Hi I am going to thread mill some tapered pipe threads . They are 1.5"-11.5 LH USA pipe. The taper is 0.062"/foot. What angle do I set the taper on in the set...
Michael, I was just on you web page. I went through the movie on level 2. All went well until it got to the engraving Just before entering the engraving part,...
I'm a licencsed Partmaster user and have recently gone from a Windows/Mach2 controller setup to a Linux/EMC2 setup. I'm wondering if its possible to run...
Hello Jim, I haven't heard of anyone trying this so I can't say yeah or neah. Even if it runs it is very unlikely/almost certain that the software protection...
Yes Andre - that was actually my big concern - and I'm a little afraid of burning my software key in the attempt... :-) Once I pull it off of my current...
Hi Bengt - cost basically. I started down the hobby CAD/CAM/CNC path a few years back, and shortly thereafter had to put it on hold for a while. At the time, I...
Hello Jim, I will ask John P to have a quick think about this. ATB Andre ... From: Jim Stoll To: dolphincadcam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006...
Jim We would be happy to give you a Limited dongle i.e. 14 days, this would provide The opportunity of proving if the licence token Can reside on a Wine...
Jim The normal licence token system may not Work under Wine but the usb/parallel dongles could Be a different matter. I will ask the question of our supplier. ...
Heh, heh... Wish I could tell you more about Wine, but I'm a relative neophyte myself - I'm just trying it out for the first time this week. Give me a few days...
In order to transfer the software key to a.n.other PC it is first necessary to * Install the PartMaster software on to the target machine. * From the Help menu...
... Now *that's* funny! (and good advice, too!! :-) Thanks for the clarification and advice - I'll follow that path, and if it gets to the point where its...
Has anyone modified a PPR file specifically for EMC2, or is there one that is known to be directly compatible with EMC2? I'm currently using the stock...
Hello Jim, Have a look in the post processor folder on the user group site. There is a post for Turbo CNC which may be better than using the MACH post. If not...
Using 9.1.011 mill module... If I do a job with a slot and different Z feed, the post outputs that but if I do a job with holes, It won't put out the slower Z...
I have looked at the help file again and this is what it says: The Radius Offset and Length Offset fields refer to the offset registers of the NC machine, they...
I presume you're using mill? depends what machine you're using. If mill, all tools have a different length which is set against some reference point (usually...
Steve, It is Mach3 I am using on a milling machine I converted, What i was hoping it was for was for like you referd to tool wear so that I can adjust for...
Jim Some CNC controls use a Offset Register to store Tool radius and Tool Lengths (mainly mills). Where this is the case the radius is usually a 'D' address...
When you say holes do you mean drilling ? if not what command are you using ? Using the Select Tool dialogue gives you two feedrate options, the Principal ...
Jim, It's really each to their own, though personally & probably most people will define their tool(s) and let partmaster do the hard work and output the ...
Andre, yup drilling, yeah I figured that out, perhaps the select tool box could be made a bit more explicit... thanks anyway steve ... From: "Andre Mann"...
Steve, Thanks for that it has cleared up the query Jim ... From: Steve <steve_vagg@...> To: dolphincadcam@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 18,...
setting go round in mill to no offset to machine along a line, lead in and out don't work. If I offset it left or right, it's quite happy to pay attention to...
... You can't have a lead in or out on no offset. No offset means follow the line. Think of a slot for a key, if it leads in it's not a straight line Lead in...