...but as my friend James Meyette use to say, with power comes complexity.

He says that all the time. LOL

So it supports lower turret output?

 

totally agree - when you can work a call centre and make 12-15 / h .. someone who is skilled and taking on often a stressful job should be paying well beyond that

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.

Id like to know where those shops are

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.

As the kids say: "Its complicated"

 

C

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

Done.

:bump:

Jose, you don't have TCP on in the above example ?

 

And yes, It's a G5.1 Q1 for contour control and G5.1 Q3 for nano smoothing (fanuc 31i-a5)

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

To say that Methods did not add value to Matsuura is an ignorant statement to say the least. ...

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.

Jeremy,

G5.1 Q1 seems to be working fine, it's the G5.1 Q3 that gives me trouble. I guess I should have said IA-NANO II is the problem

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

It may not be that Methods and Matsuura ended up on bad terms. There is a lot of competition for machine tool dollars. A lot of builders are making changes that they believe will increase their sales opportunities and market share.

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.

 

I wondered this because Matsuura are a very loyal company

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.

Whoa. So Methods isn't even going to be selling Matsuuras in the areas they represent directly?

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'll never buy anything other than Sager laptops. Power, value, fantastic customer support.

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.

Agree 100%. I do think part of the reason the Japanese manufacturers don't post prices is the exchange rate but this might just be an excuse.

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