I need a time machine for that.

Check out Schunk Tendo E  hydraulic holders for those small endmills.

3 micron and under !!

Ditto what Matthew said.

No problem here.

Haas ST20Y, ST10

Nomura Swiss Machines of various complexities.

DMG Sprint65 Linear ( 2 opposed spindles, 3 turrets , C axis on all, etc)

Mori NZ2000T3Y2

Older Hardinge lathes ( Cobra and Conquest )

Thank you sir !!

I guess my mastercam window was too narrow to show the tool tip next to the icon.

I can always count on the forum.

cp

I use it only about once every 3 years, but I need it now

Mastercam 2022 doesn't seem to have it in the chooks folder.

Guidance  would help

tia

Thanks, real nice

Been out for a while.

We limit the rpm to 3000 and live with it.

Perhaps use a round shank  insertable lathe tool ??

I have seen pullout with Schunk hydraulics, but not with their Tendo E.

Haven't had a pullout situation yet with Emuge FPC  (aka Albrect APC).

Just guessing the control is older, problem probably was two M codes in the same block and the control was using the latter one.

This doesn't apply to your formatting question, however,

Last I knew, the # sign is used to start a comment , everything to the right of # is ignored.

If you need to output a # to your NC program you need to code it as its ascii value or 35.

example: G90G#110 could be coded in the post as "G90G", 35, "110"

Thanks John

A little guidance please,

I am unable to locate the section that deals w/ software versions, 'Thee Circle', and whatnot

Have the post alter the variable 'speed' so a spindle speed not ending in zero won't happen, such as:

change the least significant digit to zero.

speed = (int(speed/10)) * 10

or

define a new variable, say, alt_speed  then a new postblock:

pfixspeed         # spindle speed to end in zero

             alt_speed = (int(speed/10)) * 10

             speed = alt_speed

              *speed

or

pfixspeed         # spindle speed to end in zero

             alt_speed = (int(speed/10)) * 10

              *alt_speed

then substitute pfixspeed where speed is output

Thanks for the link

On 1/31/2020 at 4:11 PM, Grimes said:

gotta be for every feedrate though, do your mazaks run a G1 in ipm? i think all of ours run fpr on all feed rates. so if i use like 50 ipm on the plunge, then a 10 ipm feed thats a lot of changes and a pita, i use find and replace in ncplot. but still a bit more work. if it cant be done it cant be done, havent been on that machine i a week so it hasnt been a problem. thanks all as always.

My previous just change the feedrate format to ipr in tapping only.

The rest is in ipm.

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Here is how I solved it for our HCN4000.

define your own variable and format it:  -->  fmt  "F" 13 thdlead

Create a routine to convert ipm to ipr:

p_whichfeed    # ipm to ipr for tap cycle
               if drillcyc$ = 3,
               [
                thdlead = 1 / n_tap_thds$
                thdlead
               ]
                else,
               [
                *fr$
               ]

find where the F7.6923  is being output from , (perhaps ptap$ ?)

if so,

Substitute 'p_whichfeed' for '*pitch' in ptap$

Try this also:

N4 T2 M6

( 1/4 SPOTDRILL | TOOL2 | D2 | H2 | dia.25 )

G0 G90 G54 X0. Y.47 S1200 M3

G43 H2 Z.1

F20.

/M8

G99 G83X0.Y.47 Z-.075 R.1 Q.1 F2.

G80

M5

G91 G28 Z0. M9

M01

Just a WAG , but try this

N4 T2 M6

( 1/4 SPOTDRILL | TOOL2 | D2 | H2 | dia.25 )

G0 G90 G54 X0. Y.47 S1200 M3

G43 H2 Z.1

/M8

G99 G83X0.Y.47 Z-.075 R.1 Q.1 F2.

G80

M5

G91 G28 Z0. M9

M01

We purchased a new Haas ST20Y last fall for our up and coming in-house education center.

We noticed that the spindle made a high pitch whine that became intolerable at spindle speeds above 3K.

The installation tech said that that was normal for this machine since Haas changed the design of the spindle to a belt type and all the new ST20's have the same noise.

We measured the decibel levels at 1K, 2K, 3K, 4K, and 5K .

We found that at 1K the level was 76.6 and that the level would consistently increase to 105.0 at 4500 rpm.

I am hard pressed to believe that this situation should be considered "normal" as the noise can make you feel ill.

Ted Nugent wasn't as loud !! (or The Who, or Blue Cheer)

Does anyone else out there have the same problem or am I just whining as bad as the spindle ??

I start with a model of the machine environment w/ the vises already positioned and merge the part into it.

ps,

How does one edit their siggy ??

I need to update it.

It will work fine with a Haas if you have the custom macro option.

I probably use that strategy every work day.