I think Im going to try an Imco carbide tipped. http://www.cuttingtooldepot.com/tools/IMCO-Carbide-Tool-2011/Drill-Bits/Carbide-Tipped-Stub-Length-Twist-Drills/CARBIDE_TIPPED_STUB_LENGTH_TWIST_DRILLS-CARBIDE_TIPPED_STUB_LENGTH_TWIST_DRILLS/ Im hoping the tip will give me enough wear resistance and the steel bit will give enough flexibility since I know the turret on our lathe isn't exactly in line. Any thoughts? Feed and speed recommendations?

Can someone recommend a high performance drill for me? I need something for the following conditions. 21/64" dia 1-1/4" deep 1018 CRS Lathe 2000 holes Thanks

I am having trouble with my Rast2Vec app. All I am trying to do is bring in a jpeg file to use the geometry. I go through the process...select run user app, rast2vec, merge, mostly arcs, then select create geometry, it shows the white box where the image is supposed to be, it asks if Im done, then nothing. When I check out the image is not there. Any thoughts? It activates the "undo" button like it did something but I don't see it.

I have a question but Im not sure it really belongs on this forumn but Im going to ask it anyways. We have a job that we have done before that involves heat treating, magnetic particle inspection, hard turning, and passivation. For some reason this job has been routed as the following Magnetic Particle Testing Heat Treat Hard Turning Passivate Does that make sense? Im not familiar with Magnetic Particle inspection but to the best of my knowledge it checks for cracks and other flaws in the material's surface but wouldn't it make more sense to do this after heat treating since heat treating can sometime's cause cracks? Any advice is appreciated

Thank you. Im used to using wear on a Haas and I liked it but Im at a new shop where they only have Mazaks and just now bought mastercam. All of the machinist are used to using Mazatrol and seeing the actual diameter in the tool data page.

Can someone explain the difference between control and wear for cutter comp applications? Im using this with a Mazak mill if that makes a difference. I know before when I ran Haas machines we put "0" in the tool data in the machine but all the machinist here want the actual tool diameter in the offset page. I know wear and control will dictate how this is done. Im asking because it seams to generate different tool paths when I switch from control to wear. Everything looks good as with wear but when I switch it to contol and regenerate my tool path the lead in and out change. Im having trouble adjusting it to keep from hitting the side of my pocket as the cutter enters and exits the cut. Thanks

Thanks. I am using it 2D. I think it works great for my application I just didn't know I needed to offset my geometry. I tried the dynamic contour but it really requires an even amount of material to be fully utilized and mine is very uneven.

I was starting to take that approach. Is there another toolpath that could avoid this? I thought I could use just a dynamic path as an open pocket but I can't find the box to check for open pockets. I used to use it often but been out for a while

Can someone explain how to use the blend mill toolpath in X5? I just ran across it and it looks like it would be great for the part Im doing but it appears to not use cutter comp. I have a part that is starting square but it gets a funky contour cut on one side and I thought this would work. I thought if I selected the straight line on the side of the part and then my contour it would start with straight cut and blend into the contour. It starts out great but it cuts past by contours geometry. Does it not use cutter comp?

Is there anyway to tell mastercam to generate arcs instead of splines when creating letters for an engraving operation? I have an older machine and I need smooth out the posted program as much as possible. Thanks

Do you use their other cutters besides the thread mills? Ive been looking at some of their tooling and I like their pricing.

I need another suggestion. The distributer I contacted says they can only find two and they are in Europe.

Another question. I just went to Walter's website and used the drill selector tool that asks for the application information. They recommend a A1249XPL drill. It is a coated HSS drill. Anyone have any experience with this tool or the drill selector on Walter's website?

I've been researching Titex drills a bit. The one you mentioned is listed as an "Oil-Feed" drill. Can you explain what that means exactly? Also, what type of thread mill do you use for threads smaller than 1/2"? Also, I don't have thru coolant on the particular machine these parts will be running in. Thanks

I have 1,750 shafts that get drilled and tapped on both ends for a 5/16-18 x 1" deep. They will be ran in a vertical mill. I need some advice for the drill and tap. We did an order before and tried Accupro parabolic drills with OSG form taps but the results weren't good. Any advice would be appreciated.

Does anyone know where I can find a long woodruff cutter? At least an 1" in cutter diameter. I am trying to machine a counterbore on the bottom a part that needs to be in line with a bore on top within a few tenths. I'll give you the dimensions of the counterbore I am making. I will be reaching 3.600" deep through a 1.200" diameter hole to machine a 1.460" diameter counterbore that is .520" deep. So I need over 1/4" difference between the diameter of the cutter and the diameter of the shank. And did I mention I have about .0005" tolerance on the diameter of the bore? I had thought about going through the part and back boring it but I am having trouble locating the tooling for this approach as well. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have a part that will be laser cut and rolled into the shape of a cone but the only print I have is the formed part (actually a solid model, I just plan on forming it). Is there any way to design it in MasterCam as a surface and unroll it to get a flat template?

Have you tried Bedford Machine? Bedford,IN. They do some large work.

When I try to open a .prt.1 file it asks for an access code? I don't know what this is

I just wanted to make sure the numbers were close. Obviously every situation is a little different but its nice to have something as a good starting point.

Anyone on here using this G-Wizard Calculator? I just downloaded the trial version. Haven't used it on actual job yet but it sounds interesting. www.cnccookbook.com/CCGWizard.html

"Running dry with an air blast is gonna give you better life "VS" flood coolant. Coated mills wanna run hot and the cutting edge." That was included in my plans. Thanks

You are right as well. Its just the fact that we just started using MasterCam and I haven't had a chance to play around with all of the features to see how the machine will actually respond and how to go about restarting after the tool has exceeded its life. They are Mazaks and currently they just throw up a "Silent alarm" so to speak. Its up to the operator to change tools and restart the previous unit.