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I was reading your section on thread milling, and parametric programing and noticed that it said there was a difference. Thank you, Hal...

We are a small machine shop located in Ohio. I had read an article sometime back in your newsletter on this subject but I cannot remember...

Hello Mike. We are trying to call up our programs from a PC-DNC in my office to the control out in the shop. We are using a Fanuc 6M...

We have (4) Mori Seiki SH-630 Horizontal Machining Centers. They have Fanuc-type controls (model MSC-502) on them. The question I have is...

I would like information on creating more than 6 work offsets on the older Seiki (Fanuc compatible) controls. Any ideas how to reuse or...

We are getting a new MAZAK vertical and I am wondering if we should switch from manual G code programming to Mazatrol. Our parts are...

Could you please give me an example of programming a lathe using mean vs. nominal one that would include a couple of different diameters...

I am a CNC operator who recently took a job teaching entry level CNC. Some of the machines here at the training center are pretty old -...

I can perform a square-root operation such as #100=SQRT[9] which of course sets the #100 to 3. However I can't for the life of me figure...

Can you explain the use of G61 for machining centers and turning centers? Thank you, Art. Response: Art, For Fanuc and Fanuc-compatible...

Can you please explain the differences? Response: These coordinate systems provide three different ways to track the machine's movements....

by Bernadette Henderson of Specialty Machine Products I have been programing for about 2 years, and before that I had been a manual...

by Steve Wood, Laconia, N.H. I recently encountered your web site and have been reading the material therein. Eventually I encountered...

CNC Programmers have the tendency to ignore the effects of rapid motions on cycle time because of the very fast rate of motion. While...

Most companies work exclusively in one mode or the other. If the bulk of their prints are dimensioned in inch (as with most companies in...

This rather advanced technique assumes your control has parametric programming (example shown in custom macro B). If you have this...

Tapping tends to be the most error prone and frustrating operation a machining center performs. Depending upon the tap style, the...

by Mitchell Callan of Fuller precision Inc. I have written a macro that machines a taper thread with a single point thread milling...

by Bruce Litton Here is a letter engraving program that will engrave the letters A-Z (any size) for any Fanuc or Fanuc compatible control...

Though I don't want to over-simplify this sophisticated type of equipment, there are only two types of five axis machining applications...