your definetly not the only person to be burned on a model vs print diff, my level of trust depends on the customer, some of ours are horrible at modeling and some are very good ive made mention to the quoting people on the time savings of a good model , on feature rich parts we offer a lower part cost on small batches where a good solid model is provided along with prints

dang thats a nice clean easy way of doing that, and ive been doing trig on the stock to leave, using multiple toolpaths for step downs on chamfer tools

yep they should be able to do it for you no problem,

depending on the post you are using , the post uses the value you type in that field and does a little logic action on it a decides of you want a g54 or g54.1p1, or haas style g129,, the default recongnizes 0 as g54 and 6 as g54p1, (if am wrong its been so long since ive used the default) certain things are easy to modify like the work offsets deal once you figure out what the heck your looking at when you open up a post file, some stuff is way beyond me though too, im pretty sure changing the work offset logic would be considered childs play post wise to an expert anyway are you using a post that came with mc? like generic fanuc 3x or something along those lines?

ever done a post edit? i modified my post to output it as such , mc type in "54" i get prg g54, and in my case i use the 1-49 extented offsets so i mc type in 1 and i get prg g54.1p1

if the makino fanucs are like the regular 18 or 30 controls maybe try the memory card and all i/o function(system menu), im pretty sure that outputs the o files separate

do you mean so when you type in 54 as a work offset # mc it will output g54 in the program? and of you type 1 or 2 it outputs g54 p1 g54 p2?

im pretty sure it shows the G52 in the work offsets page

change you display to wireframe mode that allows you to pick solid in or under a solid

if you are using "hpcc" function it stands for high precision contour control the hpcc function its never going to be fast.. it will slow the machine down to follow the path exactly, i believe it holds the servo error to about 2 or less , i would use aicc g05q1 if it has that or just std look ahead control g8p1 (the parameters for this are easily adjustable) series 15i has different parameter numbers then 16,18,21 (i've dealt with these) or i could give you some different acc\dec settings if you follow newbeeees advice you are looking for a maximum speed parameter and a time constant parameter, its very easy to adjust once you find out which one its is..

it seems the i or j in the second program has a - sign which is correct, and the first does not

could be you need to force x and y output on the g41 and g40 line, or do a strait line move after the g41 line, before the g03

permatex "the right Stuff" it works great! just remove all the oil before applying it wont stick/seal to any oil on the surface you can get it in caulk gun size tubes at advance auto or something like that

if your into phone conversations (LOL) try calling hardinge they should be able to email you the info you're looking for, im not entirely sure about the oi but can you go to the keep relay bit k5.7 dosent it say a small description at the bottom of the screen? im not sure how hardinge sets up the plc it may not say anything

hey joe try the flowline path, that will do pretty much what u want as shown on the bottom pic, i havent used this one for awhile but, after you select the drive surfaces , there will be a window that pops up and you have to tell it which side of the drive surface and the direction of cut and start point, i think you just click through and it shows on the screen

i purchased one of these about a yr ago, http://www.mscdirect.com/product/67749010 it was on sale, it works like a hoss, ive dropped it in the coolant tank twice, still works fine, it does need a fairly large hole to mount and you do need to get creative on the collection container if you have a lot of oil in the sump it pulls like 1.25 gal/hr it will also pick up the fines in the way lube and not get all clogged up, ive had a similar system to the one you posted and after about a yr all the hoses were hard and cracking and the filters / cleaning out the unit itself was a pita, i found this disk deal is cheaper and less hassle , probably not as effective at filtering the coolant but far cheaper

negative on having the cutter profile

if you can spare one saw a jaw in half and inspect it on a cmm or optical comparitor (i guess if you have acess to either of those two), and draw the side profile needed and get a cutter made, if you want the place i use to get cutters like this made lmk, but i doubt chick will sell you the cutter and havent seen any places that sell them either , i also have the system 5, and may have a file of the cutter profile already im pretty sure me an another programmer were talking about doing the very same thing but we ended up using the vises on a long term job and just purchased the jaws to save time , but ill check 2m if i have the profile of a cutter

does the 50taper have the air\oil lubed bearings like the 40tapers? if it is may be the tec didn't hook it up correctly or the oil metering orfice is clogged with goop, we had a 40taper burn up bc of the goop build up and it was getting no oil in the air mister for the spindle bearings, and we almost burned up the replacement because nobody looked at the air oil system\lines

i've ran an edge finder at 8k instead of 800,,,, it didnt work out so well for the edge finder

actually i forgot about those type, i had a picture in my head of a goonba putting a test indicator in and winging it off (ive seen it happen before)

i would take em directly out in the shop and start asking them setup questions, you'll find out quick if they're blowing smoke or not and you get a feel for their personality as well

LMAO!

oh i see what you mean, thats gonna be a bit more that i understand how to draw at this point, i might be able to figure that out if i had time to do so but im swamped at work and theres a snow storm coming where i live so i gotta prep for that.. somebody else whos better at drawing will help out im sure im guessing you would start with creating points and possibly creating a spline

its on the ftp in this folder ftp://mastercam-cadcam.com/Mastercam_forum/X6_FIles/1.mcx-6