No help here as we have the KM63 spindle. The Capto spindle was vaporware when we ordered ours. I would very seriously investigate the Capto option if I were to do it over. Sincere best wishes on finding a new home for those holders.

Perhaps some nice Esquire could use them for door stops or decoy anchors. Oooo, Oooo, I know... You could use them for water ballons at the next Mazak company picnic; got a Winger? Disclamer: This is offered in the spirit of clean humor only, I'm sure they are great tools.

Hi Clyde, Does your Integrex have a "live" B axis? If it's the older style with positioning B, then I would also plug Dave Thompson's post. It's had some pretty solid R&D development. (Harryman's thumbs under overalls suspenders and rocks on heels). We are at software rev D3. That's the one you want, again assuming positioning B axis. Figure out if G125 is your coordinate system rotation macro. What ever it is, use it. Don't try to long hand the G68.5 thing. Welcome to the Forum and Mazawonderland . [ 09-15-2003, 10:26 AM: Message edited by: Harryman ]

Good morning guys. Thanks for the research. It's going to take some time for me to digest this all. Had a super week off. They don't call it the "Grand Canyon" for nothing... Took me 7 hours to climb outa there. Thanks Jack... Willing to walk into a machine shop with bottles of fingernail polish... You're a true friend.

quote: I thought you just throw the print and a chunk of material in the machine Oh no, you don't even need to put it IN the machine. You can just leave a pile of prints and a pile of barstock NEAR the machine. Or so one of my bosses thinks. After he fires the set up guy, to save money, the boss sends an email around saying that untill (name of welder with 1 year hack and chop machining experience) gets crosstrained on the Integrex, Harry will just have to run "lights out" as much as possible to reduce his workload. Damn right I can run stainless steel one-off parts "lights out." I just choose not to, so as not to totally crush the self esteem of my Forum Friends. Oh, and if not having a clue is the first requirement of being the boss, never admitting and fixing a mistake is requirement two.

Hey, May^Day! You got that done yet???!!!

From Harryman

Jack, hunched over the keyboard, thoughtfully and deliberately hunt and pecks yet another witty post into Emastercam, when a shadowy figure silently creeps up behind him. Jack is engrossed in thought or he'd surely notice the stranger peering over his shoulder. Just as silently, the stranger glides away, then bolts, as the sound of a barking dog provides cover noise for his escape. The stranger, out of breath from running back to his keyboard, quickly pounds in. quote: the bar fights don't result in stitches, jailtime or bloody faces Damn it James! Don't go screwing up chapter three too!

quote: quality MC time Must be nice to be able to analyze nuance. Stuff like this, puts greenies like me, straight into WTF mode.

I hear you on the alligators Jack. I killed much of today trying to get the chip break peck drilling thing going. I tested it months ago and thought all was cool, (I goofed). Ended up rewriting the machine resident macro...Power off...Power on...Power off...Power on. And one more request to Dave for a post tweek. (Lurkers: please don't flame me on ease of chip break peck drilling. The Integrex doesn't do it the way you and I and the rest of the industrialized world think it should. ) That initial plane and R plane thing will be first on my testing list Millman. Big plate, now with three helicoils and 29 hand finished holes, still in machine so I can't test the tapping thing. I'll be watching the Forum tomorrow but I'll be on vacation next week. Hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and if all goes well, hiking back out too. [ 09-04-2003, 06:29 PM: Message edited by: Harryman ]

+1 On the spreadsheet for data points. Pull down a column of X and a column of Y, cut, paste, bada bing.

On super nasty materials, sometimes success can be defined as the one method that didn't fail. 150 hole drill life doesn't sound too bad. In fact, to go faster say 50 - 55 SFM and sacrifice some hole count, might be an option. The speed, feed and peck parameters seem OK for such a small drill going so deep. I'd be happy with those results, but then I'm not a production guy.

Right on Iskander. I was just offering a little sample of what it might look like, not an entire routine. Philippines to Kansas, killer commute Dude.

Does your machine have custom macro capability? If so just replace those positions with variables. #100=10. (X STOP POSITION) #101=3. (Z PIN RAPID POSITION) #102=1. (Z PIN STOP POSITION) GO X#100 Z#101 Z#102 M00 Then just alter the variables to fit the current job. Is this what you have in mind?

From Harryman too

3/8-24, so light torque load. Stopped way short of bottom. S61 F.0417 feed in in/min. I just went with the posted values. Feed rate resolution .01 in/min. Possible problem there, with feed rate. Should I calculate RPM from an obtainable feed rate say .05? I'm sure that will seem turtle slow to you production guys. Material is 304L SST. 26.5" 0D X 1.25 thk. Don't dare break then back off. No angle hocus pocus on this one. M250 G0 B0. M251 G17 G125 X0. Y0. Z0. R1 S0. M212 G97 G0 C355. G98 M211 M9 S61 M203 M248 G0 X7.655 Z.25 Y0. G84.2 X7.655 Z-.4 R.2 F.0417 G98 is in/min...But .0417 is a feed/rev for 24 TPI. Book says feed should be / rev. [ 09-03-2003, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: Harryman ]

Thanks Jim. No G63 listed. Tried it and got "Incorrect G code." Checked depths; tap did not apparently slip. Score: Harry=N Integrex=N+1

The options page on the control says Syncro. The EIA manual says so too. Is there a parfrickin'rameter?

I'm doing some rigid holder tapping (G84.2) with the Integrex. I changed the hole depth and got a lead mismatch. I can see that changing the R plane would cause that, but I'm surprized that changing depth would. I'm pretty sure that it works in Mazatrol. Can you change depth on other rigid tapping machines and re-run?

I thought it was just something this greenhorn was doing wrong.

Good morning Iskander. I just looked at the VB script link and Bryan there says his VB skills were a bit rusty, and asked if someone could help clean it up. Do you know if that code is ready to go? I'd like to try what you and Bryan are suggesting, but I can't do anything with VB.

Atta Boy ScottyB. The family is diggin it too.

Iskander teh one armed paper hanger. Wallpaper that is. You are an inspiration.

Thank you indeed, Swollen. May I call you Swollen? That amazingly detailed, knowlegeable and very well written post warants thorough study. [ 09-03-2003, 08:12 AM: Message edited by: Harryman ]

Hourly here. Program, setup, run. If I don't do it, it doesn't get done. teh one Harryman band.