2nd vote for mitsubishi. They have a 1.25mm drill that is 20X. Next choice would be gundrill. I used Sterling brand recently that was a .0625 dia 25X deep. Slow, but did the job nicely.

Been down that road. Big downside is that computer must always be on.

on every operation...no. Every toolchange and any plane change, yes. Usually simple things...like "rough face front" or "tap holes left side" get the message across. I am stealing Bob's idea with writing to a macro value the operation number.

Usually on holes that are more than 10X dia I will go in with a 3X dia drill first, drill in 2X dia deep, then load the long drill, enter the hole slow, ramp up rpm & go to town. Like I said before, point toolpaths is an option, but cumbersome. A custom cycle is soooooo much easier, and reliable. Point.zip

you can do what your looking for with a point(s) toolpaths. A custom cycle would also work, tho it does mean some post modifications. In to post section of this forum, search for gundrill. it will get you very close if you are looking to do the custom cycle route. The point toolpath route is effective, but time consuming if you got a whole bunch of holes to do.

They were ridiculed to death on the Practical Machinist website. http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cnc-machining/glacern-modular-vise-load-horse-304094/?highlight=glacern got to page 5 of the thread and check out post #85. Funniest sh!t I've read in a LONG time.

Have you tried the verisurf hole axis? I still prefer using that over the "stock" mastercam one.

So you want this posted in the header of your program? It may be way easier to use a setup sheet instead.

This times a billion. They are a PITA to get right

You are missing out if you haven't been doing a right click menu. I don't have any geometry creation stuff in mine...but all my most common toolpaths are right there.

What post are you using? Also you can set your rotary limits in your machine def to what is on the attached screenshot. I use MPMASTER and it does not "wind up" with the these settings.

This was asked on the Mastercam forum...here was the response...

invert selection. I use that button alot. And the Verisurf tools. Can't install a new version without it

Going off the simple sample file I uploaded...I would say that is a very good description. I too had no idea it could do this. Stupid question answered!

Ahhh interesting. Dunno when i would ever use this...but interesting nonetheless. tplane test.mcx-9

Here is one I have always wondered. What is the difference when you are in a toolpath between the Tool plane and the Comp/construction plane? What situation would arise when they would not be the same? Aggregate head maybe? I do know that bad things will happen if you somehow don't make them the same.....

I had terrible luck with Sowa a few years back. Always had great luck with Lyndex and HPI. Have good things to say about Techniks shrink fit...side lock and collet holders not so much. One thing about HPI, is coolant thru the flange (DIN- B ) is standard where on others its not. So if you have a Mori with thru tool...good to know.

This thread has some cool stuff in it...I believe there is a longhand cycle that would be easy to modify to get what you are after. http://www.emastercam.com/board/topic/76926-cool-macros/

Light home use, budget and can run mastercam. I have one of these...cept I doubled the memory. The video card is a little light, but not horrible & can be upgraded easily. Not a benchmark breaker, but very capable and under $300 http://offleaseavenue.com/products/desktops?product_id=67

Its done on the drive itself. c2-01 adjusts the orient. You can only adjust by like 4 or 5 pulses at a time. Done this MANY times.

Is there any literature available for the end user to do their own development with MP.NET?

sound be pretty easy. Just add whatever code you want in the peof$ section of the post.... pbld, n$, "G59", "X0.", "Y0.", protretinc, e$ n$, "M30", e$ This works as along as you will always use your G59 position. Otherwise what Cathedral said rings true.

PcRobotic, if you want to cut an arc you NEED the I & J values there. Now if "I" or "J" were at zero, then you would not need whatever one was at zero...example X-2.738 Y-.6598 Z-.0108 I0. J.5 The "I" is not necessary on most machines. on some controllers it is necessary. What can be eliminated with your code example is the X & Y moves.... So something like this G43 H1 Z.1 G1 Z0. F15. G41 D1 X.125 Y.125 F25. G3 X0. Y.25 I-.125 J0. X0. Y.25 Z-.08 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.16 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.24 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.32 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.4 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.48 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.56 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.64 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.72 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 Z-.8 I0. J-.25 X0. Y.25 I0. J-.25 X-.125 Y.125 I0. J-.125 G1 G40 X0. Y0. G0 Z.1 can be cut down to this: G43 H1 Z.1 G1 Z0. F15. G41 D1 X.125 Y.125 F25. G3 X0. Y.25 I-.125 Z-.08 J-.25 Z-.16 J-.25 Z-.24 J-.25 Z-.32 J-.25 Z-.4 J-.25 Z-.48 J-.25 Z-.56 J-.25 Z-.64 J-.25 Z-.72 J-.25 Z-.8 J-.25 J-.25 X-.125 Y.125 J-.125 G1 G40 X0. Y0. G0 Z.1 Once again this will work on most machines but not all Not trying to sound like an @ss...but you really should have a grasp on this stuff before you go messing with posts

or just type in %temp% in the search programs & files....

Can you share what the differences were? I did look at your settings in the control def that you supplied, didn't see anything weird, but they are not the same settings we use here. Attached is the settings we use here, and have not seen this issue for quite some time. It has happened in the past tho.....(knock on wood)