now G-Code.....

So I opened an old file, really old. Whata mess... lol But I am redoing it in 2019. Question is there are so many levels how do I quickly find what geometry certain toolpaths are using?

I love that Morph tool path. How do I do that with out a multi axis license though? The one you sent looks like it will work spectacular though Thank you

Something Like this look right, I haven't done feeds and speeds yet, but Not sure about this approach. I see catastrophic tool failure in my future 429 BOSS MAIN CAP2019 Test.ZIP

Pretty much what I have been trying to do as far as roughing out the center and then making a stock model. but its laughing at me. Maybe a rough parallel with a trim tool path?