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I think that Alibre is real nice. I have not been real deep into it yet. But it easy an straight forward to use. Unlike TurboCad I don't regret buying Alibre.

Pretty slick for the money. For all...

Add me to the list of users. So far it looks sweet. Amazingly similar to SW.

WMS,

That is exactly what I was looking for. We have a 2001 HRT210 here at work. Nice unit as far as I can tell. Just wasn't sure about the HRT7 ,9,11 series.

I have a 1994 vintage machine that...

Can someone layout the progression of the Haas rotary tables for the last 10 years or so?

I keep seeing 7 and 8 inch Haas rotary tables on Ebay that nobody touches. But when a HRT 210 shows up...

Do you mean part orientation?
I have found that with Gibbs I need to have my SW part such that the face that I want to be the "top" of the part for machining has to be the front in SW. Mastercam I...

Hey scott bob

The cycle you are speaking of works as good as it sounds.


There are a host of awsome hole making cylces on the A2100 control that make life easy. Some of the peck drilling cyles...

Another vote for ONE CNC's NC Link.

Easy to use and free.

Happy to report that the USB to Serial adapter worked just fine.:D
It is so nice to have real computing power on the go.

I still think it would be nice to have USB ports on cncs so we could use...

Looks like a project for a design table. I was looking to save some time. It is surprising that one of the major toolholder manufacturers does not have a nice library of 3d files.

Anyone know where I can find ready made cat 40 toolholders in SW format? I have trolled a few manufacturer's web sites with no success. I am mainly looking for endmill holders and collet chucks.
Any...

The new laptop (HP zd7000):D showed up and it looks like cadcam is right about the lack of a serial port. What is my best bet around this? Something as simple as a usb to serial adapter won't work...

Well, after some fiddling around and trying different settings I managed to get this thing working again. I'm a little baffled as to why, suddenly I need different settings than I have used for the...

Has anyone ever worn out their com port??

Mine worked fine last week. DNCed a 2 million line program with no problems. Today I can get a few hundred lines at best.:confused:
Tried sending to 2...

DA collets would be the most straight forward to make if you are planning to make all the parts yourself and buy the collets. If It was me I would figure out how I could adapt a ER32 collet chuck...

Dean,
I wish I could have loaded that machine in the back of the truck and taken it with me!:p

I think that they hit it pretty square with this machine. Layout is nice . The chip shoot is...

I'm not up on CNC lathes much. I want one like a dog but don't have the work for one right now.
For your type of work maybe the Haas TL1 might be of interest. You con get one for a little over 20K...

How about mounting a basic 3/8 or 1/2" electric drill for your spindle and power source. Your basic 3/8 DeWalt electric drill does not weigh much or cost near as much as the Foredom tool. It can also...

I'm going to DemoDay 5 next month. I will be giving the TL1 a serious tire kicking. I am also very interested in one of these. I have a pretty honest rep who is a ex toolmaker. He seems fairly...

I have a possible application for Deskart. Has anyone used it for 3D engraving from a photo or scanned in drawing.

I know that it is not very expensive so it would not be a huge gamble to try. But...

Even In your mid thirties.

This is actually a sticker that was sold to help raise money to send the US team to the Motocross Des Nations in Belgium this year.



The older I get, The faster I...

Old post. Problem solved.

The key was using parameter 3003 to turn single block on and off.

also instead of a m30 I used a goto line to return to the top


with single block turned on:
...

Thanks for the switch location.
Believe it or not I lowered the pressure at my main reg at the back of the machine from 105 to 90. The alarm went away and the machine ran fine this evening.:)

I...

100 psi

Thanks,
I'll check that. Do you know if the black solenoid thing is the sensor?

I have plenty of air. Sometimes I will get the alarm with the machine just sitting there not cutting. So I think it...

I am getting an alarm 120 "low air pressure".
Does anyone know where the pressure switch is that checks this?

Check this link out. http://www.arcadiawaterjet.com/
They are a waterjet shop in my area. They have alot of info on there site. I toured their facility through SME and boy do they know waterjet....

Solidworks is most definatly a great design program. I spend between 8 and 12 hours a day using it for product as well as tooling design. If you are looking for a program that really lets you...

Here is another approach that works well in this type of sittuation.
Set you D1 Value to the cutter dia.(IF that is the comp type you use)
(metric)
G0 x-4.y0
z.1
g1g41x4y0f10
z-5.
g3i-4....

Interesting thread fellas.
I am new to this forum and find some very interesting discussions. I am particulary interested in how things work out with the new Makino. I have been salivating over a...

The Bottom line is that Cutter Comp is one of the more powerful tools when it comes to programming. It will be your friend when you master it. I would sugest writing some simple programs and...