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8/1/2013 7:03:49 PM EDT
i have the file for the ar in my cad/cam but lazy to program it anyone have the code in G-code  this would be for machining from a solid block of material
8/1/2013 7:21:05 PM EDT
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If you have nothing to contribute, or don't want to contribute, don't post - Eric802
8/1/2013 8:43:21 PM EDT
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what did u use to make the file. most cad cam programs will generate the G-code for you as long as it is set up with all your specs.
8/2/2013 9:01:11 AM EDT
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It doesn't work that way....

You need specific G-code for both your fixturing, and machine you are running it on, as well as the offsets..... And don't forget tooling, G-code from a Makino Horizontal with 240 tool pots, will not work so well on your Haas VF2 with 24 pots. Simpy running someones G-code in an unknown machine, with unknown fixture will result in a "Cycle Smash."
8/2/2013 9:27:23 AM EDT
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It doesn't work that way....

You need specific G-code for both your fixturing, and machine you are running it on, as well as the offsets..... And don't forget tooling, G-code from a Makino Horizontal with 240 tool pots, will not work so well on your Haas VF2 with 24 pots. Simpy running someones G-code in an unknown machine, with unknown fixture will result in a "Cycle Smash."
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+1...if you think you can take someone else's program and just slap it into another machine and have everything go to plan you're mistaken. Also, you most likely don't have the necessary skills to program it yourself as you claim.
8/2/2013 9:36:28 AM EDT
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Why would anyone want to give up intellectual property for free? A person could have spent many hours laying tool path in a CAM program and then just feels the need to give it away? Like everyone has said so far not all G and M code is the same from machine to machine. Whats your machine? FADAL, MORI, HAAS, MAZAK, OKUMA, SUPERMAX, HITACHI, YANG, and your operating system?

Everyone loves too lazy.
8/2/2013 10:37:19 AM EDT
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Why would anyone want to give up intellectual property for free? A person could have spent many hours laying tool path in a CAM program and then just feels the need to give it away? Like everyone has said so far not all G and M code is the same from machine to machine. Whats your machine? FADAL, MORI, HAAS, MAZAK, OKUMA, SUPERMAX, HITACHI, YANG, and your operating system?

Everyone loves too lazy.
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Excellent point, while I'm not expert in CNC programming, I do know when I'm working on a print (I still do it in the classic tradition by hand on a drafting table) but alas I am getting my
certification In CAD, It takes several long hours to develop/complete a print and the same goes to transfer it Into digital formats like SolidWorks, IGES, CAD Including G and M codes for
a specific CNC program.

So why would anyone give that away for free and It would have to be designed for a particular CNC program the CNC mill will understand and is set-up for like the previous poster
Indicated.

So you need full commercial spec. prints for a AR-308 lower ? Sure I have them, but they are not free.
8/2/2013 12:20:12 PM EDT
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okuma hurco and yes i program i can edit im currently a programmer hurco has winmax okuma has there own software and and fanuc is what i know its not like this is a top secret part.....http://www.cncguns.com/downloads.html and yes TZLVredmist machines all have different POSTS
8/2/2013 1:13:25 PM EDT
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I'm slowly learning how to do mill programming (I've been doing lathes almost entirely through my career,  so I've only advanced to live tooling),  but I can see more than a few variables that you are leaving out.

I don't know what tools you are using.  If your tooling doesn't match what anybody else is using (ie;  I use a .375" end mill in tool location 4,  and you have a .062" in that location,  or I have diameters that you don't have),  it won't work.

We can barely copy/paste jobs from one machine to another at the shop I work for,  because some machines just work differently,  even from the same manufacturer.  

Take the CAD file,  build your tooling in SolidWorks,  and try it yourself.  I don't mean to sound condescending,  but the way you want it done really isn't viable.
8/2/2013 2:59:43 PM EDT
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I used mastercam for mine.  the post will run on most machines . coolant and some other functions would have to be changed. you need to know the parameters of the machine
8/3/2013 8:44:31 AM EDT
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i have mastercam and gibbs
8/3/2013 9:19:06 AM EDT
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EdgeCam 2012, and Gibbs 2007.
8/3/2013 12:43:09 PM EDT
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We use a few seats of Gibbs for our Horizontal and other Mill work, but use Esprit for our 8-axis turn mill work.
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