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Hi looking for some advice i was moved onto a Mazak Intergrex 200ivs with my current company about 12 months ago and although was given some training have had to pick up bits and bobs as i've gone...

Thanks frank was actually visiting for some info on a mazak lathe and noticed your post after adding that line to my post processor it works perfectly very much appreciated

Hi i'm abit new to alphacam as i have only been using it for about 7 months and was originally using onecnc which in all honesty i found so much easier to alter posts on and use but you have to work...

Hi ive been a new company for a few months now where the bulk of the work is mould tooling but some of the jobs are quite difficult to machine and require the grinding of inserts and too lholders etc...

Thanks for your advice Mario much appreciated the way you've suggested is the way I would have done it in my old job but my new company or should I say the guy I work with who has been there 10 years...

Hi i've recently started a new job for a company that makes mould tooling etc and have to make a job 8.5mm dia x 100mm long no centre permissable i have recently come across step turning through this...

Yes as everyone has already stated goto microsoft download virtual pc and xp compatabilty mode only thing is you need to make sure your pc supports virtual hardware should be in your bios settings...

Thanks for reply as it stands I am using a sub program to clip the thread going from the major dia to the minor dia my program looks likes this

In main program

G00 T1111 (3MM L/H GROOVE TOOL)...

Hi not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes I am trying to remove the burr on the back of a thread I'll try and give as much information as I can the thread is an external 8un thread...

thanks for your help guys very much appreciated and thanks for clarifying on which system uses the single line format and i take it that anything newer than a 10t control uses the 2 line format also...

I'm not questioning your knowhow your far more experienced than me and the charge hand was from the company we are making the parts for and the programs were also proven and honestly up untill this...

I understand that if setting the threading tool of the leading adge of the tool i need to make allowances for that as the centre of the cutting edge will be offset back from that but in my brief...

cant remember the exact program of the 2 G76 lines but its something like this
G00 X4.2 Z0.265T0909
G76 P020000 Q0050 R.0005
G76 X4.4 Z-2.0 P0100 Q0472 F0.3333(not entirely sure the info on these...

Thanks for the reply txcncman i still don't understand how that works how would I go about clipping an m14 x 1.5 pitch external thread using a normal turning tool bearing in mind the tips of both...

Hi guys i am having major trouble understanding how this clipping works,I've recently done 2 nut jobs with acme thread's and the customer insisted the front of the thread be backed off i was given...

Thanks guys thought that might have been the case just needed my theory backing up really thanks again for all your advice.

James

Thanks again for your advice guys and especially for pointing out the tool tip and radius columns and there meanings on the offset screen which i've always noticed but never (a) knew what they were...

Firstly thanks for your reply bill it is very much appreciated,I feel i am missing something as you say tool nose radius compensation will be ignored in a G71 block but executed in a G70 block how...

Hi i hope i'm posting this in the right place as i've only just registered,I program and set 2 axis mori seiki and okuma and howa lathes (sl2,sl3 mori's and act-35 okuma's) all with fanuc controls 6t...