1 hour ago, crazy^millman said:

What I was saying in my recent interview with CamInstructor. I remember what it was like coming up through the trade. I took a test at one shop making a mold component on a Bridgeport. They had 3/8 slot +/-.001 and I took a 5/16 endmill and dialed off the width on the readout after I roughed the slot and accounted for backlash and everything. The slot still came out +.003 and it was the only thing I had out on print and I was not going to be hired. The shop manager came rippling into me asking why I was so stupid to use the 3/8 endmill to cut the slot and not step it out with the smaller. I told him look at the corners that was exactly what I did and showed him my numbers on the notes where I dialed out the handles to hit the size. He was puzzled and said well okay everything else was spot on and was hired. I was in my 3rd part which was a long mold insert and time I got to the end of the different features the part was off .006. The guys were laughing and said yeah that readout has been messing up for a few months. They set me up to fail and thought they were going to get me fired for messing up the part. I had left extra stock on the outside of the part so I trigged out the difference needed over the 72” long part for each 20” section I could cut and brought the whole thing with in tolerance. I then bought a 3” travel Starrett indicator to use from that point forward. Took 1 year before they fixed that readout, but I didn’t have another issue with a part after that. Why were they being a bunch a babies? I almost didn’t get the job because of this and this was typical in most shops I worked. American Manufacturing is suffering from years of tribal knowledge and peoples pride. The more we help each other the better we all can be. I am glad to help those willing to be helped anwamting to learn. I am still learning and when you think you have arrived in this trade you only one mistake away from being put in your place. 
 

Thank you for learning and being willing to. To many have got a degree and think they have arrived. Sorry you just got started on the journey now will they let pride and arrogance get in the way or are they willing to humble themselves and work with others? 

Well said

I had an NLX2500 with Celos

My recommendation would be stay away from it.....huge learning curve with that control 

I'm with Ron 100%

save as parasolid (.x_t) in Solidworks, then open in Mastercam file,converters,parasolid

HTH

FTP is working here.

HTH

Did you copy the .txt file as well as the .pst file.

Just a thought.

about as caught up as I want to be. I'm enjoying a good surge in work right now.

about as caught up as I want to be. I'm enjoying a good surge in work right now.

Yes Jimmy I am running parts tonite. Everything is due this next week. Must be in the water or something.

My feelings exactly. Its a sacrifice at times, but still well worth it.

Working here. Oh the joys of the self employed.

sure,

file

next menu

hardcopy

do it