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if you set bug2 to a negative number, debugging will show you the entire flow thru the post.

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That tip will come in handy , thanks

cp

is the output line of the post using feed ? , fr ? , frplunge ?.

in other words , does the output variable name match up w/ the formatted variable name ?

cp

Thanks ,

cp

Your best shot at it would be to ramp the cutter in in successive passes , about 10-20% of the cutter dia / pass , methinks

Do you want the tools numbered sequentially ??

if so I think that can be set in the control def.

If a 1/2" endmill is always going to be tool 1, a .375 endmill tool 3, then you can edit the 1/2" endmill ( say it is #236 ) on its parameter page to tool 1 , etc and save it to the library and then use it from now on.

methinks

cp

Tim,

We're getting our Aluminum from Yarde Metals in CT.

We get a better finish , especially milling, w/ 2024 but the turning operations just don't seem to break the chip and the resulting tangle clogs up the works to the point where production is falling behind.

The powers that be said we can give Alcoa 6061 T6 cold formed a try.

Yarde supplies both 2024 and 6061 bars at the same price.

thanks for the quick replies guys,

this forum is the greatest !!

cp

John,

my aluminum salesguy said that I could try 2011 T3.

Would that be even better as far as chipbreaking is concerned ??

cp

Does anyone out there know whether or not I

would have better luck breaking chips when turning or boring 6061 as compared to the poor results I get w/ 2024 ???

It turns out that the part we are making doesn't really require that the aluminum be 2024.

I'm thinking of purchasing a couple of bars of 6061 to try it out, and I thought I'd bounce the idea off you people 1st.

thanx in advance

cp

howdy

On our Tsugami's I use the top tplane for B0, the front tplane for B270 and the back tplane for B90.

They are set up w/ X(up+down), Y(left+right), B rotates about Y axis.

I have the post deal w/ the apparent axis swapping.

cp

Thanks for the advice guys,

I'll try some of the ideas out asap.

The Chamjet only gets to 1.1 dia according to Iscar's website, but perhaps they haven't updated it lately.

cp

I'm having a he** of a time getting stringy, birds-nest type chips turning & boring 2024 aluminum.

The **##22##**!!!** is clogging + stalling the chip conveyor and we are losing a lot of production time on

what is a bread&butter job (100,000 pc/yr).

Can any of you lathe people out there recommend inserts / tooling that would break the chips into 6's

and 9's.

I am also looking for a 1.562 dia insertable thru-coolant drill w/ geometry that will not produce

a slug or wafer when it drills thru.

Specs are as follows:

Machine-> Mazak Multiplex 610 w/ cut-feeder and 1" or 25mm tooling.

Material: 2.5 Dia #2024 Alum Rod

.015r max tool radii

Must have a decent finish.

Thanks in advance,

cp

Using X exclusively since it was released.

Most changes I like more than V9

Others I still need to get used to

cp

Do it all the time here

No problems yet

cp

Ken,

Do you ever bring that machine in your avatar to

the Central Mass steam and gas engine show in Orange MA. ??

It's a 2 day event held at the Orange Airport on the last weekend of June.

http://www.oldengine.org/members/cmsgma/

cp

ps , sorry about the hijack

There was a poll done in this forum 'off topic'

on 7-12-05.

http://www.emastercam.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...c;f=11;t=002107

if the link doesn't work

try a search using wages and poll

cp

I cut bottom to top w/ either OD or ID 'cuz

I'm lazy and don't want the hassle of calculating in the lead to arrive at the proper thread length. Just go to the bottom and mill up till out of hole or off of stud.

cp

the 16,17,18's use param #5001.0

.0 should be 1 for compensation C (according to

the parameter book)

Brandon , check your mail !

Where did you place the zcontourfeed = fr ??

Try this,

restore the pz routine to it's original form.

add a routine such as this someplace above plin

#---------------------------------------------------------------------

pzeout #output Z feedrates with an E

if zcontourfeed > 0, zcontourfeed

#---------------------------------------------------------------------

then change zcontourfeed in plin to pzeout

This should output the E value only if it's greater than zero

cp

what post are you using , mabye there is no format statement 15.

below is a rough explanation of format statements which might help you.

