Maybe containment is set to out side?

Moving to 2018 trying to get every thing set up. Adding new tabs works great, undocked levels manager and planes manager and current tasks page,  love it. added extra change levels icons in QA toolbar  (I can not seem to find one to put in the ribbon bars?).

But i can not seem to change the spin controls from .1 or 1 degree, changed it in config but it does not do any thing. hopefully there's an answer. and also the space bar does not work to zero out the fields? Otherwise 2018 is working great!

Ron we built that exact computer it is fast but not a lot faster then My I74790 with K2000 @4.00? we will have to do some time checks next week.

It seems like lately the attempt to improve the process takes more time then the improvement will save, even when its more then 50 percent savings???? is changing the feed rate reprogramming is changing depth of cut reprogramming is changing to a dynamic path reprogramming? most people do not even know what a program is. how would they now if you changed it.

Cutter comp, only  computer or wear. if you forget to put a number in  for cutter comp the part will be scrap end end mill broken off.

On 10/10/2017 at 9:49 PM, Colin Gilchrist said:

Forgetting the correct entry is an easy way to scrap a part. One useful feature of the machine is that is essentially "adds" both CRC columns together when invoking Cutter Compensation. I used this to my advantage recently in fact.

We have a very old legacy job that is programmed using full CRC. So you must enter the actual cutter radius when setting up the job. No problem, we have a tool pre-setter, so it's not a big deal.

The NC program however was created in a CAM system that we no longer have access to. So all we have to work with is the G-code. I found myself needing to make dozens of tweaks in different places. But I didn't want to have to "move" by editing the G-code.

My solution was to use the Macro programming capability of the Control to my advantage. I added lines of logic to write new values to the Tool Offset Wear Registers for both radius, and length. I was able to switch from .002, to .01, to -.03, to .121, all "on the fly". Since the Wear register gets "added" to the CRC field, I could easily move +- from the periphery of the cutter, or tip of the tool. I even had some passes where I would use a negative offset on 'one side' of a cut, then switch the offset to positive, just before the move to the other side. It worked beautifully. I could take a -.0032 cut on the left, then a +.0128 cut on the right. Sooooo much easier than having to use a G52 coordinate shift for each cut on the part. And, the kicker for me was that I could adjust the part without "reprogramming it", since that was rejected by the customer. I was able to show that my modified program matched the original program path in Vericut, so they approved my method of improving the process.

That is the first thing i do after opening masteracam????why

Sorry, looked at a second time,  i was thinking it was laptop spec, I will print and send to IT builder, thanks!!

Well what should we build, we well be getting a desk top built in the next couple of  weeks for one of are primary programmers. Time is money so it needs to be fast. .01% faster for a extra grand ??? 10%faster for a grand!!!

Good thread, we need a few new computers also, we  do a lot of 3 axis surfacing a lot of models have 10,000 to 40,000 surfaces. all are computers are I7 and have graphics cards I would think 3-5 grand would be in the budget maybe more if you don't have to wait. what is a realistic capital investment .

Millstar with HSM work vary well 1200 cfm in p-20.

go to wrench one were the tool change stuff is and soft key over for options it will also have conveyor  reverse and hyspeed.

Turn the grease pump on in the options  area. it will run until it pressers up.

You probably broke a grease line. Every 510 we have has broken the line behind the table between the y and x.

I know switching from v9 to x2 with in  one day it was better, switching from X9 to 2017 after a month it is worse, if the quick access toolbar was bigger and better I would not mind it to bad. THE TOOL BARS ARE MY LIFE, ONE CLICK!

Unrelated but today i herd are local machine tech college only had 9 people enrolled, 15 years ago there was 100 or more. People do not know how every thing is made and do not care! It might get interesting in the next decade.

The air chains are great!

we have been using opti ruff with iscar fast feed with great successes you are always in a climb mill state with controlled engagement so spindle load is constant and tool life is great! way faster then the old trusty surface rough pocket. you can go max depth of feed mill and max chip load, play with step over until you like the way its cutting.

just make it to cad

you can also drag them around and move them to the right so you do not see them unless you use the slider to look at them

in your post you need to have the machine home out in the beginning of the program, to prevent index close to part or into part, but you should be programming in absolute so moving machine off home should not matter to ware it is cutting.

there should be a parameter to only let the machine index at home or at a given spot to index. that would be better for mdi mode and you wont have to change your post.

make your own library, every time you make a tool save it to the library,  its 2 clicks,  after that its one click to open library one double click to pick tool and return to tool page.

make lots of library's,  for different materials different machines what have you,  you can put notes in the tool description (some odd tool you yous wants a year) its limitless. not having a library  is almost as bad as not setting the operation defaults to a good  starting point.

and if you run  different stuff on different machines, pre heat, mold base, cut trodes, hard mill, you should  have different op defaults for different machines, pick the machine and it goes to the defaults for the machine and the tool library.

that is the peck, just like the picture on the page be side it?

i will try that next time, thank you.

• 1. Greg H. replies at 26th January 2016, 1:00 pm :

  You took the words from my mouth. I have been posting on the HSMWorks forum for a long time that development should run machines with the code they develop. Or development should hire seasoned machinists to run the code. Relying on customer feed back is the lazy way out and not very productive.

  As for coolant you want a coolant that is for cutting steel. WD-40 is OK for non-ferrous materials like alum, brass, copper. It is better than nothing at all on steel. I’m sure there is a machine shop near by, they will loan you some for the steel. Your machine seems a bit flimsy.

  Have a good one!

makino to hass is not rely a fair comparison.  Three years ago we bought a 510 mazack for less the 10,000 more then a hass the same size. but if you could set up well the machine is running in a job shop!! hopefully you wont run out of programs to run.