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I am looking for a ball nose cutter with a long flute length and a long overall length.
Ideally 10mm dia, 50 mm flute length and an overall length of 70mm plus - I am cutting mdf wood at 4m/min....

Hi - does anyone know if you can do special 3d grading operations on a mold or prototype in mastercam?
we grade shoe sole molds so the grading is not simply scaling x y and z, it involves holding...

Hi Superman - thanks very much for the reply... using your input and re-evaluating the quality and direction of the isoparms on the surface - I realised that my iges imported surfaces were -"crap"....

Hi I am experimenting with surface - finish - flowline toolpaths.

However when I backplot the toolpath I see that the tool is not being held down between the end of 1 pass and the start of the...

anyone got any ideas on feed rates for cutting 1/2 inch or 1/3 inch thick mdf?

I am doing some toolpath calculations to work out cutting time for some jobs cutting mdf - has anyone any idea about...

this sounds very promising - I will go there and have a look in particular the examples offerred - thanks again

I've built and used a 3 axis device for machining 3D cad surfaces.
I am considering building a 5 axis device as I have seen this can be done cost effectively - and will mean I can mill a complex 3D...

I am cutting 3d spheres (100mm dia) from stl files in machineable wax.
The toolpath is being generated in a program called maquette volume.
For the finish toolpath I am using a 3mm ballnose at...

Hi - I have uploaded an iges file (I changed the .igs to .txt to get it uploaded so please rename it to use it), I also included a jpg of a possible strategy I had seen elsewhere to do a similar job....

Hi I am a UK 3 axis cnc user looking for a mastercam user to do some limited paid consultancy work. I would prefer UK help as it will be easier to pay and contact.
Basicly I need to generate 3...

thanks for the prompt reply, i checked out the link - graphite was less expensive than i thought it would be..
in terms of size though - do you think 5 inch x 5 inch x 3 inch block is obtainable - i...

I have been asked if it is possible to machine graphite - in order to make a mold for casting glass into - aparently the surface of the set cast glass clouds less if it is molded into graphite rather...

I need to make a 2 part mould in which to pour molten wax into for casting.
I need blocks of plastic around 150mm x 200mm x 60mm, does anyone know of a UK supplier? or even the name of a product?...

cheers for the advice - I went back to the wax suppliers web site to see what I had bought and it turned out to be casting wax rather than carving wax.
I have now ordered some carving wax so...

Hi there,
Can anyone give me any advice on machining wax on my 3 axis cnc machine?
I bought some casting wax from an art suppliers, roughed it with 6mm deep passes using a 6mm diameter roughing...

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I need to convert *.nc files to *.ncp files so that I can load them onto an old isel 3.5 axis milling machine.
Does anyone know how I can convert them?

I have just finished making my gantry style cnc machine for lost wax casting.
I have to attach the spindle router that came yesterday then start cutting wax.
I used the basic information for the...