if i didnt have the additional work offsets on mine, id do it that way with the g10's, maybe you can come up with a macro and utilize a g65 p call

switch it to inverse time on 4x feed, if you want to use the ipm mode you have to put the diameter your working at in a parameter, im not sure which one for the matrix control, if your work across multiple diameters unless they're pretty close in size you should use inverse time, google about it and you'll understand why, had a similar prob on a haas with a rotary last week oddly enough haha

its an option on the control specd out by the mtb, so probably not enabled in the 9000 parameters and most likely would require a board

it is in parameter#5163, whatever that says is the mcode #

if you're going to tap them and if its feasible, use castrol moly-dee tapping fluid its always extended tap life on tough stuff for me, but a warning it does stink!

Anyone know where we can find one?

hannibal carbide tool prob has one on the shelf

http://www.hannibalcarbide.com/documents/hannibal-carbide-tool-2011-catalog.pdf

you can also get a tool like this if you cant mount a 55deg like mr m said, this pic is from a seco catalog, i think a face grooving tool would be the wrong tool for what you need to do

One thing I did here was strictly safety related, and that was to modify my post so at the end of a program it posts "S50" right before the M30 to reset the spindle rpms at a safe level. I inadvertently hit the spindle start once with an indicator in the spindle and it spooled up to 12k. I was luck I wasn't seriously injured, or worse.

been there!! after somebody shot the tip of a edge finder across the shop from 14k,,, i modified the tool changing macro (most fanucs are O9001) to have a S0 in as well as the end of the prog

That screams wear which tells me you are taking it way to easy on the tool. You are rubbing the material verse cutting the material. I would leave my SFM where it is and maybe double or triple your feed rate and see what happens to your tool life. I have seen time and time again where someone slows feed rates down thinking it will help and then the opposite happens. Maybe not the case here, but it all else fail I go against conventional logic and start speeding things up. I have done that and seen some really amazing results I would have never expected to see with tool wear and tool life.

i feel the same way about this, im thinking hes not loading the drill with enough chip load and when drilling the drill is winding up and springing back, chipping his cutting edge, the hole is 13" deep so his drill gotta be 13.6-14" long

and heres the pic of his drill tip, he sent me a few emails

im gonna try to dig thru some old notes i may have drilled something similar to this at an old job

he also said hes getting a honed edge prep and a coating put on

sweet deal, glad you got it figured out

start by going to the setting drop down, and click customize, that brings up the window shown in pic 1, (the .mtb file path location on the computer is shown to the left of the green check icon, ie mine is called brandon renwick.mtb)

make note of which .mtb file you're using

then click the open icon in bottom left of window

this brings up another window shown in pic 2, as you see i have 3 .mtb files i could choose

pick a different .mtb file, and just as a note when i pick the default.mtb i get the same result as you do on the surf hs icons, only when i pick mastercam.mtb or my custom brandon renwick.mtb do i get the icons as they should be

ill show u how, but im in the middle of setting up a job so , ill post up some pics tonight when i get home

maybe the .mtb file is corrupt, do you know how to switch .mtb files?

can you post up the code from tool change to tool change on your tapping issue so we know whats being commanded before the g84 cycle

do you mean the surface high speed or the 2d highspeed? both work fine for me, running x6mu2 as well

also make sure your not dwelling on your pilot hole or you can leave a hard spot where the drill stopped and this obviously will wear out your deep hole drill

best u can do then is run as much concentration as possible maybe 10-15%

the 31series allows you to edit programs on the data server as if they were in cnc memory in storage mode, and also run programs without running in tape mode, if you are gonna use it like that id just get the data server and not expanded memory on cnc, 8mb is sh!t joke imo

thanks for all the help guys!!, got it fixed, turns out our vf1 dosent have a vector drive spindle which is spindle motor controlled orient, (which the explanation above is correct) ours uses a solenoid activated shot pin to orient the spindle, its a older model

heres what i did to fix it,

orient the spindle via the button,

loosen the bolts on the ring the shot pin goes into and break the taper lock so i can turn the spindle by hand with the orient activated

align the spindle drive keys with the x axis to .005 or less

then tighten the ring bolts and check the key alignment, the tolerance can be up to .03 difference, but obviously the closer it is the less wear on the tool changer

and thats it!!

and also the reason our spinlde burned up was bc the oil air mixing unit was clogged up, so ill be taking pics later of where to look on your haas,,, save a 5g repair for a 20 min fix to clean out a little funk build up

word up! ill give it a shot in an hr or so still going thru the break in

Thanks! I figured I was not in the right place

we just put a new spindle in a vf1, and we need to change the orientation parameter for the spindle, its asking for a passcode, if this is not a machine specific code can anyone tell me what it is so I dont have to call haas

yes sir, goto the edit drop down and look for "simplify", thats the function your looking for

maybe try temporarily moving the files in this path (C:\Users\Public\Documents\shared Mcamx6\common\reports\IMG) move just the files to another new folder on the desktop and see if it makes it work

when you say processor id, are you referring to the number given to a toolpath in the ops manager?