Mike Lynch2 minAssigning sensible responsibilities to CNC people Many shops assign one person to be totally responsible for the CNC machine/s they run. With the possible exception of creating programs –...
Mike Lynch2 minEliminate horse-play and practical jokes Given the list of ten commandments presented earlier in this issue of The Optional Stop, this commandment should rank near the top: “Thou...
Mike Lynch2 minCreating modal user defined G codes With Fanuc controls, a special series of parameters is used to create user defined G codes. As with all parameters, specific parameter...
Mike Lynch4 minCreating a hole-machining canned cycle Every so often I get a question related to how standard canned cycles work – or rather – how they don’t work in a manner desired by the...