thanks for address Jay. marty

Jay i was on a long weekend and just caught this thread. i wasn't able to read all the respones, do you have and adress so i can send by mail. thanks marty

thad has a thread called oops. in it you can see a big die. you will also see bushings and wear plates.like thad said of the strippers you might have bushing or pin holes to put in and the rest is basicly clearance for punches. watch the tolerences and you will know if a certain part is fussy or not.usally two places are + or -.01 and three + or - .001.i do alot of profiling on form punches and die steels.i also do alot of strippers and adapters like you see in thads die.like thad said i don't know of any book out there. if you like i could take some pictures of some of ours to give you an idea. it would'nt be untill monday. man i could go on and on about this hth marty

morning guys. thanks for the advice guys. i have printed this out for a ref. when we get the job. again thanks for the help. oh by the way jeff we didn,t get the freezing rain, just the rain, still raining now.sheesh marty

afternoon everyone i have a big ring of stainlee steel to cut. i have'nt machined this in many many moons. it's a big ring 33.00 ins. in dia. i have some pockets and large holes to put in some tapped hole etc, etc.before i call our cutter guy i am coming here first.it is 304 ss thats all i know about it. i will be using a 1.5 dia 3 inserted dyna shear. the inserts are coated and they work really well on reg. steel a2,d2,s7 and so on.i run that cutter at 2300 rpm at a feed of 230.i would like some input on the speeds and feeds for this job.any ideas are always appreciated.this job should only take around 6 hours to do.the operator says it will take him 8 to ten. well i know this operator and yea it will take him that long. the owner bet us a lunch that it will take that long to do.cause my big mouth said it won't take that long. so i want to have everything set for the operator.well thanks in advance. going home now and wait for all the freezing rain have a good day all. marty

i don't know if this is a post thing, i'm not big on that stuff. i'm at home now so i can't look at mastercam. i'm not that bright,i have to be looking at mastercam to be able to know what i'm talking about ,but if you remove that last line it should be ok. hth marty

connormac that last move looks to be the same as your start move. marty

well ww build dies to make various parts for cars. ford,chrysler,gm, i'm sure they are on someones cars out there. marty

+1 Murlin that's how i always did it. set my z above the highest part. safe and no worries. happy sunday morning marty

quote: Pretty cool looking @ your old programs and saying "what was I thinking man is'nt that the truth. congrats Lars i to am one who has been helped over and over again. just by coming here and reading i learn things. marty

big welcome from michigan marty

good luck Phil. it's always nice to see some get rewarded for good work.i hope everything works out for you.have happy new year marty

Modi i have 8.1.1 on my comp. also 9.1. i don't have all the window updates either i only do 2d stuff. but 8.1.1 runs great so does 9.1. if it's a brand new comp. it has to be a hardware issue marty

right on the money Tim. when i was on the floor and had a problem i would double check everything. when i was satisfied i had everything correct,then i would go upstairs.never did i ever say ,hey your program sucks. we all have to work together.now the operaters we have now don't bother with checking any thing out,its the program that's wrong.well 98 percent of the time it's the operater being a dumb arse,just to lazy to check anything out.the other 2 percent is me.just yesterday i had a operater come up and did this very thing. i said ok and i checked my program right in front of him.i said looks good.turns out he didn't rotate his program correctly.now if he would have checked everything out he would have found his problem.no no it's the program man. i don't get mad at anyone cause like i said we all have to work together. just like this forum.we are all working together. this place has helped me over and over again. just my 2c have good new year all marty

+1000 Phil 1 hour to go marty

sorry LFP guess i was way off here marty

contour parameters/depth of cuts and you should see it hth marty

i'm probably way off here,but can you use tappered walls for this? marty

ok then it's not to late for a group hug marty

quote: like some king of cult member, i wanna be king for a day marty

Thad just caught this thread.it is your washers inside that is the problem. very simple fix.just a few washers is all.plus even though you have a plug on to keep chips out,they will still pile up on the inside.there having the same problem down stairs. i have told them how to fix it, but you know. they will just use there mallot to open the vice.hth marty

robk is there any way you can drill a hole from the other side? and then get the tap marty

take care and stay well John. heres your cold one marty

hello marty

thanks alot watermaker marty