sandybar. what you are doing sounds good to me.......motty

i totally agree with thad and brendan, i work in a tool and die shop to, and a2/d2 is very common. run your speeds and feeds the correct way and you will have no problem, just like cutting 1018 or whatever.one thing though we do alot of hard cutting and you should try and cut hard d2 after heat treat.......motty

thanks to all who responed, to the brother elks i will be leading knight then er #2097 redford thanks again.......motty ps sorry i'm late with this i had a snow day wed.

lunch time here with off the subject of work question. among all the people in the forum is there anyone a member of the elks? i know this is not work related but just wondering........motty

lunch time here with off the subject of work question. among all the people in the forum is there anyone a member of the elks? i know this is not work related but just wondering........motty

hello master i agree with james, iv'e been only programing a short while but i do exactly the same way james does. seems to work for me every time.i'm using 8.1.1 motty

if i'm reading your resposne correctly smirob,what i do is use a pocket program to rough out a pocket, then a fin. bottom program, then i will use a contour program with cutter comp which is in my version. i'm using mill 8.1.1. i have only been programing for 3 months so i'm sure there's other and better way's.

i agree with svo, i would just relieve the skank by about .oo2 a side, i think this will save you time and having to buy cutters. finally a question i can answer, where i have acually done this.

car no. 2 rusty wallace my man. he moved over to dodge this so it should be interesting.

hey hey i've been doing this since i was 24. it's always been long hours and short on pay. but to do anything else would probably kill me. so here i stay.

not to worry jack this boy 11/51 just starting this mastercam programing. feel like i'm just starting again.

i want to thank you guys for your help. i will try these to see what works. again thanks. i will let you know what happens.

ok the files i get are ug files which i clean and turn it into an igs file. the machines are an okuma and okk.i tried create, spline,curves, done.no good. i tried create arc, tangent 3 points but the arc didn't hit all the tips of the flats.

im useing version 8.1.1 now.

hello everyone. i have written before and have had good luck with your responses. i am still really raw at this stuff only 2 months now. i don't even have any answers to anyones questions thats how dumb this guy is. anyway i have another question to ask.i have been getting geometry with little flats instead of a smooth line for my arcs.i have been playing with this but they still come out as little flats of the mill. if anyone has the time to give me a han it will be greatly appreciated to know end. one day i hope to have a response to some questions, but you guys and gals are way over my head. ok i know this is long so i will say thanks and be gone. everyone have a good or night. motty

good luck mr. bond. this a crummy thing for them to be doing at this time a year. sounds pretty petty of them. merry xmas........motty [ 12-13-2002, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: motty ]

i'm milling an open pocket with a 1.5 button cutter that has a .236 rad inserts. the problem is the pocket has a .380 rad on the bottom.what would be the best way to mill this pocket and leave stock for the .380 rad. i also have to go back and finish the walls.

i have remaching down,but i have a pocket with multiple corners, meaning the pocket is not square. when i do the remachineing it wants to clip to of the finished edges and it goes back and forth to do the corners.

i'm still new to this and i have a problem with contour milling. i have a orofile to mill so i made a pocket program to mill out all the stock,ok that works real good. now when i go in and make my finish wall program it seems to screw up my pocket program i just did.

thanks for the help. i finally figuered it out. my geometry was at different levels. i didn't translate my geometry when i did my z zero. thanks again

hello, im new at mastercam.i can't seem to get a pocket path to work. i can get most of it tangent, but i can't seem to get the rest of it tangent. when i go into chain it looks real good until it stops. no matter what i do i can't get the rest tangent. any help will be great. motty