Thanks Jeff! tlameto, that Mastercam mouse pad feels great under my mouse John

Hi Everyone, Do you need to have ver 9 installed first before you can install ver X? We currently have ver 8.1.1 installed. Thanks, John

Hi Everyone, We just received ver. X today:D!! Do you need to have ver 9 installed first before you can install ver X? We currently have ver 8.1.1 installed. Thanks, John

If I find out anything, I will let you know. John

Has anyone here used mastercam to program a Sheffield, Giddings & Lewis CMM, that uses direct inspect program? Just wondering. Thanks, John

I was talking to my reseller and he said that the master disk was to be ready by July 15, and they would start shipping to the resellers for distribution by the week of July 18. John

My reseller just called me and he said the same thing. Thanks for your help! John

I just received a Mastercam newsflash. Does this mean that X has been released for sale? Called my reseller and I have not heard back yet. Thanks, John http://www.mastercam.com/ENews/June2005

My company quotes large and small production jobs all the time. Just let us know your needs and we will see what we can do. Regards, John

That sounds like a great ideal. Yes, we are currently running Mastercam. Thanks Guys! John

My boss has the money in hand to buy version X and needs to spend it before it get allocated to another dept. Does anyone know when it will be available? Thanks! John

Is it true that Mastercam X will not run very well on Windows NT? My boss wants to buy it as soon as it comes out but, our shop wide system is running NT and we might not get up graded till next year to Pro XP. Please let me know! Thanks, John

Well thanks anyway. I worked with it and it looks like you can not create a grooving tool with two different size radius in the corners. Regards, John

Is it possible to create a cutom grooving lathe tool .120 wide, that has a .049R on one corner and a .118R on the other? Thanks, John

Club '53 for me. I was at the IMTS in 2000, but my wife made plans for me, so I will not be going this year. It is a great show! Maybe 2008 John

Phil, The Cincinnati machines are set-up with things that they thought would make the machines more user friendly. Which really baffled me when I first started programming them. Coming from a background of Fanuc's it did not make sense. There is a default page in which you can change the value of the R plane, it is called "Cycle parameters" you have to look at the programming book to determine which one is the one you want, then you can adjust the "R" to zero if you want to. This would reset my 850SX to have a R value of zero. G10=[CYP,39,V]V0.0 The default setting is .100 Cincinnati recommends that if you change them, to add this at the end of the program to reset all back to the machine default G80 J1 Best Regards, John

Hi Everyone, We have an opening for a programmer/Engineer. Duties would be producing programs for Lathes (Okuma, Kitako, Daewoo, Nighthawk, Miyano) & Mills (Makino, Maxim, Chiron, Saeilo, Sabre, Stama, Enshu, Cincron). As well as working with the customer to put together PPAP's. Mastercam experience preferred! If interested please contact Modern Industries, Inc. Human Resource Department, please call (814) 455-8061 or email us at [email protected]. Or email my boss at [email protected] Best Regards, John

For cutter comp should I use an 'O' instead of the 'D'? For instance is this the right coding to comp on tool 1: G41O1X-1.? This how the cutter comp should look in your program. :11G0G90T17M6 G00G90X1.3885Y2.0203Z5.S5000M13 G42X1.400Y2.1203 Z1. G01Z.4F50. X1.3658Y1.9873F30. On the tool data page where the offset is stored there is a column to adjust the size difference in your tool. Best Regards, John

Tony (CNC Guy) You are right about the 2100 Acramatic controller, but the 850SX is a horse of a different color. The 950's and 2100's both can use fixture offsets, but the 850SX, "H" is only used to make minor adjustments to gang fixtures. Regards, John

The best way to program more than one fixture is have each zero location of the fixtures with it's own zero location. In your program first use G99 to cancel the co-ordinate then use something like this each time to re-set a new location G92 X5.675 Y-5.654 ( this number is from the reference point) then cancel (G99) and re-establish a new zero for each fixture. Quoting for the programing manual " Fixture offset values greater than 1mm (.05") may be used with extreme caution. Large offset values will cause large axis motions which adds to the possibility of a collision between the cutting tool and workpiece." As far as Cutter comp value, it goes in the tool data offset page as diameter devation. There is not a "D" used in the program for it. Best of luck! John

Hi Phil, We have 4 Sabre 750 with 850SX Acramatic controls. 1. How to use Fixture Offsets. Do I type in the values in X and Y and use an H value? The other machinist just sets up part zeros with G92, the ancient pre-industrial revolution method. The way the machine works is you set a x&y zero using G92. H values can be used, but they are dangerous. Because they are used to make up the slight difference in multiple fixture locations. Using an H causes the controller to reset to a new position, you have to go back to the original location each time a new H is used or it will crash. 2. Better way to set Tool lengths than the typical ancient method? Now we have to first set a reference value (called the "tool tram surface")from the spindle bottom and measure the tool lenths (which is the value from the tip of the tool to the spindle bottom refernece) and then Zero out part Z with a G92. Yuk! Nope, that is the only way I know how to do it. Best Regards, John

I am doing an elliptical bore, with a boring bar. I was off one day and everyone here started to panic because the backup programmer did not have a clue how to do it. So my boss wanted me to find a book that explained it. Thanks, John

Hi Guys, Yes, we already have the Lathe Book that is found at the top of the page. I was hoping for something a little more advanced. I am doing a lot of ellipse turning work for a new Customer and it would be nice if a book included that in their training. Thanks for your help! John

Hi Everyone, My boss wanted me to ask if anyone could recommend a good Lathe training manual, something that goes beyond the beginner stuff. Thanks for your help! John Modern Ind. Erie, Pa.

Never mind, I forgot to do a search until after my finger hit send. I found what I was looking for there! Thanks, John