Thanks. It worked great. Leif

please guide me to this setting. Thanks Leif

I've used Adobe Streamline to create line art. Then save as dxf

You are correct Lars. That is exactly what I am looking for. I would rather not bolt my indexers to it. Thanks for the input. Leif

We just got two Tsudakomas in. We have about a dozen Yuasas and are switching from them. We used to have one of those 2 axis tables, but sent it back because they (Yuasa) couldn't get it to work properly. How do you manage to get the wiring back to the control from the tombstone? Do they have any wireless types?

That would be great. I have been searching every where. Thanks Leif

Does anyone know of a company that makes tombstones with rotary tables on them? I'm pretty sure that I saw them at IMTS, but not sure of a name. Thanks Leif

PhHorn has some good face grooving tools.

We have 6 DMV400's & 2 DVC500's. The only major problems we have had with the DMV's are the spindle bearings & getting chips on the ways and wrecking the pillow bearings. Make sure you warm the spindle up first. The ceramic bearings aren't that tough. If you have one that goes bad, replace them with plain bearings and live with the lower speed. We had a DVC400 here for a couple of months and sent it back. It had chatter problems. Our newest DVC500 has a 930 CPU alarm that likes to pop up about twice a day. I think it has something to do with the yuasa indexer. For the most part I think they are great machines, just don't like the spindle bearings. We also have 17 daewoo lathes. I agree that they are a great machine. We run mostly cast iron.

We have a parlec. There is no manual typing of the numbers. It also has length tolerances we can put in for each tool. That ensures that the tool is sticking out the correct distance. Hopefully you have it all integrated with your tool management system. It makes it alot easier because every thing can be generated by the BOM.

It is a Fanuc. We are in the middle of a huge debate on the best way to do things. This is what makes using wear so difficult. For years we have done things a certain way because of machine capability and tooling available. But now we have so many more options, it is making us rethink how we do everything. Our operators dont like change and currently we are using half of the cutters dia for thread milling. If I make a couple of things (wear) different than the norm, I will get calls in the middle of the night because they can't figure out what to do. But, if using wear would be the best way to handle that particular problem, I will change everything to wear. Thanks for your help Leif

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I ended up turning the comp to computer to get the job running. My operator was starting to get exited. Leif

I have a part that has a 1 1/4-18 & 7/8-18 thread. The minor size on the 7/8-14 is .828. We have been doing it with a 3/4" cutter until we built new fixtures & I reprogrammed it all. When I long handed the code, I would call the cutter comp on a Y- move of .375. Then I would do a 180 degree ramp in. The end result was a tool that didn't move on the callup = good part. But now it seems Mastercam wants to do a 90 degree ramp in and the tool will shift in both X&Y = gouge. Is there a trick to this? I know the cutter is too big, but it is hanging out about 3 inches and they don't want to do it in 2 cuts. Thanks Leif