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clamp swapping is the way i would go too, depending on flatness requirements and tolerance. at 700mm you'll probably need several clamps evenly distributed. you can mill the areas between the clamps...

I'm looking at a bison 10" front mount chuck to mount in my VMC. Does anyone happen to know the bolt circle for the three mounting holes? I'd like to make sure they can be direct mounted to the...

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found the breaker and am now going to learn how they are wired.

any help would be appreciated.

we recently had a bit of excitement with our SQT18MS chip conveyor. it was only a small fire....

end result is that we have a new drive motor on the conveyor and some fresh wires on the switch....

so i have a sheet metal part that is 1/4" thick and has a jog bend in it. the jog gets a 3/16 weld fillet before bending and because the cut in solid works goes through a compund angle the fillet is...

ok, so i guess i'm the only one here trying this so i guess i should post my results so far. we got a temp license and a lot of tech support because i have no training in this software.
so far so...

i've been reading their website and they are advertising a really advanced stl system which would save me tons of time and energy if it's as good as they're billing it to be. we use mcam right now...

i'm using x4, but with no service packs so i suppose this could be an x4 type thing.
i currently have my graphics acceleration turned off because the pc i use for this stuff sort of has seizures...

i have a solid model of the a part before it's got any features cut and i am trying to convert it to an stl file and use it for verify.
i am opening the model as trimmed surfaces in mcam x4. then...

i am working on a file that has a couple of .stl files converted to polygonal mesh. everything was fine and i got it all programmed initialy, but now i can't see or select one of the meshes....

hmm can't seem to figure out how to outright delete this.

so i'd like to start by crying a little bit about this stupid file. stl files suck. especially this one. it's huge, and i mean huge. it's got to be like 3trillion lines or so. (ok maybe a bit of an...

second the 3dconnexion device. i have an old spaceball and even it rocks. they can be had on ebay for peanuts.
one of their new controllers is pretty high on my list of xmas wishes. not holding my...

in machining a few batches of simple parts out of vitrex PEEK polymer in the natural color one batch came out with little dark brown speckles on them.
has anyone else ever seen this problem? is it...

good thought.
i have checked the normals and they all seem to go the correct way. it is pretty easy to miss stuff like that on micro parts for sure.

ok having some trouble uploading so if anyone wold like me to send them the file i will be happy too. i'll try attaching it again later as well

i had to strip it down so it would zip up small...

ok so i've checked all my settings about 50 times and i can't sort out what i did.
what i'm doing is milling a rectangle. (pretty straight forward so far,eh?)
then using the 3d surface finish...

guess i didn't qualify that very well. the esprite version i was using was older. i have a copy of the newest version of esprite (it's good to be OEM), but haven't had a chance to use it for anything...

ok so i've attached a solid model of a sample version of a part my employer is quoting a machine cell for. the customer wants a little less than a million of these a year.
so, anyone with a bit...

you might try the library for reference books. most states will do full state wide searches and stuff.
i was in your position not to long ago and was only able to get started after going to a...

hanging my head a little sheepishly. checked the subroutine and absolute boxes and shazam! all good.

ok so the machines i'm using are not exactly off the shelf cnc machines, and i need to edit my post to output the canned cycle command on each position i need to drill rather than once at the first...

well damn you read al ittle more it all looks so simple.
the oerations defaults are available right at the bottom of the files tab on the machine group properties.
after that it's the same

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caveat: messing with machine definitions can be hazardous to the functions of mastercam. call your reseller if possible and make them walk you through this, so that if it goes wrong you have someone...

if you just want to create an array of these parts at a specific spacing you can use the transform option under the toolpaths menu. if you want the really fancy nesting function with all the...

in the chaining dialog select cplane and partial chain. then you pick first and last line taking care to get the chain going the right direction and help it follow the path at the branch. with a...

yup stock set up was not done so the pic had me fooled a bit. take a look at this i added one tool path bt left your's alone. i would use this method to do the other side and even the middle as you...

try chaining the features like the red lines in the pic. you can use 2 contour operations to cut all the features and simply use lead in/out and rough/finish setting to get all the stock. if that...

there are hardware concerns to consider here. master cam is very powerful, and it munches computer resources to accommodate. if you're trying to create a tool path like this that's going inches deep...

well hell. got myself there. i was looking at the applications list for a different controller. mastercam's right there on the list for the Spaceball.