Does anyone know if the MC2018 plug ins are available for Vericut  V7 and V8?

IS the same plug in working for both versions?

CGTech has been slow with the response...

TIA

Didn't they try to sell it to CNC Software at the beginning? CNC Software wasn't interested, and that was the beginning of Module Works....I think, lol

ROFL, do you still ride horse to work? 

Seriously though, I'm surprised that you don't see an advantage of a high RPM spindle for surfacing aluminium and such...oh, well...

I'm out.

rofl, if there is any surfacing involved especially in aluminium, then 5k spindle is useless

Be ware of the way covers on X axis. Friendly shop has two of those. Tons of chips get there when cutting aluminium. Great machine otherwise, but I'm still partial to maatsura

27 minutes ago, Foghorn Leghorn said:

The Matsuura VX is it's "economy" line.   It's a good value. 

 

Okuma and Mazak... you'll have a completely different control... which is fine if you're into that sort of thing. Personally I like compatibility so FANUC gives me the most range of availability of machine tools to choose from. 

By "economy" I meant "cheap". Like a NV vs Duracenter from Mori. NV being a solid machine and Duracenter being their "value" haas competitor

Actually all very nice choices. I'd go with the Matsuura personally, as they don't really make "economy" version machines like the others.

I got the model and everything already set. Thanks for the offer!

That's what I thought. I'll have it measured, so can simply move my master plate to the right Z position and it should be all set.

Thanks John!

Can anyone confirm that the default distance of A axis c/l to top of B axis when flat is really .1260"?

I thought there was a thread here about this dimension being different on some units, but I can't seem find it.

TIA

Verify should be correct. Are you sure that your tool is showing correctly in backplot/verify?

I use camplete and vericut daily, but found verify to be pretty solid with the exception of rapids and transition moves especially in mutliaxis applications. In 3axis mastercam backplot/verify is very dependable.

Rock steady here as well. Using 3 monitors.

Oh, then I haven't seen it. It'd drive me nuts for sure with the multitude of planes that I'm usually using.

Set the rules to : "Tplane follows Cplane"

jm2c

Good points. The guy is pretty cheap...I wouldn't be surprised at all if he failed to laser those Haas machines  

We use Lasers Inc. Great company. I highly recommend them.

21 minutes ago, greenxman said:

has anyone had trouble with it not repeating  randomly?

 

I spoke with a person locally here in Colorado and that was his exact observation. He has 2 of them and both have major repeatability problems ever since they were new.

No new Camplete update here just yet. I'm current on maintenance, so what's up with that?

Is this a completely new version or just an update? The main version is getting a little old...2015 I think?

Camplete will be at the  Matsuura open house in Minneapolis, so hopefully I'll get to pick their brains a little, lol

Thanks James,

Yeah, I didn't think about it...that  might get pricey for sure. This will be used for a simple 3+2 stuff as a capacity back up, but would sure love to have Camplete on my side.

We just got 2 new Mori DMG NHx5000 with a rotary, effectively making it a 5axis machine....man, that is a headache trying to go without simulation...my head spins programming those, lol

I'll hit them up over at Camplete.

Thanks

On 1/7/2017 at 5:38 PM, Foghorn Leghorn said:

@Mark,

 

Matsuura 5-Axis Machines, Matsuura HMC's, Haas UMC-750, a few Haas VMC's with Rotary Tables, Hermele 5-Axis machines, FANUC Robodrills, Mikron 5-Axis (I believe), there is one more manufacturer that escapes me at the moment... high-end Japanese sold by Methods.

 

That's what I can divulge.

James,

We just bought another MX-520 and just today I also found out we're adding TR160 to one of our Haas VF4ss. Where do I get the Camplete setup for this machine? Do I contact Camplete direct?

TIA

It's a corporate deal, involves setting up accounts and crap...you don't want to go thru this ;).... and corporate would not allow it either

Thank you all. GoPro it is

Go Pro seems to be a lot more rugged, but looks like it's a battery only. I've seen MTB's offering cameras with the new installations. Wondering what they are using.

Will look into it.

Thanks gents!

Hi All,

What cameras are you using for inside machine monitoring?

I need to be able to  stream over wi-fi to monitor machines and also to work out the kinks in the programs (working remotely).

TIA

1. Port Expert is the most common for me and almost replaced all the flow 5 axis here

2.  Swarf and curve

3. I need to give the morph a try since Ron seems to like it so much