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These are format definitions, fs2 denotes english-metric

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Format statements - n=nonmodal, l=leading, t=trailing, i=inc, d=delta

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

#Default english/metric position format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place (feedrate)

fs2 16 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

fs2 17 0.2 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 2/3 place (tapping feedrate)

The number after the fs2 is the name of the format definition ,

for example, fs2 6 means format 6

the next pair of numbers are the decimal/integer formats for english then metric

0.4 means "use decimal point and output 4 places to the right of the decimal if needs be"

then the modifiers n,l,t,1,d are added (or not)

n makes the variable non-modal

A slight digression:

Back in the early days of NC / CNC many (if not all) controls would not accept decimal points

so the magnitude of the number was figured out by the amount of digits starting from the left

(leading zero) or the right (trailing zero)

For a 2 place leading zero control 3.795 would be represented as 03795 , 3.79 as 0379

for a 4 place trailing zero control 3.795 translates to 37950 , 3.79 to 37900 , .005 to 50

0.4t means the same as 0.4 above exept the post will output zeroes to fill in the 4 places

i.e. 0.4-->1.25 0.4t-->1.2500

l is for forcing leading zeroes , 2.0l-->01.25

fmt F 2 tempvar means format the variable tempvar using

format #2 (fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place) and prefix it with an F.

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cp

if that is the case then you will need to define a new variable

say, candrlfd, and format it similar to the variable feed

from McamX Generic Fanuc 3X Mill.pst :

fmt R 2 arcrad$ #Arc Radius

fmt F 15 feed #Feedrate

fmt E 15 candrlfd #Feedrate for canned drill 10-12-05

fmt P 11 dwell$ #Dwell

then find this routine and change it similar to this:

pdrill$ #Canned Drill Cycle

pdrlcommonb

candrlfd = feed

pcan1, pbld, n$, *sgdrlref, *sgdrill, pxout, pyout, pfzout,

prdrlout, dwell$, *candrlfd, strcantext, e$

pcom_movea

Do likewise for the other canned cycles:

The drill retract point seems to be in the routine

prdrlout #R drill position

refht_a = refht$

refht_i = refht$ - initht$

if absinc$ = zero, refht_a, !refht_i

else, refht_i, !refht_a

perhaps you could just change the refht_a format

from

fmt R 2 refht_a #Reference height

to

fmt C 2 refht_a #Reference height

for 2d countour z feed seperate try:

formatting a new variable, z_contour_feed

fmt F 15 z_contour_feed #Feedrate for Z on contours

then edit these routines:

pz$ #Output to NC of linear movement - feed Z only

z_contour_feed = feed

pncoutput

plinout #Output to NC of linear movement - feed

pcan1, pbld, n$, sgplane, `sgcode, sgabsinc, pccdia,

pxout, pyout, pzout, feed, z_contour_feed, strcantext, scoolant, e$

hopefully this will get you started in the right direction

cp

First of all , Welcome to the forum !!

What you need to do is edit some format assignments.

!!!!! Make a copy of your present post !!!!!!!

Open your post in any text editor.

Near the top of the post are numbered formats which start w/ something like

fs 4 2.4 etc

( I'm home now looking for the funnies so I can't use actual exerpts from posts)

Usually right after that are the format assignments which look something like this:

fmt 4 F fr$ #feedrate

fmt 5 I drilret # retract point in can cycle

and on and on.

Locate the ones you need to change and edit them to what you need , for example :

change

fmt 4 F fr$ #feedrate

to

fmt 4 E fr$ #feedrate

and

change

fmt 5 I drilret # retract point in can

to

fmt 5 C drilret # retract point in can

cp

I don't get a tangent visual cue on either 1st or 2nd arc even after checking the visual cue settings, but now both circles will highlight.

I don't recall changing anything ???