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Does anyone have any experience using DWO with GibbsCAM? I'm trying to position/mill on 5 sides of a rectangle. GibbsCAM doesn't seem to have any examples of this. I don't feel like this is rocket...

Good idea beege! And you just inspired my solution moving forward. We have a milling chuck(that I'd forgotten about) that we can use for this application. Thanks!

All good points fizzissist, thank you. Oddly enough, we've done this many times in the past without incident. I guess our luck has run out for this methodology...

In this particular case, we'll...

Anyone here ever make an 'island' soft jaw where you're holding on the inside of a part, and therefore, opening the vise jaws to clamp the part? We do this occasionally without too much difficulty...

Those are words of wisdom! I eliminated my worst one almost two years ago and now we are quite busy with other, much better, customers. The bad ones just drag you down and keep you from doing what...

Yeah, buyers that 'know everything' can be frustrating if you give them the time of day.

I used to give them the time of day and it's beyond aggravating. Trust me, just move on and find better...

Never. They will never learn. They simply don't have the capacity to do so.

Taking a loss on an item is risky at best and dishonest at worst. When dealing with buyers who want parts for a dollar,...

I've been using Gibbs for almost 10 years. I've never even had time to go to a training class and I find it very easy to use. The 3D portion of any CAM software has a higher learning curve but it is...

Exactly. :cheers:

I've been at this a long time and I am SO tired of buyers like this. The problem is the dumba$$ shops that you mentioned. They are so plentiful. Making parts for companies is a...

I had a service guy show me once but I forget now! :(

I remember asking my HAAS dealer once about it and they told me "well, just use the power on time". :bs:

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Online bidding is the worst! The only winner is the buyer.

Well, it's because we price parts too low. We keep fighting against each other for business and we all end up working longer hours just to make ends meet. I can't even charge $40/hr with my customer...

Wow, if only some of my cheap-ass customers would think like this! :)

From my employee days, I remember the guys that whined the most were the ones who never had enough guts to even apply for another job. :)

Well since I'm new here I didn't know that you were another owner. I assume you are or you wouldn't have made the comments you made. Is there some way I should have known you were an owner? I took...

Wow, you other shop owners are pretty sensitive!

How do you react when you don't get a job? Do you cry to your mommy?

I am a shop owner and I see what other shop owners do. I know what I'm...

Virtual Gibbs is the only one for me.:cool:

That's the shop owner's fault. Owners are stupid for the most part, low-bidding things to the extent that they lose money. Until shop owners brighten up and start charging a fair price for parts, the...

These types of situations are probably always going to exist.

All of us machine shops do more difficult work than the mechanic who touches our cars for $60/hr, yet we're all out to cut each...

I use a floppy disk with one of our HAAS machines but I hate it. I am always having trouble with them. Another of our HAAS machines is capable of using USB drives. That is the way to go!

And yes I...

Hey everybody!

I'm just another machine shop owner who has joined your ranks.

I'll be lurking most of the time....

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