-------------------------------------------------- they should have a HOTTIE bending over a cnc with X g string panties on and it could say X rated !!! -------------------------------------------------- Yeah!!!!! I second that

Don S. I did the something as JG Different plunge cut parameter, different radius, and different insert (80deg for roughing & 35deg for finish) It works fine no error (If you use an 80deg insert and set your plunge cut parameter to no plunging allowed and try to finish with a 35deg insert even do the insert might have clearance to do an under cut The tool will follow the no plunging allowed profile from the roughing pass.)

The same as stated above Using ver 9.1 MR0304 ------------------------------------------ "Unfortunity (SP?) I do not have access to v9 here." ----------------------------------------- Tell me what post I need to use and I e-mail you the results

Hi all!!!!

Thank you for sharing it!!!

The zip file is located in the unspecified_uploads folder Welcome to the forum!!! Thank you!!

---------------------------------- When I first started working here I had never seen an Okuma before and I HATED the controls at first because they are considerably different that Yasnac / Fanuc / Haas structure controls [we have all of those here, too]. Now if I had my choice of lathes [which I pretty much do] I would not buy any other machine tool than an Okuma; the controls are very powerful and easy to understand once you get used to them, the machines are powerful, fast, rigid, and deadly accurate and NEVER have maintenance issues Okuma ROCKS!!! ----------------------------- same apply to me!!! 100% We have lb15's , LC30's MC40H's and MC3VA's Variables are great Love Okuma!!!

------------------------------------ Is anybody here successfully using it? I'm running it in V9.1MR0304. ---------------------------------- Mine runs fine using V9.1-MR0304 $L1234.MIN% (DATE JUL -09 -04 ) (PROG. No. L1234 LB15) (PART No. T REV. --) (P/NAME CAP) CLEAR DEF WORK PS RC,[0,0],[10,30] END DRAW M1 (*) ( ROUGH/FINISH ) ( 80DEG INSERT .016R ) N10 G40 G90 G95 G0 X40. Z40. T0303 M86 G50 S1100 G96 S450 M03 M42 G0 X.75 Z1. M08 Z.1 G85 NAT12 U.02 W.005 D.2 F.004 NAT12 G81 G0 X-.016 Z.1 G1 Z0. X.4819 G3 X.5158 Z-.007 K-.024 G1 X.5664 Z-.0323 G3 X.5806 Z-.0493 I-.0169 K-.017 G1 X.5805 Z-.0594 G3 X.594 Z-.0761 I-.0173 K-.0167 G1 Z-.2516 G3 X.625 Z-.274 I-.0085 K-.0224 G1 Z-.4 G80 G0 Z.1 ( FINISH PASS ) X.75 G87 NAT12 G0 Z1.0 X40. Z40. T0 M09 M05 M1 M30 %

Martin Andrew is right you need to use a 3/4-16 STI tap(also called helicoil tap)(of course is not the regular 3/4-16 tap) you need a tapped hole for a 3/4/16 helicoil insert, some time later somebody has to insert the 800 helicoil inserts into the tapped holes once the insert is assembled, it accomodates any standart male threaded bold or screw (MIL-S-7742 and MIL-S-8879 controlled radius) Need to know what type of insert will be using. the class of fit goes by the letter "H"

CNC you're right both of them has the X+ direction towards the spindle Randy has an ID rough and Chris has an OD rough Randy like chris said do you need to lines of code for your rough cycle? this is an ID rough mori SL5 yasnac (X+ away from the spindle) G0X0.715Z1.0M8 Z0.1 G71U-100W30I-100K60F.005P51Q52D1800 N51G0X1.175 G1Z0 X1.120 X0.750Z-.380 Z-0.400 N52X0.715

If you expect to find a ranger adjustable support blade with the radial clearence MC don't have in the library. Use an external right hand holder for id-face grooving or external left hand holder for od-face grooving and select the insert GFR- (square) or GFR- (full radius) they're in the libry as long as you have the right insert the holder is not that important (in MC). Of course you need the right support blade on the machine and set it up for your plunge dia. hope this help and make sense to you.

Congrats - Jay Thanks for all the help you've given me I had the fortune to be one of your students Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your are a great teacher.

