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Hello everyone. I've inherited the task of helping a company restart their tool room. They changed to 100% outsourcing a number of years ago, and their Tool Room has been sitting unused. That...

Hello everyone. Let me start by saying thank you in advance for your help.

I have a MC760 that I desperately need up and running. I was in the middle of running a job my Customer needs right...

OK, I had a Friend/Technician stop by tonight and we did a little more digging. Battery is 2.9 to 3.0 volts. Power on the back of the control panel tested at 12 Volts. Power Supplies on the back...

First of all, thank you to everyone in advance for your help.

I opened the control box and swung the control panel open. The (3) LED's on the board on the back of the control panel reads as...

No not yet. The machine is still sitting here.

Hello. I have a QT8 with a T plus color control with graphics.

I don't use the machine often, (it has under 1000 hours on it since new in 1998) but for a while now, I had to turn it off and on...

Thank you for your comment mcphil. I decided shortly after the start of this thread that SWs is something that I'll need and it is a cost of doing business, but the tread was still running and...

I didn't mean to suggest stp or iges files were for unprofessionals, or garage projects. I thought it was clear that I was directing my comment to the previous post where someone referred to...

Well spoken Giz. Just to be clear, I never questioned the cost of the service contract.

Sorry Giz, I knew that information was in the packet with the quotation, but after looking for it, it's not on the actual reseller's quotation. It's in the Solidworks brochure attached to it titled...

Great idea McPhill on the CC.

Re: Backward compatible.

Converting to another format to take the file into a program isn't backward compatibility. Converting to IGES, STP and such for "just...

I can go along with the training part not being included now that we've talked some. Every new machine tool (CNC) I have purchased has come with training for one operator to get it up and running,...

I agree with you Giz. If you take note of the above quote taken from my original post, I adressed your exact concern.

What I don't care for is being lead to believe that $4000 is the cost of...

I had a demo this week and would be lying if I said everything went well. The software sells itself, so that's not the big issue. The issue is, I get very ticked off when they say the cost for...

Great idea. Thank you.

Mcphil, I understand what you're saying. I have spent hours reading the forums specific to named cam programs. Seems to me like many of the users are loyal to the product and tend to defend the...

Thank you all for your suggestions. I'll take a look at the recommendations.

What I'm really looking for is more than a simple suggestion of "try this". A sales person can give me that. My...

Hi everyone.

I own and run a small mold shop. My parts are getting more and more complex as time passes. Most now have fairly complex 3d geometry. Up until now, I have been subcontracting the...

For sure. I totally understand that and that's why I'm trying to do what I can now to research and obtain what information I can to make my choice easier.

I've been doing mold designs in 2d...

Hi Dan, thanks for your comments and ideas. I'm going to need to have access to customer support at the drop of a hat if something gets complicated. With that being said, I assume if I'm seeking...

Hello everyone. Up until now, I have been doing basic 2d designs on an older version of cadkey I bought several years ago. When I needed to have molds made with involved 3d features, I was...

I'm located in CT and can read Solidworks files.

Jay

I have a Mazak CNC Lathe, and it has a tool setting touch probe. It typically is right on the money with accuracy to well under .0005. Why not get a replacement probe head, and use that to build...