He says that all the time. LOL

So it supports lower turret output?

and we've got mouth breathers at UAW plants pushing a broom making $35/hr. and worse than that, they think they deserve that pay for that job.

Ever hit up a real head hunter (like Brian Cerkas who posts here)? What about your machine tool dealer Applications or Service guy? Your local Mastercam reseller? Ever try asking them where the money is at? They get around and hear things. AND, if your skills impress them, often times they are willing to pass along contacts. I mean they have to be careful about that, but when they see a good guy getting mistreated...

Very well put Bob. There's 3 of us (soon to be 4. Companies should not mistreat their golden geese if they know what's good for them - ESPECIALLY nowadays. Bosses reading this take note) Our newest guy (starting mid-month February) will be our lowest paid guy. $100k even. Came from making $85k, crappy working conditions, dude can't take a vaction... total corporate bs situation. I was glad to take him off that other Company's hands. We've been looking for the right guy for probably 6-8 months. If he works out that way I think he will, after his 90day probation, he'll be looking at another $10~$15k and a generous 5 figure year end bonus. So, if you're reading this and thinking to yourself "where can I make that kind of money?" read Bob's post. Line by line, starting with the look in the mirror.

Who you know... Yeah, but that's the same no matter what career you're in. It certainly never hurts to know people.

Sounds like you're a Methods guy and you know something. So, how "complicated" is it?

Six figures in Southern California, but you've got to bring some serious skills to the table. How serious? Serious enough to change the kind of revenue your company can generate in a seven digit kind of way. Serious enough to to know how to get the impossible done on time and under budget. Serious enough to sit across the tabe from a Collier Award winner and have the confidence in your skills propose out of the box ideas on their designs to cut manufacturing costs. Confident enough in your own skills that you can work with others in a Team Atmosphere and not worry about your job or your position. Anything less than that and you can expect to top out around $30~$35/hr here.

Done.

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Page 111 in the FANUC 31i/310i/310is-MODEL A (B-63944EN_03) Manual says it's Q2

Sorry, wrong machine... N1M01 N2M132 N3G00G17G40G49.0G80G90 N4G00A.0C.0 N5T14 N6M06 N7T14 N8S5400M03 N9M16 N10M08 N11G17 N12G54G00G90X-8.6039Y-7.3143A.0C.0 N13G131R7(AI-NANO ON) N14G43.4Z6.64F500.0H14(TCPC-ON) N15G01G94Z2.1F400.0 N16X-9.7291Y-6.6893Z2.0124A-32.888C-26.765F80.0 N17X-9.7118Y-6.6551Z1.9532F400.0 ... N18052X-9.2201Y-6.6673Z2.0343F400.0 N18053M09 N18054M05 N18055C.0F1968.0 N18056A.0 N18057G49.0 N18058G130 N18059G53G00Z.0 N18060G28X.0Y.0 N18061G90 N18062G00G17G90A.0C.0 N18063M98P9901 N18064M30

Well, they are Non-Value Added to my organization. Just an extra added cost. I should mention that we do not buy our equipment from Methods. We buy from Selway. I'm sure they are great to their customers. Us on the West Coast... ummmmmm not so much.

My FANUC Manual says Q2 not Q3...

This is a piece of code from one of our programs; N1 (/T01 - .500 DIA X .000 RAD) G91 G28 G0 Z0 G90 G80 G49 G40 G0 T1 M6 G54.1 P1 T02 (NEXT TOOL CALL) M11 (B-UNCLAMP) G90 X6.825 Y-1.25 B0 S8000 M3 M10 (B-CLAMP) G5.1 Q1 G43 Z.5 H1 M8 Z.23 G1 G94 Z-.02 F60.0 ... G0 Z.5 Z2.0 M9 G5.1 Q0 (LOOK AHEAD OFF) G53 Z0 M5 M1

We're getting a new Hwacheon 2TZYSMC lathe. Will MPLMaster support an upper and lower turret without too much work? I'm not asking for one, just looking for a good starting point. We do all our own posts whenever possible. TIA

Taking something as non-value added as an importer out of the supply chain will definitely affect the cost of a machine tool in the right direction.

They are.

The prices should drop now that the middle-man is gone which is good news for you envious ba$tards that wish you had MAM72's. Methods must have done something pretty bad to cause Matsuura to sever a relationship they've had for a very, very long time.

Stock model @ .0001??? That's a tad excessive even for hard metal re-machining isn't it?

So Mic, has she been rode hard and put away wet?

I always thought that the point was to take flattering pictures of something you want to sell. All I see is abuse and neglect.

I've seen James Meyette's rig and it's faster than most of our Desktop Worktations. He swears by Sager also.

Fadal.... really. You brought Fadal up? Talk about bringing spitwads to a gun fight. Fadal has got to be the biggest PS ever produced by an American MTB.

Sure would be nice for them to quote list pricing. BUt, be honest here, how many of you/your owners woudl refuse to even look at a machine if you though the list price was too high then move on to the next one? Be honest.... I