Need Help! Getting a line drawing into MasterCam.
I have 2 drawing sketches I would like to be able to get into MC or any program that would give me G code output. The drawings were done free hand full size and I am trying to engrave them onto raised...
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need help face machining with grooving tool in Gibbs
I have a job that requires a face of the part to be undercut. it also has a protruding shaft. I purchased a face groove and turn tool from iscar. Which will undercut the face along a shaft the problem...
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Need Help! Spindle Parameter input Procedure in old spindle drive.
Hi everyone.. I came across this spindle drive as shown in picture. Anyone knows how to set up parameters in this drive. This is not the usual old open spindle drive. I have procedure to setup in...
View ArticleMy motor cable was cut by the rack and pinion
I tan over the cable going to the y axis, it sparked and all the gecko drives quite working- no lights on them. I shut off the cnc and unplugged the bad cable , still all the gecko drives are dead....
View ArticleNew Machine Build I want to make nc feeder to feed into a press
Would like to make a push type feeder for angles flats pipes etc can anyone help me with this I am a sheet metal worker so the electronic side of this i will get lost on so what I need is maybe a list...
View ArticleOkuma figure 8 groove
I am trying to program a figure 8 groove in a 2.500" dia. bore. I have seen it done but need help programming it. Need the start and end point to be inside the bore without breaking out either side....
View ArticleBuild Thread Ideas for Tutorials
Hi All, This is Sean from BobCAD-CAM Technical Support. Dealing with issues on a daily basis I notice that a lot of problems could be solved with tutorial videos that overview common issues that would...
View ArticleEnd mill bit material
Before I bugger up a new end mill on my G0704 mill. Could I get some advice on what type to use cutting hardened motorcycle transmission gears. 7/16" size. Carbide, cobalt, TiN coated, HSS ?
View ArticleNewbie Inventor 11 to SW 2013
We have just and what a move, experience, change, difference but most importantly what a PITA. I have to say I think the software requires a rethink in the way it is laid out. Even after a few months...
View ArticleProblem Super-pid v2
What is normal for a Super-Pid V2. Have only the 120volts incoming and going to router. With no low voltage hooked to the Super-pid my router is running. Is this normal?
View ArticleJogging Motion Master SB-480 w/ Fagor 8050
I just purchased a Motion Master SB-480 with a Fagor 8050 control. I am having trouble manually jogging the axises. Not sure if I am doing it wrong or something is broken. From the main menu I press F4...
View ArticleNewbie Can anyone help me understans the Takisawa TC-1 I just bought?
This is my first post so I hope I am doing it correctly. I bought I think a 90's Takisawa TC-1. I bought some of the books through Takisawa but I cannot find anything that will help me understand the...
View ArticleNeed Help! Fanuc PSM
Need to know what is cause of blowing transistor module on A06B-6077-H111. I already replaced the transistor module but it was blown again when machine ready activate.
View ArticleHelp: Limits and slow zones
Help re; limits and slow zones Mach 3 Thanks for the help re; new pc motors not working all working fine now had to config mach 3 in the second port; Now I have a new problem ( i think ) when I ref all...
View ArticleBuried in Demos ....Help?
In need of some direction from you guys. A few weeks ago I lost my access to a copy of Alibre expert because of a change in employers. I had been using it with my copy of Sprutcam 8. The machine I use...
View ArticleTeledyne Gurley Pathfinder 8787 DRO Linear Scale
Hello, We (collegiate Formula SAE team) have an old Cincinnati milling machine with a DRO from Teledyne Gurley. Unfortunately, the X axis linear was recently damaged and TG doesn't make DROs anymore....
View ArticleCinci Hawks - What's your opinion?
I'll be looking at a TC 150 this week. Just wondering what everyone thinks of these machines & what a fair price might be.
View ArticleWant to post to a 5-axis mill using MC Multiaxis Router, possible?
I have MCX-6 for router set for 4-axis. It is a relatively inexpensive upgrade to Multiaxis w/ Solids vs buying a whole new multiaxis mill seat. If I have the 5-axis mill post (in this case a Hurco...
View ArticleHaas DRO function
This is probably a stupid question but I don't know so I gotta ask, :o on the Haas VF2 ('08) is there a function I can use that is similar to a knee mill DRO where I can locate one side of a part enter...
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New probes for the X3
[ Mr. Moderator, please delete this thread - it should have been posted with my X3 thread ] Today I finished one project and started another. Both are probes for the X3. I finished my Tormach TTS...
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