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Yeah it does give you two chains. The master cam seems to know to not bring the tool up if you keep tool down.
I'll have to keep that in mind though for the next time I do it
I've done this but I believe I've just used regular chain click the side you want to start on. Then click the end point then click the end point which is now your start point.
If they use a memory card they can drag and drop all the files into it. If they start to question it or complain tell them to figure it out themselves
We had a guy who would ask three or four different people questions about a job.And he would never ask the person who programmed it either. And would take parts of the advice and mix it all together and still not get it right.
We use a kenametal face mill when we fly cut TI. It has the 4 sides under at 45 degrees. They always have 2 heat treats thought.
Usually we glue it to a plate with epoxy to keep it free
You would be making a new address for the I or j.
So instead of F.05 it would say I.05.
I would have to mess around in there to figure it out but someone here can probably remember it off the top of their head
It might look something like one of these it's probably not right where it says pitch whatever the code for feed or threads for inches.
result = nwadrs( "I", !pitch)
result = nwadrs( "I", feed)
Under drill cycles in the post. You didn't say what you want it to do or what it is doing wrong.
On fanuc j is the exit spindle speed of the tap. Are there misc drill parameters being used?
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