I forward your post to them ([email protected]) Hope that help I'll fwd your request to a specific person on monday I'm ready to leave for the weekend have a nice weekend (all of you)

sorry stock position should be a minus value (- OAL)over all length like I said the post take care the Z+, G02 to G03, G03 to G02 and the K+

Travis, What Colombiano said is Ok but why to deal with the sign after posting (Colombiano arriba Cali, Cali es la berraquera) The post should take care the sign, G02& G03 All I need to do is the stock transfer I tried different ways doing the transfer but the simple one for me is the following parameters set level optiones Stock position (type the OAL of the part) Turn on the Construction Origin & Too origin with a value of Zero All the rest of the values should be zero, all of them Select the geometry to be trasfer It transfer the back face of the part to the right side of the Z0 Hope it make sense

Travis We have a Takisawa TM20 lathe w/Fanuc OT-B 3axis 2 spindle single turret We machine from bar stock We machine the front side then synchronous both spindles clamp in a machined dia with the sub-spindle jaws, pull the bar then part it off Send the sub-spindle home then do the 2nd side to complete the part If this is what you want I can send you one of the MC files. Regarding the post, the whole part off sequence has been mod. By Glenn Stephens All I need is answer these questions start dia (part-off) end dia (part-off Length of the part Start RPM The post takes care the rest. (PART-OFF) N40G20G40G97M45 T0202M16 G28U0V0M31 G0Z.015 M79 M47 G97G98S500M3 G0V-22.M56 G1V-0.1F80. V-1.5F20.M57 M78 G04X.5 M69 V2.605F20. M68 G0X2.1M8 G97S500M3 G50S1500 G96S300 G99G1X0.F.003 G28U0V0M9 G0Z14.T0M32 M01 I believe this is what Glenn means when he said "Set up your post to handle most of it" E-mail me if you think I can help you on any way.

works fine for me The link is working fine

Suggustion on drawing the tool: (some body wrote them before) Select a holder that has (roughly) the dims needed for the job. Click on 'Draw Tool' and select 'File Save' from the screen menu. Select the insert you want and a holder that holds it in the correct position. Click on 'Draw Tool' and select 'File Save' Merge the two files, delete the lines that you don't need. save it as the .MC9 file that your custom tool is based on. make sure you have: Insert corner radius Insert width for grooving/parting tools. Compensation type some Lathe custom tool geometry rules: There must be separate planar closed boundaries for the insert and holder drawn in the Top view. The boundaries must consist of lines and arcs only. The insert and holder geometry must be different colors There must be no other geometry in the file. It works for me every single time

Good morning all We have a CHNC Hardinge w/Fanuc 10T We don't use the FAPT I have the FAPT programming guide It’s about 60pages I'll fax you the first 5pages Let me know if that is what you need I'll fax the rest. Cleme

Nadeem I believe Chris is right The Okuma post in the V9.1 CD is the closes the M Potter is going to get. We have a lathe LB15 beside others Okuma and we started with the MPLOKUMA from version 9.1 for our lathe post and after a few tweaks it works the way we liked included all the canned cycles M Potter Like Jay said if you don't have the CD get a hold of your dealer and ask for it! Cleme

Hi Chris The only thing a saw was your reference points for approach and retract I changed D to 3.1 (.100 below id)and Z to +1.115 (.100 in front of the part) on absolute for both moves It works fine. Clement Cobos

Thaks to Iska posted Nov-12-03 ------------------------------------ You can configure autobackup settings in screen->config . I always save to the different name like c:mastercamrestorebackup.mc9 every 10 minutes . And there exists a Vbscript for incremental backuping that I linked on my Mastercam to F12 button (very handy)! Use a search forum to find it . Very cool ! ---------------------------------- I have been doing this since Nov. mastercam defaul to backup.mc9 every 10 min. and after each operation F12 to a diferent directory same name save me more then once one more time Thank you Iska Rafael

--------------------------------------------------Thanx rekd, that awesome, I'll buy ya a beer at westec!!!! Jer ----------------------------------------------- you'll have two more from me!!!! Thank you Rekd nice tool Rafael

one Seat Lathe Mill Design Great forum Thank you to all I had learned a lot of stuff from you all from conf. my MC, how to run C-hooks and post tweaking as well. Thank you very much to ALL Just started to learn MC CR