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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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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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?
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skipper
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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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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...
Thanks a bunch!!
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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
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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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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...
I thought they may be off the self components. Dick Z, do you make ball screw kits?
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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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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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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...
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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
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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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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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...
Thanks guys,
this helps a whole lot.
skipper
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...