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    Re: what software do you guys run for cnc

    Can you make external and internal threads with turbocnc? One of the first things I want to make with my cnc lathe are pulley sleeves. can I do this with turbocnc?

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    I have...
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    what software do you guys run for cnc

    Hi All,

    What software do you guys run on your machines. I am looking for something easy to learn and inexpensive. Any recommendations, I am building a 9x20?

    thanks,
    skipper
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    Mastercam X lathe turning question

    Hi All,

    I am trying to use mastercam x to use on my cnc 9x20 lathe. Since my version is very old I cannot find many lathe tutorials on how to use it. Actually, I find that there in not alot of...
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    WCS orientation when opening part

    Hi All,

    I am a newbie with mastercam x. I created a part in Solidworks. When I opened the part in MC the part was not oriented in the same axis orientation as it was in SW. I am having a heck...
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    Re: Where are the shared files and g-code gone??

    Thanks a bunch!!
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    Where are the shared files and g-code gone??

    Hi All,

    In the old cnczone website there was a thread where people shared dxf files, g-code files and models. Where are these old threads located now?

    thanks,
    skipper
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    Great build I am planning on doing the same to my...

    Great build I am planning on doing the same to my mill some time soon (still a newbie). What do you mean by reversing the quill spring? Do you simple turn it around and what does that do? Do you...
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    when you say "Open a Sketch", do you mean to...

    when you say "Open a Sketch", do you mean to create a sketch in the part mode, not the cam-part mode? I will try it out tonight when I get home.
    Thanks!
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    Ok, so I made sure I was using the pocket command...

    Ok, so I made sure I was using the pocket command and I still could not find the open command. SC at one point did give me a warning that I had an open chain but it was an error warning. One thing...
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    Ok, so I come home and I try it again. When I...

    Ok, so I come home and I try it again. When I right click on the chain, I do not have the open option? I am using 2007, could it be different on this version? What am I missing. This should not be...
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    Could not find open command

    Ok, thanks for the video site it was very helpful. I went through all the pocketing video but I did not see any "open", reference? I tried doing multiple chains with constant-z but it only did the...
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    How to use the slot command

    Hi All,

    I am trying to make this part. The slot is 3/4" wide and .2 deep. The cut that goes all the way through is also 3/4" wide. I cannot figure how to do this on solidcam. If I choose a...
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    I thought they may be off the self components. ...

    I thought they may be off the self components. Dick Z, do you make ball screw kits?
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    Bearing Retainers

    Hi,

    I came across a picture on a cnc site of these bearing retainers. Instead of maching a bearing retainer into a block of aluminum I would like to use these.

    Can anyone tell me where I can...
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    Where to buy Foam

    Hi All,

    I did a search and did not find much information on where to buy the blue machining foam. I believe I read that you can get it a Home Depot but I have not seen it. Is there a...
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    Lazycam lead in: How to change code??

    Hi All,
    I took a dxf file from cnczone and in autocad reduced the size to half. I exported as a new dxf into lazycam. I created the code but has a long lead in (see pic, I think that is the proper...
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    STL file problem from Vectorart3D

    Hi All,

    I imported one of the free STL models from Vectorart3D into solidCAM. It allowed me to do this and I "Saved as" to create a Solidworks file.

    Once in SolidCAM, when I try to create the...
  18. Thread: Unit Problems

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    Unit Problems

    Hi All,

    I got my Rockcliff router working again after a long period of a crashed computer and broken z-axis.
    I am having problems with getting the correct units in SolidCAM. In solidworks, I...
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    Hey Guys, I do see that I have the "Z-Entry"...

    Hey Guys,

    I do see that I have the "Z-Entry" in the Profile Operation. I do not seem to have the ramping in the Pocket Operation.

    Thanks,
    Skipper
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    Hi Guys, Here is a screen shot of my software....

    Hi Guys,

    Here is a screen shot of my software. I do not see a "Z-Entry" or a "links" tab on my version?

    Skipper
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    Ramping dialogue box

    Hi All,

    I am teaching myself SolidCAM. I am using SolidWorks 2007 and I think SolidCAM 2007 R11_2. I am following the 2.5 tutorials in the SolidCAM 2007 R11_2 tutorial and they call out setting...
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    where to buy metal near san jose

    Hi All,

    I usually buy my metal from SIMS recycling in south san jose. I try to buy the second hand metal if I find what I need. I there any other place near san jose to buy metal second hand? I...
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    Thanks

    Thanks guys,
    this helps a whole lot.

    skipper
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    Thanks for the replys guys so, to answer my...

    Thanks for the replys guys so, to answer my question from the tables (there are seven different column). Do I take the Max Major, subtract the Max Minor and is that the diameter needed? What is the...
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    threading formula

    Hi All,

    Well I've asked this question before and got links to the efunda site that has a table that is really confusing. I am trying to cut threads on my lathe, I am looking for what size of...
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    threading formula

    Hi All,

    Well I've asked this question before and got links to the efunda site that has a table that is really confusing. I am trying to cut threads on my lathe, I am looking for what size of...
  27. still problems

    Hey Guys,

    I still have some problems. I fixed the model a bit, I did not actually give the top slots dimensions so I gave them .5" width and .1 depth.
    Doug, I tried using a profile like you...
  28. finally is starting to click but need some help

    Hey Guys,

    Thanks for all the help thus far, it is finally starting to click a bit. I manage to work out the last part I posted. I have another part that is giving me problems. It will be...
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    more questions.

    Hi Doug,

    A few more things:

    You wrote "Next I issued a manual z5 command which is my tool clearance". Where and how do I issue that command. Do I type it in a dialoge box?

    Also, you wrote...
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    Thanks a few more questions

    Hi,

    Thanks for the input it was alot of help. I loaded up your file in Mach3 to run a simulation and from the starting plot could see that it cut the pocket out first (from the center) and then...
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