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If you still need help - let me know. I have cimatron and solidworks, and can convert it for you.

you probably have a sliver of wire stuck somewhere...

I have a Roku Roku HC548EX 32,000 rpm. It is absolutely the most stable, repetitive machine I have ever run. Had it for 5 years now, and never had a single problem. It needs very little maintenance,...

1200 rpm, 4.8 ipm feedrate maybe a .002" or .003" max chip to start... Get braver from there!
I would beg to differ on coolant though. you should use air on hardened steel. coolant wreaks havoc on...

Kev,
P20 Prehard is a very easy steel to machine. it is no different them machining most other tool steels except that if you heat it up to much, you can actually "spot-harden" the material as you...

There are so many variables involved, that it is almost impossible to quote an accurate edm time for a particular job, unless you have done the exact same job already prviously. Flushing, power...

U709 Usually happens when you either crash the machine, or the toolchanger. most of the time if you power down the machine, including the main breaker and restart after waiting about a minute - you...

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Go to the bottom of the page, and download the free speeds and feeds program. You punch in some info, it gives you speeds and feeds, and also gives you a g-code output...

You can also use the G92 command to zero out your axes.

Hi,
Click on the help button in the Cimatron Window, then "tutorial"

It will give you a quick hands on crash course in modeling, drawing, and nc.

Okuma Wiz and Brian, thanks for your input. I agree... I should create my own drilling macro. It is the right way to do this. I was hoping for a gcode that would tell the machine to retract back to...

Lesr,
The install worked fine this time. You fixed it! I have comm software that I am pretty happy with already, however I will take a better look at this when I get a chance for its advanced...

lesr,
Editcomm is still not installing correctly even with the new install. It says that there are visual basic files not up to date (in xp) and asks you if you want the installer to fix the...

Thank you all for your help so far. It seems to me that the only good way to do this is to manually program each hole instead of using the canned cycle. I guess I was looking for an "easy way out"....

lesr, I actually tried to download editnc. The install keeps saying that windows has files that are not up to date. It says it fixes them, and then says the same thing over and over again. Windows is...

Thanks Rick, I'll give it a try.

Hi, I have been in the cnc field for about 20 years, mainly in edm, wire and programming. Now, for the past year have been running the cnc mills also. Both Okumas. I learned how to run them on my...