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peon

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  1. I got it!!!  Thanks to Ron Branch along with  Bsmith and Ben Wood from the Mastercam forum leading me in the correct direction.  I added the following to my post:

     

    Section =  # Common User-defined Variable Initializations (not switches!)sav_toollogic: 0     #Save tool height offset value for Blum Tool Break Detection

     
     

    Section = # Toolchange / NC output Variable Formats

    fmt  "H" 4  sav_toollogic #Saved tool height offset value for Blum Tool Break Detection
     
    Section = psof$            #Start of file for non-zero tool number 
    sav_toollogic = tlngno$  #Added for Blum Tool Break Detection
     
    Section = ptlchg$          #Tool change 
    sav_toollogic = tlngno$  #Added for Blum Tool Break Detection
     
    Section = pretract        #End of tool path, toolchange
    "G65P9608", sav_toollogic, "X0.M1.Q.01","(TOOL BREAK DETECTION)", e$ ### DETECTS TOOL BREAKAGE
     
     
     
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  2. Please see attached pic.  I finally decided to add "Tool Breakage Detection" to the post, although the H value is posting incorrectly with multiple tools in the program.  I turned off tool staging in the control definition and it made no difference, therefore I turned the tool staging back on.  Perhaps someone can lead me in the right direction :)

     

    post-9955-0-67532300-1487260128_thumb.jpg

  3. I noticed on all the workstations WITHOUT Microsoft Excel, generate the setup sheet fine EXCEPT for the screenshot.  The screenshot is not reduced in size and therefore displays a zoomed depiction of the part.  On all our workstations WITH Microsoft Excel, the setup sheet works perfectly fine.  I checked the .png files and they match the setup sheet.

  4. Keep in mind, with the small molds we build, we are ALWAYS using small cutters below 1/4", therefore running at 10,000 rpm all day.  After a few hours at that speed, the spindle would grow in the Z .003" on all three machines.  If you had an overnight run, you were screwed.  Machining moldbases with larger cutters and slower spindle speeds were fine. 

  5. I used to operate three Yama-Seiki's which were purchased brand new with the  Fanuc 18i controller.  The machine is garbage.  STAY AWAY!!  After several spindles, loose gibs from the factory and  thermal comp issues in the spindle Z axis on ALL 3 machines, you'll have more headaches than you need.   As far as the 32M which you inquired, I'm sorry I haven't had any experience with that particular controller.  We also build tools for the plastic mold industry.

  6. It hasn't worked for a long time Rick. What you have to do is enter any other percentage, tab, and then enter your desired percentage and then tab. It should calculate correctly the second time around. I don't know why it hasn't been fixed.

  7. CNC has to put this good man on the payroll. He continues to impress most of us with his ingenuity. The new tool manager and active report features are over engineered GARBAGE compared to Gunther's sweet chooks that work wonderful for the majority of users. Please notice I said "compared". Thank you much Gunther!!! You make most of our working lives happier! :thumbup:

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  8. You called me ignort, and i do know how to use it, and make one, you just want to project yourself as a know-it-all and without fault at starting this, which in my travels means you dont (hence 20,625 posts). I've encountered you before anyway, your in cnc softwares pocket, and might as well be on the pay roll, you are ready to knife fight anyone that says anything bad about mastercam, and all you offer to me is crap, you act like your above people and if they havent programed for 35 years they are idiots, so keep your opinons to yourself and if you cant help go away.

     

    oneyankfan1, You're an idiot!

  9. the only name I called you was hothead... which you validate with every post you make.

     

    and if you think stock model is a scam, you really are ignorant because you don't know how to use it

     

    +1000 Don't worry gcode, most of us still love ya man. :thumbsup:

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