Brian B 74
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Thanks to everyone for the positive remarks. Dave - I looked at HAAS, but they don't have a bridge/gantry size mill big enough for doing mold work. The Amera-Seiki has an intro price of $239k. With options, it will end up around around $265k. Have to see if we can swing this deal.
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Thanks for the tip Kevin. Will have to check it out.
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It's only on the final step that I need to restmill. So I am creating individual tool paths at the various heights using the steep/shallow settings for HST. It's the final step that I will create a boundary and am going to use a pocket-remachining tool path. That should do the trick (I believe).
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Actually I was using the HST Horizontal tool path. Cutting a cavity in a plate and the bottom has stepped Z heights.
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Does anyone know of a way to do a horizontal restmill? I am cutting a flat within a pocket that has steps at different Z heights. I am using a 1/8 flat endmill to machine the flat area, but need to corner pick with a 1/32. Any thoughts?
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I was doing a bit more investigating and found that Johnford has a bridge style machining center that has 63x52 travels. Can also be a HighNet machine with a 24k spindle and a high end Fanuc 18i. Anyone have an opinion on this machine?
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My company is looking for a machine that can cut mold cavity into a 60x50x8 piece of 4140. Tolerance is not too tight. Cost of the machine is an issue. We are looking at either a Milltronics or and Amera Seiki. Any thoughts on either machine?
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I am setting up one of our old Leadwells to use the high feed option. It has a Fanuc O-M control ('92). Has anyone done the feed rate test on a similar control? Looking for a benchmark for my results.
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I have seen threads here about using remote desktop and other software to use Mastercam from a remote location. Is it possible to setup a nethasp server on a computer with a static IP address (WAN not LAN) and modify your nethasp.ini file to search out that address to checkout a license for your computer at home? This way you can install MC on your home computer and just use the internet to checkout a license. Is this possible?
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tapping code for DX32 post
Brian B 74 replied to Leif Johnson from MICO Inc's topic in Industrial Forum
Leif, Is your issue that the tapping canned cycle comes out before the tool change? You want to use the canned cycle on the DX32. -
When I say toolpaths backplotting slower, it seems that there is a delay from when I hit the backplot button to when it actually allows me to run the tool. We have been using MR1 for a few months now. I didn't convert any libraries in. I created all new. But the file I am working on originated in V9.1. Does that help?
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Since installing MR2, has anyone received a "Warning - Profile is not correct" or a "Negative stock magnitude cannot exceed the tool corner radius" message? I receive these when trying to backplot a toolpath. I have to restart mastercam and they go away - temporarily. Thoughts? Also, has anyone noticed toolpaths backplotting slower in MR2?