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Tim Johnson

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  1. Line 150 is showing pitch = (1/peck1$). #tapping cucle 'J' word level on canned cycles. Does (1/peck1$) mean anything to you?
  2. After you make that request go to your tool's online catalog, take a snapshot of the page that has the information you need and put it into an INFO folder that's on the taskbar. You will have what you need inside of a minute.
  3. You have to look at the quantity though. I recently ordered 3 1/8" standard length three flute carbide end mills with a .010 radius from Helical. About two weeks later I asked if they were in yet and was told no. I mentioned the the site shows the quantity and looked at the screen shot of what I ordered and it said 0 quantity.
  4. I can't answer that. This is what our (old) maintenance guy was told around ten years ago. I don't know if he asked but knowing him I'm sure he did. He didn't give me a reason if he did get one and I didn't ask.
  5. The part that sucks about the travel (at least here) is that Chicago is half the distance of Detroit but we are forced to use Detroit and the double cost of travel.
  6. I used D-base for keeping track of program files in the late eighties and upgraded to Access 2 whenever it came out. Now we use the Office 365 version of Access. Most people around here will use Excel for their database work. They say it's easier to set up but I've always thought is was easier setting up Access The only part I don't like is the 2GB data limit per file. I haven't checked 365 to see if the limit is still there but my understanding is the limit was put in to avoid lawsuits.
  7. This sounds more like a wait code syncing issue. We do different processes on both spindles at the same time constantly on our i-300ST including OD roughing on both spindles. Do you have wait codes on every process or tool change? Depending on the parts we may run ten processes with tool changes on the main spindle using one wait code while the sub spindle may run several processes with indexing on it's same wait code without issue. Edit: One thing we do here is printout the main spindle code separately from the sub spindle code. This makes it easier for the operators to find the needed wait codes when restarting in the middle of a program. Something that is running in my head is to put only the tool change and wait codes on the "main" tool change programs and add the cutting paths on separate subprograms for each tool. This could potentially save the operators time searching for wait codes when restarting in the middle of the programs. I don't know if this is achievable yet though.
  8. I see someone reads Modern Machine Shop magazine. That was a good article.
  9. When I received my new computer I upgraded to Version 8. Version 6 was MUCH better for comparing files.
  10. Look at page 449 in the 30i volume 1 operator's manual. 16.9.8 for some light reading. I haven't used that macro code but you can see if the parameters are being used.
  11. Here's my list. The parameter numbers should get you there. (Fanuc) M-CODE SUBPROGRAM CALL O9001 -- M60 -- PARAMETER -- 6071 -- AUTO PALLET CHANGE O9002 -- M71 -- PARAMETER -- 6072 -- LOAD PALLET 1 O9003 -- M72 -- PARAMETER -- 6073 -- LOAD PALLET 2 O9004 -- M181 -- PARAMETER -- 6074 -- LASER SETTER CALIBRATION O9005 -- M600 -- PARAMETER -- 6075 -- MOVE SPINDLE TO DOOR O9006 -- M906 -- PARAMETER -- 6076 -- "G30" AND TOOL CHANGE O9007 -- M177 -- PARAMETER -- 6077 -- BK TEACH TOOL LENGTHS O9008 -- M178 -- PARAMETER -- 6078 -- BK CHECK TOOL LENGTHS O9009 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6079 -- G-CODE MACRO CALL O9010 -- G2300 -- PARAMETER -- 6050 -- SEND HOME O9011 -- G2301 -- PARAMETER -- 6051 -- SPINDLE WARMUP O9012 -- USED -- PARAMETER -- 6052 -- PROG NUMBER USED -- RIGHT ANGLE HEAD O9013 -- G2302 -- PARAMETER -- 6053 -- CLEAR STORED INSPECTION VARIABLES O9014 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6054 -- O9015 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6055 -- O9016 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6056 -- O9017 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6057 -- O9018 -- G2201 -- PARAMETER -- 6058 -- XZ COORDINATE ROTATION O9019 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6059 -- M-CODE MACRO CALL O9020 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6080 -- O9021 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6081 -- O9022 -- M100 -- PARAMETER -- 6082 -- LASER SETTER TOOL LENGHT & DIA. O9023 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6083 -- O9024 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6084 -- O9025 -- M2201 -- PARAMETER -- 6085 -- WORK OFFSET ON/OFF SWITCH O9026 -- M501 -- PARAMETER -- 6086 -- TOOL OFFSET REMOVAL O9027 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6087 -- O9028 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6088 -- O9029 -- -- PARAMETER -- 6089 --
  12. Back somewhere in the early to mid-nineties another programmer and I went to the Whirlpool model shop to look at their BTR system. What they did for their dinosaurs back then was strap 80 meg hard drives (largest on the market at that time) and ran their programs from there with the BTRs between the hard drives and machines. It was a nice setup. Also, every person in that shop including the machinists was in dress clothes and wearing ties. We had that info in advance so I dressed up with a tie and the other programmer was dressed up but without a tie. The machinists would talk to the both of us but the supervisor would only talk to me. I thought that was rather rude but we were told how they would be dressed.
