TFesta
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No, cause it finishes the depth 1st and then finishes the profile. I want to finish the profile at the same time when it takes the last depth cut. I want to finish the profile while I still have the bottom stock holding it rigid. I guess I would have to break up the scallops into 24 op's or edit the NC file removing the 1st finish depth pass and letting the finish profile and depth pass take over.
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How to send multiple ,nc files to CNC router w/ Mastercam X2
TFesta replied to Josh_Petitt's topic in Industrial Forum
What kind of control do you have? If you have a Funuc you can put all the programs into 1 file, making sure you have a % at top and bottom with program #'s in it like O1223. When you send it to the Fanuc just punch in O-9999 and hit read. It reads forever till you hit the reset button and it records every program as you list it. It's an option at least. -
Good Morning, I'm using MC9.1 and am cutting 24 scallops in a big 304SS part. Leaves the wall .110 thick. What I want to do is finish the outside profile at the same time when I take the final depth cut. What is does now is it finishes the depths and takes a finish pass on the outside profile. I think it works in pockets but not in contours.
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Thanks John, yeah that helped close the gap. I'm going to try the roll/unroll next. Thanks for the input.
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On mastercam 9.1, I'm just now using the C-hook FLATSRF.DLL to unroll a mandrel. I was just checking it with a straight dia of 52.49 and it came out with 164.793 length. But when I do a 3.14159 X 52.49 = 164.902. Can anybody tell me why it is like that? I know it's only .109 off in 164 inch, but I would think it would be closer. There is no stock thickness in this, just a surface.
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Adrianh, I check out machines and we don't have the same M-codes as you do. But the machine does take about 4-5 seconds to orieatate. The reason the machine is not reading you M63 or M64 is cause it is in an orieatate cycle and it changes gears and ignores your M-codes and keeps going till it has finished it's cycle. Not much else to do.
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Could you please state the model # of the control. Is it an OSP2000 OSP3000?
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What is the size of your machine/spindle? Does it have rigid tapping? A lot of the older machines can't even come close to the new tapping speeds. The spindle tends to lag behind and are slow in reversing the spindle. On the big machines I use 20sfpm, yeah it's slow but we don't do production so it's just to get the job done. Just keep stepping it up till you find your limit if you want.
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On the Funuc you could do it by entering the program at the machine like this. [O-9999] then enter ( that is the letter O with a minus sign). Then you could send any number of programs even with the % or load tapes too. It never stoped reading till you hit the reset key. As above, make sure you have a program # for each one.
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If you keep ajusting the tool dia. offset why don't you just make 3 or 4 copies of your program with different offset # and away you go.
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The feed=0 works great. Thanks Storkman
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Yeah FNMI that works. I was hoping for something to were the computer knows it put in the F0 code, cause if you don't have different feed rate numbers on plunge and reg feed the computer only puts in one feed rate. So after it rapids when it goes to feed again it takes the F0 as a feed rate, not nice. But thank's, that will work till I can find something else.
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I just downloaded the newest MasterCam-V8 post. I have an old Allen-Bradley control. I have the post working great except how do I get it to output a F0 in the same block as the G00?
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I understand what he is saying. He needs to show the customer why he is getting that dimension. Cause that's how it comes out. You can't have it both ways, it just don't work like that. Good luck you him. Hope the customer understands.
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The minor diameter on a standard 60 deg. OD thread is a maximum diameter. All you need is to check the OD, pitch dia. and use a thread gage. A thread gage is much better then the pitch dia.
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Let see where Contract Porgramming Takes us.
TFesta replied to crazy^millman's topic in Industrial Forum
I see you are located right in the middle of, ah, ah, no place. LOL TFesta -
( Allan ) The rule of thumb I was taught in my apprenticeship days was half the speed(rpm) and twice the feed(ipm). ----------------------------------------------- Thumbs up Allan, that all ways works.
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If you count the revolutions you need to add 1 revolution to the number that you get cause of the chamfer on the part and the thread gage. So count 10 turns + 1 = 11 and on a 1/2-13 it would be .846 depth of threads.
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Yes you can change the layout of the top buttonskeys. Go to screen>configure>toolbar/keys. Once you get there just take you time and look and understand what you need to do. You should have a book handy to read about it and make sure you back up your configuration FIRST before you make any changes, it just might save your butt.