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Surfcam vs Mastercam for green machinist
one guy uses mastercam, the other guy uses surfcam. I think I’ve made my choice though for mastercam -
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Surfcam vs Mastercam for green machinist
Hey everyone, it seems like the “this vs that” posts aren’t popular here, but it’s a question/advice that I’m looking for so I’m gonna post it regardless. So the asshole in our building is leaving in 2 weeks (hurrah!) and that will leave a spot open for me to enter as a programmer. As far as... -
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Doing work for other shops
Wow. There has been fantastic discussion here about how all of this would work out and what one would have to think about in terms of making it on their own. I do have an idea for a product (precision coffee tamper with some nice looking wood. Find the right hipster coffee shop and you can get...- antoniog
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Doing work for other shops
For clarification, there’s no chance I would be stealing work from the shop I currently work at. Over 90% of their work comes from one company that deals with semiconductors and that would require certifications on my end that I do not have any plans of being able to achieve in the meanwhile. If...- antoniog
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Doing work for other shops
I think it’s fair to do jobs for other people in the meanwhile of developing and making my own product in order to keep the lights on and food on the table. I don’t think it would be a permanent intertwining of course but I’ll need the support I can get for the early phases of making my own products- antoniog
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- Forum: Shop Management and Owner Issues
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Doing work for other shops
Hello, I’m currently working at a shop that I’m starting to feel a little bit stagnant in. My father used to own a machine shop (1 VMC, 3 CNC lathes, Bridgeport and surface grinder) and has since retired. He’s kept his shop somewhat intact since it’s on his property and only goes in there for...- antoniog
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Poor Aluminum quality
Hey all, I know that back in 2015 there was a thread about the same thing here https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/shop-management-and-owner-issues/poor-quality-aluminum-sources-301732/ but I feel like it’s time for a little update, 2022/COVID/supply chain edition. Our shop was waiting on...- antoniog
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Fadal VMC4020 USB punching failure
I've renumbered the program and still no luck. I even copied it and gave it a new program number, and nothing! it seems like something specific in the program that makes it un-punchable to the USB interface. I use subroutines and I end the program with an M2. Other than that, everything else is... -
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Fadal VMC4020 USB punching failure
Hello all, I'm running a Fadal VMC 4020 (format 1) with a Calmotion USB interface installed. I just wrote my first program on my laptop and I was able to transfer it to the machine just fine. I made some edits on the machine (added lines and also modified lines) and now when I try to punch it...