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Got it! Thanks Superman, and CadCamSam for your correction. With both of your advise, I was able to finally make this shape. And it was as easy as I suspected it would be. Here is a screenshot of a...

Hello everybody,
Although I have been using Mastercam for 20 years, there is a simple surface geometry I have never been able to successfully create: a macaroni shape. I now need to create a model...

This is not a competition for attention, mactec54. We are supposed to be working together on solving problems since we are all part of the same online community.
I think the discrepancy here is...

I see a problem with the parameters mactec54 listed, which would lead me to doubt that he has experience with this inverter. Quickly looking over the values that mactec54 listed, I noticed setting...

Ok sh1224, I got those settings for you. For anybody that uses this info, these settings are for the following setup:
Sunfar E-300-2S0015 inverter with 1.5kw chinese spindle motor, chinese "5-axis...

Lol, a "pretty please" always helps.
Yeah, I totally forgot to post my settings. I need to go to my buddy's house where the machine is and write down the settings I used. I will try to do that...

Yessss!
Thank you, ger21!
I didn't use the exact settings you suggested, but you got me to where I was able to figure it out. My spindle now works from Mach3 and I can control the RPM.
I don't...

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Doesn't anybody have some experience setting up one of these Chinese VFDs in Mach3?
I really need some help before I start trying things I'm not sure about, and fry my friend's spindle!...

Hello everybody!
My buddy got a chinese CNC router and I'm trying to get it working with Mach3. The machine came with a handheld pendant control which was extremely difficult to use, so we decided...

I have an old Logan 12x24 manual turret lathe that I bought for $600 about 6 years ago. Until now, it has served most of my turning needs. Being a turret lathe however, it does not have a compound...

Excellent! Thank you.


In equation form:

Ax= cross-sectional area in sq.in.
P= pressure to hold in psi
As= surface area of vessel in sq.in
T= tensile strength of vessel material in psi

I'm pretending to be an engineer to design a product. Since I'm not actually a degree-holding, legit engineer, I need the help of someone who is!
What I'm trying to do is to select a suitable...

You will have to use the AT keyboard. If you don't have one, I doubt you can find one for sale anywhere, but a 5 pin DIN to 6 pin mini-DIN adapter will work with a standard PS2 keyboard. They don't...

My boss bought a used Komo Innova 408 CNC router and asked me to get it running and learn how to use it. It has a Fanuc 210 control which I am already somewhat experienced using. I know mills but...

I recently finished repairing a Dynapath Delta 40M control on a Chevalier Falcon knee-mill and would like to share my experience so others can avoid the mistakes I made.

The control showed...

MasterCAM support got back to me yesterday. I sent the link for this discussion, but I dont know if the guy looked at it. I sent them my MC9 with the corrugated pattern and the profile of the...

I emailed MasterCam support asking about a C-hook for this and at first they replied that MC cant do this. But then I got another email back that said there might be a way to do it. They requested I...

Yes, that is the biggest reason that its a pain in the butt. XForm-->Roll only rolls around an axis, not a line or point. And it doesnt seem to work from the front Cplane... No matter what axis I...

I have given up on plan A, which was to superimpose one contour onto another. Looks like MasterCAM just cant do that. HEY DEVELOPERS! I'd like to see a C-hook to do this. I know that the math is...

Oops, I hit enter and it submitted but I wasnt done yet...

So, Gogego, are you a butcher masquerading as a machinist? Because I am a machinist masquerading as an architect right now.
I hope you...

No, not like that.
Like this:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8d8b3de00a.jpg
I created this just for you, Gogego.

I think you are under the impression that creating a surface from geometry is my problem, but its not. That part is suuuper easy. Its getting that Chain of geometry on the left side of the picture in...

Ok, check it out. As you can see, on the left is a blown up view of the sheet metal profile. It needs to be repeated every 9 inches and follow the contour of the shape of the building (as illustrated...

I don't want to have to learn how to use some buggy, limited, freeware CAD just to do this. I've used MC plenty of times before for architectural type things. I know I can get pirated copies of any...

I've been using MasterCAM since v6 and am currently using v9, but I've never had to do this before and I can't figure out how or if its even possible.
I'm trying to create a sheet-metal covered...

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Ok, I figured out the problem and it was as simple and stupid as I originally thought!

The problem was not with the math line.
None of the variables had been set, so #103 WAS 0 along with all...

Good call, I'll try getting rid of the comment tomorrow and see if it works.
"Keep it simple, stupid" is always good advise.

Wikipedia disagrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation

I like your idea with the IF-THEN, but I need to calculate the number of loops and possible remainder before it starts the...

The Centroid manual describes MOD as being used just like the / division sign but it returns only the remainder without the integer.
This is the only function the manual shows that could be used to...

Stupid question- machines do as they're told... or do they?
I can't figure this out and its probably something simple.
I have just upgraded my centroid M-50 control's PC so I could run version 8.21...