first i had to check my calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st where were you you 40 years ago when i started this trade, sounds like a great place to work, i hope that your plan is successful

batteries ? i've had bad ones that were new

i get about 4 times life on their Ti cutters

he means the entire file. to convert you can just type 12mm in the box field and mastercam will convert to inches if that's what your set to

i did it for most of the last year, keep a set routine, i kept my same hours getting up at same time too. i set a printer at the office to use for set up sheets. make sure the operators have your # and tell them don't be afraid to text/call if there is any question. i found one of the hardest was tooling, i can't go looking through the vending machine looking for the right tool, i do have one guy that was helpful checking for tools for me. i didn't really like it at first but then didn't want to come back (been in office 2 weeks) the commute really sucks, driving 35 minutes compared to walking to the basement in my pj's

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correct

was taught in trade school that it's from full dia of the thread

i add it somtimes when i want to show how to hold for setup , use wedge jaws sometimes that hold by .06 in vise

if i remember correctly top in MC is front in SW other softwares may be different

i believe it has to do with the output software, solidworks and mastercam have different wcs you should be able to set it in the other software

same here, i feel we owe it to GÜNTHER for giving it to us for free all those years , i convinced the boss we needed it , cost less for the year than one of their business lunches

i was being sarcastic , i don't get how places won't spent a couple hundred $ for something they need but will waste thousands $$ trying not to

why not save money on maint and just use the version that X+ works in for free

depends what version your using

i have had this happen with many different versions, never found out what causes it. i always keep back up copies

i look at it more like i was doing a wire EDM program that's a way i hadn't thought of

you need the same # of segments

probably no reseller if he doesn't know File / Open

that's usually a turned angle not a chamfer

lots of places won't let you buy something that big with a card, tried to buy a car with one they would only let me put $5000 down

it's crazy to be that deep, you don't get anymore holding power

emuge they give you the program we had a 6-32 single point that the operator was supposed to put in the rad of cutter for cutter comp, he forgot it cut a 1/4-32 in one shot from a .136 hole in inconel

i know X9 will i just opened a .MC9 with MC 2021

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