  13. You should have something like the following second line. N3 G91 G30 X0 Y0 Z0 G00 G17 G20 G40 G49 G64 G80 G90 G94 (<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<) #153=1 IF[#1000NE1]GOTO99003 IF[#910NE1]GOTO99004 IF[#10006GT13.75]GOTO99001 M06 T06 (3/4" FOUR FLUTE CARBIDE END MILL FINISHING FLOOR) M66 T07 #170=4030 #172=5006 #173=98 #174=0 #199=0 M08 M52 M98P5013 M09 M58 M05 G91 G30 X0 Y0 Z0 #153=#0 M01
  14. I keep my config backups on our server drive. I don't lose them very often but it's a PITA when it does happen with no backup.
  15. Cutter comp left in the sub spindle on our Mazak i-300ST G1 Y-.065 G3 X-.28 Y-.11625 I.05125 J0 G1 X-.19307 G0 Z.2125 Z1.395 X.09891 Y.26602 Z.2125 G1 Z-.105 F10. G42 D83 X.10061 Y.27061 F40.5 (<<<<<<<<<<<) X.01438 Y.25 X-.01438 X-.10061 Y.27061 X-.09891 Y.26602 X-.11618 Y.15968 X-.0311 Y.22351 G2 X.0311 I.0311 J-.32351 G1 X.11618 Y.15968 X.09891 Y.26602 X.10712 Y.27681 Y.27778 Cutter comp left in the sub spindle on our Tsugami b-axis lathe N4030G97G99M203S6000 N4040M50 N4050G28E0. N4060G00G56X8.Y0.Z-.826E0.M108 N4070M70 N4080X0. N4090G17 N4100G01Z-.7305F.003 N4110G42Y.076F.001 (<<<<<<<<<<<<) N4120G02J-.076 N4130G01Y.05F.01 N4140G40Y0. N4150G00Z-.826 N4160M205 Cutter comp left in the sub spindle on our Tsugami 4-axis turret lathe N8950S1500M204 N8960M125 N8970G00G55Z-3.19CB0.M54 N8980X.95Y-.25 N8990G98G01Z-2.71F10. N9000G42X.75 (<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<) N9010Y.25 N9020G40X.95 N9030G00Z-3.19 N9040Y-.25Z-3.185CB90. N9050G01Z-2.71 N9060G42X.75 (<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<) N9070Y.25 N9080G40X.95 N9090G00Z-3.19 N9100Y-.25CB180. N9110G01Z-2.71
  16. I almost never click YES for that popup. I may have many copies of the same tool with different speeds and feeds for different features.
  17. Here's a tap cycle. This might help a little more; N21 (10-32 SPIRAL POINT EXTENSION TAP) G10.9 X0 M902 M300 T82 T19 M6 (TOOL 82 -- 10-32 SPIRAL POINT EXTENSION TAP) G91 G0 G28 X0 G28 Y0 Z0 G90 G97 S1206 M3 M108 G0 G53 G90 B180. M107 G56 M8 M131 M312 G110 C2 G0 C90. G111 M310 G68 X0 Y0 Z0 I0 J1. K0 R180. G0 G43 H82 X-2.12 Y-1. Z1.16 G95 G17 G84.3 G98 Z-.158 R1.16 F.03125 Y3. G80 G69 M9 M312 M302 G91 G0 G28 X0 G28 Y0 Z0 G90 M108 G0 G53 B0 M107 M5 M1
  18. This is for our i-300ST: G84 RIGHT HAND TAPPING [G98 G99] G84 [X,Y] R Z [P] F [J D H K] P(DWELL) J(1 = M04 AFTER DWELL,2 = M04 BEFORE DWELL,4 = M03 AFTER DWELL AT R-POINT) D(TAP LIFTING DISTANCE ABOVE R-POINT) H(0 OR OMMITTED = NON SYNCED, >0 = SYNCED) K(DISTANCE FROM R-POINT TO STARTING POINT) G84.2 SYNCED TAPPING [G98 G99] G84.2 [X,Y] R Z F.03125 FOR TAPPING IN MAIN ALSO 90° IN MAIN AND SUB G84.3 SYNCED TAPPING [G98 G99] G84.3 [X,Y] R Z F.03125 FOR FACE TAPPING IN SUB
  19. If you use Flowline rarely you can go into your config and change your background to a color that will show your vectors. If you don't save the config it will go back to the saved color on your next session. If you use it a lot, make the color change and save the config as "Flowline".
  20. Can portions of the MPmaster post be added to the IKE post?
  21. Black background for programming and white background for the snipping tool. Each are on a different config.

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