Hi If its the haas,the fadal;;;; we have several of both. I favor the haas just because its easier for me to mirror. If you have more resources----- my preff; Mazak for a speedy machine "alum. molds" OKK for beefy cuts on "steel molds" "all machines hate poco3 in the tank" I had a Mazak and I dont know what their service is like,because I never had a reason to call.I have talked to other men that had the same experiance with other brands.

no but; I did rene 77 ,it was similar to inconel 718

"Geometry Mechanic" "mold maker" "programmer" The title on a card changes from time to time but I seem to be doing the same shape creating type of work since day one. Hardway [This message has been edited by Scott Bond (edited 07-23-2001).]

Jay I don't have any early disks. But if anyone has them I want to see them run on an old pc at the tool show or something. I was a manual mold maker since 1966 I was 11 I polished molds and swept the shop.We made patterns and traced them on panagraphs for aerospace parts.We used nc but it was limited because it wasn't worth the time to program or it wasn't even possible.We had a Gibbs and Gibbs himself would come to the shop every other day to help us program.Tom Shuller came in the shop and showed his software.Mastercam their was no version number. It just existed.It had no 3-d ,no lettering ,no projection ,no color monitor, (two 5 1/4 floppy no hard-drive)But the basic logic of the system and approach to work was similar to a moldmaker so it was easy to follow. Then for 3-d files we used this method .Cadkey to draw cdl,Surfcam for inc then convert inc to nci so then post in mastercam their wasn't an editor inside mastercam so word was used to line up all the dec. points then simply send at the speed of light (600 baud) no tool changes to cut mold cavities. Of coarse later version 2 came out with color monitor, on a 286 pc ,with a 287 math chip, 1mb ram and a dot-matrix printer(what a rocket) Today as then I use the latest and I appreciate ------everything------- that the little sofware grew up to be. Hardway [This message has been edited by Scott Bond (edited 07-21-2001).]

JAY "we have a lot of really smart & intelligent people here." I agree totally. did anyone notice the BIG CRASH still has more posts than any other topic) Hardway

Bad bandsaw weld. Once I broke a weld(my own),on a large doall with 36" wheels it had A 1" thick band saw blade.I didnt have the work piece in yet .So when the rpm's came up the weld broke end of the blade was able to move to the right A little bit,and hit the end of the blade on the table.It broke in little pieces about 1' long, bounced off the table and loudly rained down all over the place. (This whole thing didn't take a second, but I remember it perfectly, and it was thirty years ago) Hardway [This message has been edited by Scott Bond (edited 07-20-2001).]

if surfs are still required after jame's fix works for an stl. solid veiw in valencia has a converter for stl to iges surfs. hardway

My code looks like mopar's with T6 M6 it's own line also we commonly use G43 H1 D1 Z1. just to be sure some left over comp from a early tool wont be called up. But if this is the actual code I noticed F50. --has the point--- and F20 --did not---- some machines will plunge without the point hardway [This message has been edited by Scott Bond (edited 07-19-2001).]

Im Scott Bond I have been useing master cam consistenly since the early 80,s . I am looking forward to the forum.

I ride bmx The kids call my bike Frankenstein . because its made from so many dirferant brands of parts. I race 41-45 year old cruiser. And I will turn 46 in dec. then ill be in 46-50 My best titles so far are: 4th in gold cup 3rd in us open ca17 number 1 crusier national age group no.7 (right now) If anyone would like to try this sport please contact me I am local to the so cal tracts

Good Morning I'm 45 married to the original wife . 3 children with the original mom. all are bmx riders I started sweeping in a shop at age 11 with my dad.I was a mold maker and pattern maker for wax investment.Mostly for aero space foundries. When I started mastercam up for the first time it was the early 1980,s and I belive it was version 1.But I asked Tom S. about it and he said that their was no v1 MC just existed .my first mc time was on a shop pc with two 5 1/4" a drives and then I purchased a new 286 with a color monitor and version 2 was brand new . Anyhow I work in areo space now and also a new category of custermer i like to call "any body with a check" ------------------ Hardway [This message has been edited by Scott Bond (edited 07-18-2001).]