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It worked for me with XP64 no problems. I never figured out how to make it work with directly with Win 7-64, but I installed Windows Virtual PC and it works there, although I haven't tried connecting...

I wanted to report the new I/O board fixed the problem with the chip conveyor.

I have one Haas with the shuttle type tool changer, I don't know if it is similar to the one on your mill or not but I suspect it is. When I do a lot of heavy face milling it will throw large coarse...

Phil, thank you for your response. I hadn't checked for an answer lately as no one had responded the first week or so. I did check the incoming power to the board and it was good, so I came to the...

As the subject suggests, I have a MCD-500 and the chip conveyor quit running. If anyone has any idea what to check next or further diagnose the problem I would appreciate it.
This is what I have...

Dave, thanks for the link. I am up for reading all I can on the subject.

Fixtureman, Thanks. I did some reading and research about them last night and it seems that they might be a very good...

I am planning to buy a Co2 laser soon for an established manufacturing business, and have been researching and learning about them. Marking anodized aluminum will be one of the main uses. The...

I was around when someone replaced processor boards for me. I didn't have the time to completely follow along, so I can't tell you every step and detail required to finish the job. I do know that...

Averaged out, service guys have created more problems and cost me a lot more money over the years than they have saved, so I avoid using them. When new machines are still under warranty, we have to...

Geof, this is what the toolpath would look like. The red dashed line on the right is the rapid move to make the G40 tool compensation cancel work.

http://dotymi.com/private_images/Toolpath.jpg

It’s true a CAD program often breaks arcs into short lines and thus creates thousands upon thousands of lines of code that would take forever to program by hand using a calculator, but often that can...

It usually helps a lot to lubricate the rubber molding. On other but similar projects we have used a heavy concentration of dishsoap and water, but for the sake of preventing possible issues with...

Ours will look ahead and stage the next tool, but when the last tool is in use it will not look "ahead" to the first tool in the program. So, we add a T# right after the last tool is called (no need...

Kennametal’s KSSR200LF253 2” face mill is a good choice for 6061. For aluminum like 6061 you want a tool that uses inserts with a sharp edge, most of the indexable tools use inserts that are...

If you use the format that wcbob gave, the program should be ok (enough to load in the control anyway), but be sure the first character after the percent symbol is the letter O, not the numeral 0...

We used to make a part (1,000's upon 1000's of them) where we had to single point 4-40 holes, but we changed the process so we could tap them. Single pointing is good for when you don't have the...

I know that typical flood coolant is not always adequate for some of the tougher machining metals. In that case MOM could be invaluable. We typically run our coolant richer than normal because that...

We machine a lot of aluminum, and drill and tap lots of holes using flood coolant (we typically get 5-20,000 holes on a tap). I personally doubt the MOM would be a good choice for that, especially...

We got a new Haas MDC-500 about 6 weeks ago, it came with a USB memory stick. Haas had lots of backup programs loaded onto it, macros for probing and etc.

I know that when you look at PC parts...

With our new MDC-500 you can load a program on the USB flash drive, plug it into the machine, and run the program right from the flash drive. There are other limitations, such as you can not edit...

This might work using I and K.

Even though the previous code may not work on your machine, there was a typo I'll go back and edit with a note.

N20 G01 Z0 X7.13
N30 Z-1.24
N40 G03 X6.88...

I have not used or written code for that control, so I may not be able to help you when it all said and done.

I have 1 machine where a radius (R x.xxxx) or chamfer (C x.xxxx) can be produced with...

I guess since you are looking for code for a Fanuc 6T then this may not work (I haven't used that control), but I think it should. I suppose it is possible that control/lathe would requirements the...

I understand now what you are looking for, except I don't have enough time at the moment to do it, but I will check back later and if nobody has beat me to it will post code that should help you out.

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for. How I would go about programing and running the job would depend on many factors. One of a kind part? Small production run? Ongoing production? Is...

Anodizing is a controlled formation of aluminum oxide, which is formed by converting the aluminum surface. It is done in an electrolyte bath, usually a diluted sulfuric acid at roughly room...

Thanks, I'm going to download it and try it out. Sounds like it would be handy.

Roll taps are good, we have used them to tap 1/8" 0-80 holes in 304 where standard taps didn't hold up. The one thing about roll taps I don't like is on through holes it tends to distort the hole at...

There are some situations where you need to calculate feed rate differently. For one thing, there are several different types of tap holders, which will more or less determine the method. If you...

I think there is a size limit on the file size, and yours may be to large.

That's a lot of rpm, something like a single flute might work good, especially in aluminum under 1/4" thickness.