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    OK, I figured it out, with your help of course. ...

    OK, I figured it out, with your help of course.

    #2000's are for X wear
    #2100's are for Z wear
    #2200's are for R wear

    Thanks for ALL your help.
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    Thanks SteveO. I haven't tried this yet, but...

    Thanks SteveO. I haven't tried this yet, but should I be able to do this in MDI also? I tried in MDI and in the program the 1st try and neither worked.
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    BTW, we do have macro B.

    BTW, we do have macro B.
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    OK... I'm missing something. I put...

    OK... I'm missing something. I put #2202=[#2202+.0001] in the end of the program before it looped back around and it didn't do anything. No errors, no changing offsets, nothing. We wrote down all...
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    So... If I can take an educated guess that the ID...

    So... If I can take an educated guess that the ID cutter (Tool #2) wears .00005 EVERY part (wear in X), then I don't have to do the counter and IF statement, correct?

    All I would need is...
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    Need Automatic Wear Offset

    I am running a Wasino G6 w/ Fanuc 21i controls. I'm looking for a G or M code or macro to automatically increment the wear offset register. One of our tools seems to have a predictable wear amount...
  7. Turnkey Programming and Engineering in Southern Indiana

    We have a Mori Seiki Frontier M1 VMC (1994 vintage) being transferred very soon from one of our other facilities. The machine has been checked out by the service tech and everything looks...
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    Arbor Center - European Standard?

    We received an arbor from one of our customers in Germany to grind parts on our OD grinder. I was measuring the arbor so I could reverse engineer it and make a duplicate. When I measured the center...
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    OK... Sorry for not being more specific. The...

    OK... Sorry for not being more specific. The drawing shows the slot with a dimension labeled "19". I forgot to change the dimension. The 19 refers to our control plan feature number and is just an...
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    The pdf should be attached.

    The pdf should be attached.
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    Using live tooling to create slot.

    We have an Okuma Captain L470M with OSP-E100L controller and live tooling. We have the lathe program complete but I need help with programming the .596-.604 slot using a .500 endmill and using our...
  12. The code is as follows... G0 X-2.120 Z1.0 T9;...

    The code is as follows...

    G0 X-2.120 Z1.0 T9;
    G96 S350;
    Z .1;
    G1 Z-.0105 F.01;
    X-3.05 F.005;
    Z.01;
    M05;
    G0 X2.880 M04 S900;
  13. Well, it wasn't doing exactly what I said... ...

    Well, it wasn't doing exactly what I said...

    When I tried to create a .030" corner radius with .030" nose radius tool, it was doing the "loop" as described above. But when I also try to create...
  14. OK... so what if the radius is a positive value...

    OK... so what if the radius is a positive value and still goes the long way.
  15. blended corner radius

    I am trying to program a lathe cutting the face and OD with a blended corner radius. I'm using G2/G3 and I have figured out my end point in CAD but the cutter is taking the long way around the...
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    Looking for Training

    I need help finding a training class or seminar for general turning. I recently switched engineering roles from new product development to machine room engineer because I enjoy being "hands-on". I...
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