what type of material? what are your speeds and feeds? Hole size tolerance? Depth of cut? Need some more info before good recommendations can be made.

Welcome to the Forum. You could also edit the drill code in the program. What is your Retract or R value in the code? You can change this to increase the distance between the drill and work piece.

quote: I NEED A POST FOR A KIWA MACHINE USING MASTERCAM V9 Whenever I told somebody I wanted or needed something, I usually got the following response. "Want/Need in one hand and crap in the other. See which one fills up faster."

I would say it is a post issue. The rotary axis limits may be causing it. HTH.

What do you mean by it is not "geometry"? What is it?

Can you put something on the FTP?

This is from mastercam. To open Pro e files, you have to buy and add on from CNC software.

What type of Material? What type of tap? Is threadmilling an option?

We run stuff called Trim and some Castrol. The Trim is better for aluminum, it doesn't stain the parts. Also, works good for other materials too.

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mpmaster will also be very close too.

We have an air gun that lowers the temperature of the air. It works well. I would speed up the feed a "little" and see what you get. Couldn't resist Keeb.

6061 Aluminum 1.5" diameter drill 3.5" deep 1528 RPM 30 IPM No Peck Thru Spindle 1000 PSI coolant

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I would think it is worth the shot. Just make sure you drill is the right size. It differs a little bit. Tap Drill = Major Diameter - (Pitch / 2)

Mike, what style of taps are you using? Sprial Point?? I am just wondering if the chip created is being the issue. Did you ever think about using a thread forming tap?

How many of the parts do you have to tap? Did you ever think about tapping offline using a Flexarm? Also, how old/worn is the machine you are using? I ask because I ran into a problem one time with a machine that would break taps like crazy because the retract and the spidle were not in sync. The machine would start to retract and it would take a split second for the machine spindle to reverse and get to the correct RPM for the retract feed rate. This would cause strain on the tap and break it. I couldn't figure it out and tried to cut threads and form threads. Tried cutting only 30% of threads for a test and they kept breaking before I figured out what was going on. Had to get a tapping head. Luckily the parts had 200 to 300 10-32 tapped holes in them, so the setup wasn't only for a couple holes. If you have only a few holes, maybe try running the tap very slowly as to minimize the amount of time the spindle needs to reverse and get to speed. HTH. I wo

How hard is the material? Are you using a thread cutting tap or a thread forming tap? I always liked the OSG Taps. elektraLUBE is a good coating and done over 300 10-32 holes in 1141 steel with one tap. They do have these in MSC in the size you need for about 20 bucks a tap. OSG also makes a Hypro tap which is for tapping some harder materials, but not sure if they make them in the size you need. HTH.

Yes, I like the idea of the random number generating post. That would just be friggin awesome. Nice post Midwest.

Are you sure there are surfaces there? Sounds like you have a solid.

Never had a problem getting on to the FTP, but now I am getting this error. What is going on?? Thanks

What type of toolpath are you using?? P.S. You dont need to give me the exact file. Maybe make a file from new that is kinda like what you are trying to do??

Can you upload to the FTP site?? or shoot me an email??

quote: or if you want to edit a solid after it has been imported into mastercam. Moving or repositioning the solid after importing is considered editing the solid. Sorry about your luck. JP is right.

------------------------------------------------- This is what I get when I post the code when the back plot looks incorrect: N60T1M6 N70G0G90X5.0014Y2.8033S0M5 N80G43H0Z.1 N90G1Z0.F0. N100G41X4.9324Y2.7911 N110X.4396Y2. N120G2X24.6224I12.0914J2.1494 N130G1X20.1296Y2.7911 N140G3G40X4.9324I-7.5986J1.3583 N150G1Z.1 N160M5 ------------------------------------------------- This is what I get when I post the code and backplot looks good: N60T1M6 N70G0G90X20.1296Y2.7911S0M5 N80G43H0Z.1 N90G1Z0.F0. N100G3G41X4.9324I-7.5986J1.3583 N110G1X.4396Y2. N120G2X24.6224I12.0914J2.1494 N130G1X20.1296Y2.7911 N140G40X20.1158Y2.7936 N150Z.1 N160M5 ------------------------------------------------- All I did was change the start point. HTH.