Glad you got it figgered out Murl!

All done....patched up....center drills still messed up...even on setup sheets...

Okay,

Just figured it out....sorta

I used SymbolPS ttf and I got Greek letters. Thanx

I even searched the web and d/l'ed a greek font........still no luck

Hi all,

I'm trying to make Greek letters to cut out of sheet metal on a CNC plasma cutter.

I'm using "Create - Letters" then selecting "Greek" in the script dropdown. It defaults to "Western"

The preview shows Greek letters but when I type the alphabet in the box and then hit "OK" they are regular letters not Greek

Any ideas? Thanx

Hello Günther,

Just wanted to say Thanks for the awesome add-on and looking forward to X+ for X6

Kieth's ball in box, maybe

Can't be mine......my wife keeps em in her purse ROR

ball in cube

uhhhhh....I think yer still drunk Ricky

edit: sorry Ricky....maybe I'm still drunk. Your message had no content, but I didn't wait for the attachment before I blasted ya, sorry

Sorry to hear that Brad.

The big thing we have on our side is the Area Salesman, Phil Haming. He is born and raised in Louisville KY, went to UofLouisville and will go above and beyond for the benifit of his home state.

He has lots of HAAS machines at UofL, he has some here at Murray State University (which is 19-0 right now woohoo ) and our local Calloway County VOTECH.

I volunteer in my spare to help with the machines and keep their MasterCAM updated and so forth.

Again, sorry it didn't work out

Keith you are on to some thing. Our collage bought at a dicount 4 mini mills and we had a lathe. then Haas Donated a new VF3 with a HT160 5 axis trunnion and full probing. I am go to make a new class this year Mastercam 5 axis class with actul setup and cutting on the machine should be fun.

Thats gonna be sweet! Sure wished I still lived in Cali........well....sometimes

The school here has two HAAS Toolroom Mills and two Toolroom Lathes and a boat load of manual machines and I'm pretty sure the HAAS machines were donated demo models. You might want to talk to HAAS and see if they would donate to your school

HTH

Brad thanks for sharing that is a great story. I do what you did for the local collage and they bring all the young kids thru . It's Career day I have one my sons help like yours and he even talks to kids and will run one of my laptops showing Mastercam. So much fun and the kids are great.

Yep, good job Brad

I do that here with the local VOTECH twice a year. I try to make something that will interest kids and also try to keep it an object that they can relate to. The cell phone mold is what I done last time and it really got a lot of attention and questions from boys AND girls! It's amazing the amount of people in this world thinks everyday items just "Show up" lol with no manufacturing whatsoever

BTW, I think the flag is Trevor's

It lays down a different type of material that is water soluble. After a little cure time just wash it with warm water

So will the 3D printer do the ball in the square also ??

 

We printed a crescent wrench with the one at MSU so it should do a ball in a square pretty easy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEACE

Keith can I have that to. can you put it on the FTP and let know were.

Thanks

Here ya go.....IIRC this came from forum member Michael Sullivan, whom I have not seen lately

BALL_INSIDE_SQAURE.MCX

Keith you've got mail =), let me know if you got it or not Sir.

 

Ash, the corners do like they are something you need to be careful with. Should be a fun challenge hopefully... =)

Got it! Thanx Brad

Trevor was correct 3D content central had it and it's called the Turners Cube. I downloaded it Jay if you'd like it yet as a SW 2010 version or I can send it to ya as a cam file also. your choice =)

Hey Brad,

Would you mind to send it to me too? Either the SW or MC file, whichever is easier for you.

khorton ^AT murraymold ^DOT com

Thanx

Sorry....it's the single ball inside a square that I have

Does any one have a model of this they can share with me for the Collage I teach at.

I think I do. I'll look it up and email it to ya

Seems like the EDM guy wants you to do HIS job for him lol.

I make my trodes .008 under and hand them to the EDM dude and say "Have fun"

People

 

if you want to understand why ( I can be cranky) and why I may have issues that you may not ever see,

this is my everyday daily gramming routine

 

My molds are not exactly simple.

 

This is an example of a portion of one component (cavity).

This is perfect example of a 300 to 500meg file(ill get you the exact size tomorrow)

 

1, 2 and 3 deg tapered walls, many different size fillets and rads

 

 

 

So its smallest cutter is finished with a 1/16 x 1° die-sink 2-1/2" long

 

my cutting strategy for this tool is like this.

 

-1" index em/ 1/2" ball .......rough and rest rough for semi-finish

-1/4" ball rest waterline then water line (with added cuts) - then scollop and horizontal flats and rib tops .......finish

-1/8 1 deg die-sink ball rest waterline (finish ) .008" step-down zig-zag -then .006 pencil cut using(limit # offsets to 9, ref tool 1/4", over thick .01).......finish

-1/16 1 deg die-sink ball rest waterline (finish ) .005" step-down zig-zag -then .004 pencil cut using (limit # offsets to 6, ref tool 1/8", over thick .01)....... all finish cutters have a 0.0005" total tolerance

 

core, cavity, 2 slides, core insert ,cavity insert....

 

any EC's result in reselect new or partial new geo and re gen.

I regen all the non rest paths first, save an then do one rest at a time, be cause of the issue at hand.

 

Now this is just for EC's that are a few times a month.

 

I take a new tool file like this one. and have to create recut standalone inserts(graphite mold process)

to recut the cavity after it deteriorates from pouring. cor inserts are usually stand alone(off the hop) if the parting line is basic,flat.

recut insert for a cor base if the part line is contoured and or stepped etc. out of the original block

 

I do many of these a month (5 to 10) while working on new tools.

so i copy the cavity paths to a new machine/ tool group for the cavity recut

insert the finish modeling the insert and reselect

and regen. same goes with any core standalone recut inserts

 

Now you can understand how important to get these paths to

regen the first try at it., when you are as busy a programmer as me.

 

I do an average of 2 new molds a week and 1 or two recut inserts a week

 

I so most of my forum posting while my p.c. is crunching long paths

and simultaneously designing mold in another instance of MC.

Your job description is the same as mine exactly! I feel your pain.....daily

IIRC, I actually responded to Rickster's post regarding the issue at hand. It happens to me now and then, but not near as often. If you search through my posts, several months back, you may find it.

I believe I was commenting there also.

I see that your file is 50-70Mb. When my files get over 200Mb I have a temp folder on my C:/ drive that I cut/paste my file in and its way faster. This might not be your problem, but it always helps me.

Are your files on a network? That could cause a bottleneck if your server (or cabling) is slower than your workstation

We have all tool libraies , posts and machine and control defs on the network so all programmers

use the same tools and posts.

Its a little more work to set up, but well worth it.

^^^^^^^^

We are a small shop and set up this same way. It should be no other way IMO

HTH win your argument connormac