well we called this one guy at NorthWest Tech, but didnt get a reply from him. I think what im going to do....well tell me if this will work to... just draw it in a flat view, the top shape. then just put the tool paths in and step down mill it. instead of trying to draw it 3d in autocad, then exporting it to MC. only wish MC was easier to draw in.... im thinkin this would work. after all its workin with the Ford emblem im making right now, which is flippin sweet so far. opening so many ideas for me to make. ill have to get some pics up of it tomorrow afternoon for you guys to see. and hey, its my 1st actual metal thing ive milled.

didnt work .

well, still havent got the program to run. got a local machine shop to make me 20 of the parts. Guys were really nice and helped me out some w/ the program stuff. Learned my lesson, make sure you can do it before saying you can do it . anyway.... Funny stuff, I took one of the mastercam lesson's in the 2d toolpath book, drew it up, posted it, and it ran just fine. milled it out and everything....i think ill try my program again tomorrow. aye, crazy machine's these days .

i think im just going to take it to a machine shop around here and see if they can run my program or something.

ok new "alarm message". god this is getting old. "2520 ORD 1 RS485 device absent" "2520 ORD 2 RS485 device absent(AC)" right....anyone?

well i re-drew the stuff, but now i cant get it to load again, arg. ill have my teach try and do what ever he did to get the last one loaded.

yep, only....more closed off and what not. and its a EMCO 50-PC mill. what the difference is, i dont know.

(PROGRAM NAME - O8765) (DATE=DD-MM-YY - 18-12-03 TIME=HH:MM - 19:59) N100G20 N102G0G17G40G49G80G90 (3/16 FLAT ENDMILL TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 41 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .1875) N104T1M6 N106G0G90G54X6.2228Y8.0831A0.S2852M3 N108G43H1Z.25 N110Z.1 N112G1Z0.F6.16 N114Y8.6047Z-.0273 N116X6.1018Y8.8906Z-.0436 N118G3X5.579Y9.1006Z-.0739R.7557 N120X5.0563Y8.8906Z-.1041R.7557 N122G1X4.9353Y8.6047Z-.1204 N124Y8.0831Z-.1477 N126X5.1091Y7.889Z-.1614 N128G3X5.579Y7.7431Z-.1876R.8295 N130X6.049Y7.889Z-.2137R.8295 N132G1X6.2228Y8.0831Z-.2274 N134Y8.6047Z-.2547 N136X6.1018Y8.8906Z-.271 N138G3X5.579Y9.1006Z-.3013R.7557 N140X5.0563Y8.8906Z-.3315R.7557 N142G1X4.9353Y8.6047Z-.3478 N144Y8.0831Z-.3751 N146X5.1091Y7.889Z-.3888 N148G3X5.579Y7.7431Z-.4149R.8295 N150X6.049Y7.889Z-.4411R.8295 N152G1X6.2228Y8.0831Z-.4548 N154Y8.6047Z-.4821 N156X6.1018Y8.8906Z-.4984 N158G3X5.579Y9.1006Z-.5286R.7557 N160X5.0563Y8.8906Z-.5589R.7557 N162G1X4.9353Y8.6047Z-.5752 N164Y8.0831Z-.6025 N166X5.1091Y7.889Z-.6162 N168G3X5.579Y7.7431Z-.6423R.8295 N170X5.7245Y7.7559Z-.65R.8295 N172X6.049Y7.889R.8295 N174G1X6.2228Y8.0831 N176Y8.6047 N178X6.1018Y8.8906 N180G3X5.579Y9.1006R.7557 N182X5.0563Y8.8906R.7557 N184G1X4.9353Y8.6047 N186Y8.0831 N188X5.1091Y7.889 N190G3X5.579Y7.7431R.8295 N192X5.7245Y7.7559R.8295 N194G0Z.25 N196X6.1728Y8.1022 N198Z.1 N200G1Z0. N202Y8.5946Z-.0258 N204X6.0598Y8.8614Z-.041 N206G3X5.579Y9.0506Z-.0687R.7057 N208X5.0983Y8.8614Z-.0964R.7057 N210G1X4.9853Y8.5946Z-.1116 N212Y8.1022Z-.1374 N214X5.1423Y7.9269Z-.1498 N216G3X5.579Y7.7931Z-.1741R.7795 N218X6.0158Y7.9269Z-.1984R.7795 N220G1X6.1728Y8.1022Z-.2107 N222Y8.5946Z-.2365 N224X6.0598Y8.8614Z-.2517 N226G3X5.579Y9.0506Z-.2794R.7057 N228X5.0983Y8.8614Z-.3071R.7057 N230G1X4.9853Y8.5946Z-.3223 N232Y8.1022Z-.3481 N234X5.1423Y7.9269Z-.3604 N236G3X5.579Y7.7931Z-.3847R.7795 N238X6.0158Y7.9269Z-.409R.7795 N240G1X6.1728Y8.1022Z-.4214 N242Y8.5946Z-.4472 N244X6.0598Y8.8614Z-.4624 N246G3X5.579Y9.0506Z-.4901R.7057 N248X5.0983Y8.8614Z-.5178R.7057 N250G1X4.9853Y8.5946Z-.533 N252Y8.1022Z-.5588 N254X5.1423Y7.9269Z-.5711 N256G3X5.579Y7.7931Z-.5954R.7795 N258X6.0158Y7.9269Z-.6197R.7795 N260G1X6.1728Y8.1022Z-.632 N262Y8.4448Z-.65 N264Y8.5946 N266X6.0598Y8.8614 N268G3X5.579Y9.0506R.7057 N270X5.0983Y8.8614R.7057 N272G1X4.9853Y8.5946 N274Y8.1022 N276X5.1423Y7.9269 N278G3X5.579Y7.7931R.7795 N280X6.0158Y7.9269R.7795 N282G1X6.1728Y8.1022 N284Y8.4448 N286G0Z.25 N288M5 N290G91G28Z0. N292G28X0.Y0.A0. N294M30 % that is the code that works, well loads.

the first code i posted was mpfan. then we realized we had to change that. so we did... we have done the home and the location of the material thing. my question, does it matter where the part is drawn in mastercam in relation to 0,0,0.

yep, i know about the f9 and the x,y,z axies and what not. now, that G54 you speak of....what is that.

yea, im actually trying to run the program now. the machine..aye..well its pretty old i believe. small thats for sure. im wondering, would the placement of the object in mastercam, like on the screen in relation to the point 0,0,0 effect the limits? if so, i think this might be the problem...lmk.

ok.....NEW PROBLEM. i dont remember exactly what it said, but something along the lines of... SW limits not feasable or something like that, will find out exactly what it says monday.

ok, im guna go in really early tomorrow. around 6:30 or so. so i hope to have that new code up around then to. then ill let you guys go to work lookin at it, while im guna see if i can make one or two . also, went to that shop in town today. the guys guna program it for me and then im guna take that over to the hs and see if i can use that. might not need it, but if this one doesnt work right...yeah. 1 toolpath down...2 to go..... oh, also the guy showed me around the shop...i was impressed. cant wait till i get this cnc stuff down, and able to work on bigger cnc machines .

there we go, guna be made out of black delrin.

ok well my teach was messin around with it, not really sure what he did. but he got it to load up in the program. He said something about the "limits" wernt right so, hes guna play around with it somemore today and tomorrow morning we should be able to make one. im tryin to get a pic of what im actually trying to make, well a render. just to show you guys just how easy this part is. its quite simple...lol. cant believe its giving me such a problem.