nope +1

Yep my weatherbug alert thing won't shut up suppossed to get 10-12 inches today fun drive home.

I like the new one call of duty

What is your video card?

I have 2 boys and 2 girls so we are done the first two are from my wife's first marriage. The second were twins so we are done.

Those little pumps that use the air pressure work good we use them alot for assembly fixtures and such. The surgical tubing is good stuff also. They also make many different sizes of suction cups that work well also. Many variables to get what you want.

Machining a checking gage for an injection molded hood for a case tractor. Ahh the smell of mahogany in the morning.

What outfit are you working for Ronnie and welcome to the forum.

good luck go get em'

It is 8 degrees here with wind and the ice fisherman are loving it.

Thanks for quick replies guys from what I have seen Solidworks is a very powerful tool and I'm looking forward to integrating it into the design part of my job it always good to learn different and new stuff so I say bring it on. My mind is a sponge. It was 5 degrees on the way to work this morning winter is good time for training

Just getting some initial training on solidworks 2003 and I was wondering if the mastercam with solids add on even compares to sw2003. I don't have the solids add on for mastercam but I was wondering if it is comparable?

I've done it with a model 67 and it struggles with it so you have to take small cuts. I don't know about a 3 axis model though. I have cut sheet stock on a 3 axis model and it worked good but that is only 1/8" flat stock doing 2d work.

ahh plastic the ever changing materials you have to love inconsistancy

I meant no overtime +1 more

Man you guys have worked some hours I've only got 2200 in this year and probably none for this year not very busy at all I don't like that hopefully it will pick up that or I'm just getting to fast at what I do. me say working my self out of work:(

I'm 29 and have been using mastercam since version 6.

Those things are great to see race also. The noise and smells my kids love them they grew up around race cars so they love old muscle cars and such.

I've also seen when you copy a toolpath operation it messes it up and it will do some stragne stuff that is when I just rewrite the path instead of copying and it seems to work may not in this case. good luck:)

Took technology classes in high school which included Autocad, machining, casting, wood working, and auto tech. Started to work in a thermoforming company as a machine operator for molding parts while I was going to college to be a manufacturing engineer (plastics). Moved up in company to management and they got there first 5 axis machine and started doing stuff on it. Kept going to school and managing 2nd shift. Had twins and had to cut off school. Then got tired of managing and wanted to do other things they had 6 5 axis machines now and mastercam version5 I think. Moved into engineering and was offline programming plastic parts in my sleep we were super busy. Then started cutting patterns with the machines had 9 machines now. Company bit off more than they could chew lost major customers due to commiting to too much work and not enough equipment. Major downsizing I made it through it but decided to look else where. Moved to Minnesotta and doing all prototype, ISIR, and PPAP parts for large thermoformering company (5 plants and about 18 machines in each plant) also doing design work, qouting, mold work, master plates, and improving processes for assembly and trimming. This is all in about 10 years I'm 29 now.

Put on ftp and I'll see if the other guy in N.C. can help he has camax on his system.

quote: What type of work do you do? 1.)R&D, pre-production machining of thermoformed plastic parts, machining of fixtures, molds, die models, design work of parts and molds, quoting quote: What type of programming do you do? 2.) 100% 3-d quote: Do you run the machines also? 3.) Yes to get the first part approval and then someone else runs the parts out and running lights out on mold work. quote: How many machines do you keep going? there are 18 in the plant that I'm in and I have my hands full when we implement new jobs into the machines but when that isn't happening 2

Congradulations Millman and family that big sister will sure be a big help with the new one. My oldest was a real help also with the twins. They are 6 now so first phase is over no more diapers and sleep fine. Coffee will be your friend.

Dan is a victim of downsizing and he is the one left. Right Dan:) Give me a call when you get up here. Have they found anybody to do anything when you leave? Drop my name and see what kind of reaction you get:)

Geiss is a german manufacturer just wondering if anybody is using them we had a big impressive presentation today. May have a new toy soon they want to build a machine to thermoform boat hulls which are 10' x 28' x 4' big parts.