finish tool in slot unit

[kendo]

the endmill cant be smaller than half the slot width or the control alarms out.
Is there any way to change this?

[MrMazak]

Use Line-In

[kendo]

so, is there any way to change this?

[epmtool]

There is nothing I know that you can do. It's just one of the many frustrating things about mazatrol.

[MrMazak]

What's frustrating is people that can't use a different unit to accomplish this cut and continue to whine about it. Use line-in and it's done.

[kendo]

sorry, but since I've been working around mazaks, theres been probably 10 little issues like this that cause the programmer/operator undue frustration in the process of developing part programs.

Most of the time I encounter this "dont whine about it" attitude from the other programmers who have gotten used to mazak.

But about half the time I find some parameter buried in mazaks arcane manuals that alleviate the problem

SO they just didn't have the brains to dig deep enough and figure it out, they'd rather just call someone a whiner and keep doing it the way they're used to

[christinandavid]

Yo kendo, how did the arc probing go? Was the built-in 3-point cycle suitable or did you write your own cycle?

DP

[Wheelz]

Originally Posted by christinandavid Yo kendo, how did the arc probing go? Was the built-in 3-point cycle suitable or did you write your own cycle? DP

I gather you're not talking about a Mazatrol MMS unit for 3 pt probe?

[kendo]

heres the thread: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/mazak_...obing_arc.html

I didn't do much more with that arc probing, The owners were asking be about a part we might end up doing, and I was just looking into it.

I have thought about it quite a bit though. I plan on writing a macro that uses the target radius to compute the expected error and compensate, maybe even probe the two outside points using a perpendicular approach vector to get even closer. Also, the tiniest probe stylus I can find will help out too.

I've spent the meantime writing a few simpler macros and learning the tricks to get them to execute correctly when called from within a mazatrol main program. My last macro was for slotting with a trochoidal motion, it works good, but obviously I'm still learning. (or trying)