Another parellel retainer...... I ended up using a hose clamp bent into a "W" for holding my parallels in place. It was one of those time when that was the only thing I had laying around when I needed something in a rush.... that was 15 years ago, and it's still in my tool box....

Is there a way I can retrieve the cycle time from the machine simulation rather than from backplot? The machine simulator time is much closer to what my actual machine time is. I'm using an active reports setup sheet that retrieves the backplot cycle time currently, but I would love to be able to point it to the simulator cycle time and retrieve that data instead.

We're using Cribmaster. I haven't had the chance to learn much about the actual workings of it yet, but our tool crib attendant likes it. It allowed us to setup bins and define each for what we need, so we're not stuck with the vending machine approach.

Great! thanks guys. I'll see what I can do with it.......

Hoping to get some help from somebody who has worked with this material before. I'm quoting a part out of Inco 625. I've never machined Inconel before, so I'm learning as I go. I have several holes to drill and tap, and ream, and a few counterbores to mill. Mostly in the 1/4" to 1/2" diameter range, but I do have a couple of holes that are .070 diameter X 2.1" deep. Whats a good starting point? HSS, or carbide? I'm guessing carbide. It's got a high nickel content, so I'm guessing work hardening is going to be a factor.

edited... Nevermind, I was in the contour ramp menu, not helix bore...

MIght be oversimplifying what you want, but you can go to file/properties and there is a field in there for file descriptors

I was having the same problem. It went away after I updated the driver for the video card. So far, so good after about 2 weeks or so.

1min, 37 sec. Intel Xeon 2.66GHz x 2 6.00GB RAM Windows 7, 64 bit

Does anyone know what is causing this? I made a setup sheet template in ActiveReports for X5 that was working well, but when I upgraded to X6, the report generates a "SJV" in front of the manual entry for my setup instructions.....

That did it Thanks!

I came in from the weekend to a new computer. X5 and X6 were already loaded up on it. (Thanks to my IT guy ) So, I think I got everything migrated over except needing an updated license for one of my post processors. I'm still using X5 until I get that new license but I am getting a couple of error messages now in X5 when I post. The program posts fine, but not before I get these two error messages. Anyone know what I can do about them?

My config was on the old machine that crashed..... I know, lesson learned..... When I open the "holder" tab in the op manager, the library is still there, and the tools I defined are still listed in the library though...

My computer crashed hard this morning We had another machine, so we replaced the bad one with the newer one. I had to reinstall MC (I'm still running X5 mu1). Now when I open up a file I have already worked on, all the tool holders are no longer defined. Is there anyway I can get that back? I figured that would have been saved with the file like all the rest of the stuff......

We're somewhere around 50% graphite, 40% molybdenum, and the other 10% is pure tungsten, 304ss, 6061, boron nitride, various plastics. In my corner of the shop, There's 4 DMG 5 axis mills, but we also have Mori Seiki 3 axis mills, and couple of Sharps, as well as Doosan, Mori, and DMG lathes.