On 10/19/2022 at 8:53 AM, AMCNitro said:

I did not know that, thank you.  But if you have both of them, the file will be bigger

Old school IGS file will be smaller than Parasolid. Also in Mastercam, if you save all solids as wireframe and surfaces. The file will be smaller. But , I do prefer to work with solids. 

On 10/13/2022 at 12:55 PM, AMCNitro said:

Are you converting into surfaces when importing? 

Surfaces actual take up less room than solids.

RFID

Try command Tooling follow the link below

https://www.commandtooling.com/accessories

46 minutes ago, CEMENTHEAD said:

Looking for some feedback. MasterCam apparently doesn't support the control.

There is one on a boat on it's way here. 

Shoot me a DM if you would like to learn more about TopSolid.

RFID is the way to go. But a little expensive. The pic below is available from any tool holder manufacturer. 

AS far as I know, the Haas control does not have what you are looking for. Makino's FMS has what you are looking for. You could use a macros on the Haas to do that. But it would be very complex. But doable.

Do you have

On 2/22/2022 at 2:10 PM, mmemotorsport said:

Hello guys.

I'm aware that Intel Xeon is not optimal cpu for mastercam post processor, but the results we are getting are very strange. Same file, mc version (2020), toolpaths get processed in 20s on i7 (3.4 ghz) while on xeon (3.7 ghz) it completes this in 200s so 10 times slower. Same thing happens on another xeon machine. All have 32gb of ram, only difference being that i7 has windows 7, while the xeons have windows 10.

Any ideas what to try, i'm out of ideas.

 

P.s. while processing, xeon barely touches the cpu load, overall at 15% and even individual core when processing is at 100% every few seconds, otherwise at 40-50. 

Do you have Mastercam using all of the CPU on the Xeon? You can control that in the settings, same place you tell mastercam to use the graphics card. The graphics card is another thing you should check. Make sure mastercam is using it. 

2 hours ago, AHarrison1 said:

That's exactly how I read it... then giggled like a school girl for the next half an hour.

I'm still giggling

Have you guys ever looking into TopSolid???

Do you need sharp corners? If not use a bull noise endmill with a .03 corner radii. Try the machining advisor pro from Harvey Tools. I have had great luck using feeds and speeds on 17-4.

https://www.harveyperformance.com/machining-advisor-pro/

On 3/30/2022 at 7:34 AM, JParis said:

IMO    Don't

At some point in time that WILL bite you or someone else in the arse

I 2nd that!!! it's in a safe mode for a reason. 

Forget I mention anything, G87 is a bore cycle in milling. I'm going with marco is your best bet.

Would it be possible to use G87? That is peck in a radial drill cycle for Doosan lathe. It pecks in X axis.

You might be able to find a manual here http://nicecoder.com/edm_instruction_manuals.pdf

Harvey Tool has a machining advisor pro that works awesome.

No worries, we have been there. Just keep in mind that the only stupid questions is the one you don't ask.

Run the tool path in back plot and you will see the corner radii of the insert touch the surface of the part. 

On 8/25/2021 at 11:35 AM, Mr. M said:

I fixed some switches on a barfeed this week that had twisted and the wires pulled out for some reason. I then watched the operator slap the buttons fairly hard and aggressively twist the switch that had just ben re-attached 5 seconds before.  Gorillas I tell ya

Some days I think Gorillas have more finesse.

Add a fan after each depth of cut. Check out the video below.

The water you start with is just as important as the coolant oil. Check for hardness, your coolant salesman should be able to help out.

35 minutes ago, cncappsjames said:

My new laptop gets here around May 10th or so... The specs are below;

Dell Precision 7750
Intel® Core™ i9-10885H @ 5.3GHz
64GB DDR4 2933Mhz RAM (with room for up to 128GB)
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 w/8GB GDDR6
Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD @ 1TB

 

 Are you not happy with the Xeon??? any issues??? I thought that's what you want for CAD/CAM??

51 minutes ago, TOM S said:

 

It seems to me though that perhaps Mastercam should automatically do this, or prompt you when mirroring geometry associated to an existing toolpath.  But perhaps I am a rare exception...

 

You are not the exception

I think you should consider the cost of a part to cycle time. If you're ok with losing a part because of a broken tap than tap a way. Taps do and will break. I prefer thread milling to tapping for the only other reason. If the thread mill breaks, you replace the tool, blow out damaged hole and rerun thread mill. The part should be savable. If you are going to tap??? I would use a form tap and drill ream to remove any work hardening. So, pilot drill leaving about .015 to .030 per side. 

Try this guy its $300

http://www.ncplot.com/