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is there a formula to get the feedrate on a 4th axis milling deg p/minute and how do you apply
on the parameters?
any help will be apreciatted
running a haas vf3,vf6 w/mpfan post using mill8.1
thanks in advance
try this site, may help,idont know if they use mastercam on the videos but,there is plenty of info. links, cnc tips,etc...
http://www.cncci.com/jobs/cnchr.htm
well,here is san diego mid housing price is
300,000 and starting wages averg. for a programmer
cnc machinist is $15.00 if you are lucky, and house prices still rising every day
beleive it!!!
FORMULA FOR FINDING SIZE OF DRILL ON ANY TAP
MM OR STD.
EXAMPLE FOR STD TAPS:
(1/2-13 TAP)
1/2=.500
1/13=.076
(RESULT)
.500-.076=.424 OR 27/64 DRILL
EXAMPLE FOR MM TAPS:
(14X2.0 TAP)
EASIEST IS TO CONVERT TO DECIMAL
14/25.4=.551
2/25.4=.078
(RESULT)
.551-.078=.473 OR 15/32 DRILL
THE FILE IS ON THE FTP SITE MC9 FILES AND THE NAME OF THE FILE IS ROTATE,
AND THANKS FOR THE RESPONSE.
I DID THE SAME THING IN V8 AND WORKED FINE.
ONE MORE THING CAN SOME BODY TELL ME HOW TO
MODIFY MY POST SO WHEN I ROTATE MY TOOLPATH
OPERATION DOESN'T ROTATE WITH THE NOTES ON THE PARAMETTERS SETTINGS WHEN I POST IT ON MPFAN
THANKS ONCE AGAIN.
REPEAT ROTATE A CONTOUR TOOLPATH 4 PLACES FROM ORIGIN CLIMBING G03 USING C/COMP RESULT:1ST,2ND,3RD CONTOUR FINE
#4 CONTOUR GOES TO G02 S0 C/COMP IS REVERSE WHY?
I'M POSTING THIS IN MPFAN I GET THE SAME RESULT OVER AND OVER I TRY RECHAINING AND NOTIHING
SAME RESULT IS IT A BUG AR WHAT?
HOW CAN I OPEN AN MC9 ON V8 IS THIS POSIBLE?
ANY HELP WILL BE APRECIATED THANKS?
HI JAY!!!
WE JUST GOT V9 INSTALLED UP AND RUNNING
I GOT WITH CHARLES DAVIS REALLY SHARP GUY!
HE SHOW ME HOW TO DO WANT I WANT ON THIS PROJECT
I HAVE NOT RUN IT YET IT IS SOMETHING THA WE ARE GOING TO RUN EVENTUALLY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO WORK ,ANYWAY THANKS FOR THE POST.
KEEP IN TOUCH.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WANT TO DO IS ON THE FTP MC8 FILES THE NAME IS PIPE COUNTOUR,WHAT I WANT TO DO IS RUN A COUNTOUR PASS AROUND THE EDGE OF THE RED SURFACE USING A 4TH AXIS ON A VF3 HASS
I DON'T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE MILLING WITH 4TH AXIS .ANY HELP WILL BE APRECIATED THENKS.
SORRY JAY I COULDN/T GET BACK TO YOU RIGHT AWAY
BUT I HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY SINCE I AM THE ONLY PROGRAMER HERE THE ONLY CHANCE I HAVE TO GET ON THE WEB IS AT MY LUNCH TIME.
BTW- ARE YOU HERE LOCALY OHH!!! GOTTO GO
CHARLES DAVIS IS HERE I THINK HE IS GOING TO UPGRADE OUR MASTERCAM TO V9.
THANKS AGAIN.
where can i get a post for a 4th axis to use on a
vf3 hass i need to run a contour using c/comp on a 3.0in pipe
to contour only a portion of it,
i do not want to use a surface.
IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME OR TELL ME HOW TO GET
A POST PROCESSOR FOR A MDSI 6.1 TOUCH SCREEN
MONITOR CONTROL VER. 6.1 ,I'M RUNNING A
CINCINATI MILACRON HORIZONTAL MILL.
I'LL APRECIATE THANKS!
anybody knows if it it possible
to change feed on a drill cycle like G81-G83
EXAMPLE OF A DRILL CYCLE FOR FANUC:
Z0 IS THE TOP OF THE PART!
G98G83Z-1.R.05Q.1F1.5
NOW THE QUESTION!
CAN I CHANGE MY FEED AT Z-.9
BEFORE IT BREAKS THRU?
i ned help on how to make
an npt threadmilling program
using mc8.
i don't see any npt option on the parameters for doing threadmill on mill 8.
thanks!!!
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