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Excellent advice Cadman. I did have those global finish setting still set at .005

I changed it to .0003 and have had good results since. I did lower this all the way to .0001 but the toolpath...

Thanks for the suggestions Ryan. I have not tried the 2 curve flow. I have tried about everything else from the advanced machining process and the surfacing process. I will read up on the 2-curve...

Yes, the machined part is choppy/faceted. Too bad it wasn't just in the rendering. I could live with that! :)

Ok. I was looking for that setting when I was working with some smaller parts. The rougher resolution wouldn't have anything to do with the toolpath right?

The parts does look a little bit choppy when zoomed in really close, but it shouldn't be faceted.

In the sufacing process I have the smoothed line segments set to .0001, but I didn't have the...

I have been tying to get myself up to speed with Gibbscam and I've noticed when using some of the surfacing tools I get toolpaths that are not broken into short enough line segments. That in turn...

They must not have liked the cost associated with that partnership I guess. Volumill pull the old get us in the door pricing, then slam them in a year with new fees? You would think there would be a...

That screenshot is an excellent idea. Thanks

I was checking out volumill, and I actually called them to see if they had a plug in for Bobcad. They didn't at the time, and shortly after Bobcad was...

I asked him about the high speed pocketing, and he had to call to see if he had it. They told him it was obsolete, and the mill pro package will do more. I thought high speed pocketing was all the...

Good advice guys. I checked and the fee is now $100, and it sounds like he would just need to call them and transfer info into my name.

As far as the mill pro package- any opinions? I would like...

I was wondering if you guys had any insight as to what I should look out for when buying ver 23 from former user? It comes with the mill pro package, and all of the videos. He has the dongle, and...

Very easy with the conversational side of the control. Go to the special menu then choose rotate and input the values. Toggle the rotation off when done.

I agree with CNC simon with a .058 wall that piece is going to push away on you all day long.

In my experience with 4140 you will notice some distortion in your dimensions.

If you are throwing HAAS into the ring, then I would check out Milltronics. They are offering a two year warranty. I bought one last year, I did have some issues with the TSC, but the service has...

If you have .03 to work with I might think about stepping up to a 2mm e.m., but you should be able to do it with a 1/16 e.m.

+2 coordinate rotation should be an option on the machine.

If your spindle falls within that $3000 range I would bet that it is not capable of cutting that aluminum for an extended period of time.
You are dreaming if you think you can build a reliable 5...

I would try to email Tjones. He is the site administrator.

You may have to look at fly cutters instead of face mills if you want to cover that area with that small of a shank.

You need to be careful about buying tools from harbor freight. I guess even if the collet was not ground properly it would still be better than using a drill chuck.

Get some decent collets.

I am not familiar with that material but I would use cutting oil for a slitting saw. What do you have your RPMs set at?

I have downloaded the eval. version of Rhino, but haven't had too much time to play with it.

It will be a 4 plate transfer rubber mold.

I was wondering after you would receive the solid what functions do you use in Bobcad to create your mold drawing. Would you use the boolean function?...

Which program would that be?

First off I am still using ver 21. How do you guys quickly convert the part (solid) your customer sends you to a mold drawing. I can stumble around using boolean functions, but I was wondering how...

If you needed the two pieces to shut off against each other I might consider a short bore that is just bigger than your thread diameter.

The fine tooth roughers require less horsepower than your conventional cutter. Like Geof said crank up your rpms and feed.

You have obviously turned the spindle by hand. I have had the orient stuck and had to "unstuck " it.

If you are doing low volume parts I would stay away from PCD. There is no reason that you can't achieve the finish you need with the right insert and boring bar. There is an insert I use from...