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Yes, the honeymoon phase is definitely the most exciting part. Even the first glitch free run seems to pale in comparison. So George, try to make sure you don't let that glow interfere with the...

Hi George,

Here are a couple of pics of the machines before I worked on them.
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You might also want to check out this ad on Kijiji...

I would definitely like to second many of wizard's bits of advice and perhaps expand on a couple of them.

A very effective machine, no matter what type of construction or purpose, begins with a...

Nice to see a fellow Canadian, I am a couple of hours north of Toronto myself.

I agree with the posts that suggest a used machine as a starting point at least. I retrofitted a couple of used...

In my opinion, you can never have too much torque. Since 21A is enough to drive all of the larger motors, I would recommend them. Since you indicated that you can also get a 24V 21A power supply...

That is a rather misleading web page. The machine is really nothing special; I could build one better than that myself fairly easily. The misleading part is that the video is for a facility that...

I'm afraid I didn't see anything in their document which stated 'accuracy' of 0.001 micron. If you saw something I missed, perhaps you could tell me the page number you saw it on? Several of them...

Without knowing more about your part and especially knowing what quantity you are looking at, I couldn't say whether casting is the "wisest" option.

Your other line with the 3 micron tolerance is...

Like Bob said, brass is good, especially if it is a free-machining alloy. Copper on the other hand can be major pain; not only is it soft and gummy enough to grab onto the tools, it is also...

Hey Doc,
It sounds like you are working on some interesting stuff.
I am up in Canada so I probably can't really help you much but I thought I might add my 2 cents worth.
I agree with some of the...

It sounds like there may be a parameter not initialized. I would run GDTOOL first.

Does anyone still read G-code?
Although it is surprising how quickly these threads get distracted from the original topic, it is even more surprising that no one else seems to have paid any...

I think I see what the problem is, I ran into this when I first started to use Dolphin.
If you look at the code you attached, you will see that there is no move to any X or Y position before it...

I'm pretty sure you're right. They would want to work with annealed or at least normalized material first, then heat treat to harden.

Depending on the material I use and whether I hot or cold...

Thanks Bob,

That's about as much as I could find too. I think the machines they use now may be closely guarded secrets because there doesn't seem to be any patents for them.

The steel they use...

I am developing a tool that needs some high strength steel wire to be formed with something that would resemble a fish hook barb except that it would have two barbs opposite each other. The wire is...

I certainly hope it is not an outdated one because it is from their current download; I have only had the program for less than 2 weeks.
Besides, the posts all seem to work fine as long as DCAM gets...

And still more info...
It is not just my PPR that exhibits this behaviour, the M_Mach3 does the same thing.
It only seems to happen if you post process without having simulated the run first. In...

More info ...
It seems that it the glitch still shows up sometimes. The first time you run it there may be a block missing at the beginning. Just running it through the same PPR fixes it.
Maybe...

I made a couple of small modifications to the Mach3 post and thought I should report some hiccups I found. The attached file is my modified PPR which simply eliminates line numbers (I find they just...

Fitted curves work fine but b-spline curves do not.

You need to either create your curves as "fitted curves" as your message indicated or convert them from b-splines first.

I'm very new to this program too but I'll add my $0.02 worth anyway.
It seems to me that, in the CAD side, you should be able to create each set of operations on a grid. For example, if the die you...

It should work fine.
I have only had partmaster for less than a week so I am no expert but I just tried intersecting an arc with 2 fitted curves and it worked.
Maybe you can give some more detail...

Harley, you certainly do seem like a busy guy (376 posts so far) ... keep up the good work.

I kinda figured someone on here might know the answer to this. That's why I posted here first.
It's...

A word of caution to those curious types like me ... DON'T CLOSE the PARTMASTER EXPRESS - MAIN MILLING TOOLBAR . I tried doing this to give myself some extra room on the screen. You can't close it...