What machine is it running on? Do you have "nano smoothing 2" option available on your control? Opening it waaay up can help with this faceting. Try to refine/recreate geometry that drives this toolpath. Is it a swarf 5axis?

90% of my work is JSF, so J type threads are the most common forms with Lockheed. Thankfully, we only make external J threads. In your case, just get a single point from Micro1000 (I prefer Micro100 over Harvey in single point tread end mills) and have either them or someone else modify the corner to a radius instead of flat.

Good luck measuring it. "The UNJF spec (we use AS8879 for aircraft work, as required by our customer) does not require a root radius on the internal thread, only on the external thread. The only difference from a UNF thread for internal threads is a larger minor diameter hole size. " +1 to so not a guru ^^

If the power is off and you have a heavy fixture or a part clamped to the rotary, will it still keep it's position? Power off= no brake, correct? I could see this causing the rotary to slip out of position.

"Postability's stuff is top notch. You will be hard pressed to find a better solution." +1 We have several posts from them with more coming. They need a feedback from you and will get it straightened out. No two machines are really optioned the same and to add to it you have machinists "liking" it their way... jm2c

I had several fractured Nikken pullstuds. Thankfully i caught it while in coolant thru application when I noticed leaks thru cracks. Avoided a real disaster. +1 to JM

So how is the reliability/rigidity of those so far? We're looking at them as well. Will it (rotary brakes) handle heavy cuts and tough materials? So far all I've seen is aluminium cuts. TIA

The TOP is ALWAYS top. The difference between TOP and whatever angle you're cutting at is what drives rotations. Doesn't matter the equipment.

I got me a BOXX APEXX 3402 for about $5600.00 and never looked back. It rocks, and if something gets slow or sluggish, I know it's NOT because of the PC

Create your own surface with revolve. That will create the cleanest flow-line toolpath

MCX and NC...two different things

I probably had the same problem. My windows "public documents" got out of whack first thing this year.. Instead of being: C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared Mcam2017 It was: C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\shared Mcam2017 That hosed MCX9, MC2017 and MC2018 for me. I have no idea how it happened. Right clicking "public documents" and editing location fixed it for me...took a lot of help from my re-seller to figure this one out. Cheers to Roger !

Never heard a bad think about them, quite the opposite. Super accurate, rigid and fast. The same technology that they use for b axis on hmc.

James, is there a list of machines supported by camplete?

+1 to what John said. Also, try shortening your cutting length. It might be overlapping the shank.

Quite nostalgic seeing this. We've come a long way. It's almost like going back to high-school/college reunion and meeting some old friends again

Meghan, owners daughter if I remember right from my trip to Tolland

Yes, that's my general idea. However, I'd like to know just how far people are pushing the envelope of a cat40 hmc. Example, on my 5axis matsuura cat40 big plus: .750 dia rough em=8.3 GL 1.0 rough=10.3 GL .986 lollipop=8.8 GL .750 lollipop=8.6 GL 1.437 seco drill=11.5 GL 1.5 indexable cutter=8.0 GL Majority of tools 1/16 to 1.0 dia already are 5 to 10 inch GL as it is now I am pushing it, but trying to see what others are doing as well.

Sticky, I agree. Just trying to see how much the cat 40 is being successfully pushed.

Ron, I completely agree with you on all points. The choice for us at the moment is a used cat 50 vs a new cat 40 to help relief workload. In no way cat40 big plus is going to match cat50's rigidity, I see it everyday. But... I'm very curious to see how everyone is successfully pushing cat40, especially cat 40 big plus.

Not much width, but still, it's a full slot cut at 12" gage length. Thanks!

Nice! That's 12" gage length? How wide is the saw?

We're looking at adding another HMC machine. Obviously $ is a concern. This would replace/relief 630mm cat 50 Niigata HMC. We have plenty of both cat 40 and cat 50 HMC machines, on which we cut aluminium mostly, but they are dedicated to certain families of parts. I'm looking to mix it up a little...so my question is, what are your biggest cuts that you throw at a cat 40 HMC (say mori nhx5000 or similar). I'm talking long length and heavy tools (1-2.5 inch dia and 6-10 inch long) and up to 3 inch dia drills that have to drill 12 inch deep. What are the largest/longest tools you're using on a good quality big plus cat40 HMC? Let's have some fun with it. Pictures of tools maybe? TIA!

I don't think there was V1. It was named something else prior to v3. ".GE3" is what I started with...could have been V3 I liked it, but like gcode, I wouldn't want to go back, lol

For parts like that I'd also look into a lang quick point system. You could face the small end, mill and tap holes for lang pullstuds. Then you could clamp the whole part directly on top of a lang plate and have 360 deg access to your part. That also takes care of centering all this weight on the pallet. I've seen about 2" dia drills going into steel about 15-20 inches from the locating face. That's quite a cut