Continuing our beginner's overview of the Haas; I run through conversational probing cycles and G-Code programming. The more effort you put into G-code, the better you'll be at (wait for it), G-code! It's a good tool to have; but with the power of CAD/CAM, it's not what I'll be focused on learning.
this crap is worse than assembly code.
You are programming a computer where if you have a bug, a piece of metal flies away and kills you
Is it worth it? Yes, if you want to master the craft. If all you want is to be able to do the job, you can certainly get by with CAD/CAM or conversational programming. At least thats true on more modern machines.
If your rig is elderly, there's really no way around learning G/M code.
I love that. When anyone tells you you can’t do something, they almost always mean they can’t. Always learn from the mistakes of others, never assume their limitations are your own.
Now in my experience the best way to learn something is to fuck it up. This is why the have surgeons practice on the dead. The best way to deepen and cement that learning is to teach someone else.
You can press F4 to switch between tool and work offsets faster 🙂
Not really… just know your Machine and the tool you interested. Give me 2 months with a setup tech and I’ll make that machine sing like a choir!
I am glad I build transmissions and engines. I’ll have to get my self familiar with machining.
"If there's something that's unreliable then you can't fucking trust it" the wisest yet simultaneously most obvious set of words I can imagine
The best way (in my flunkie opinion)to do G and M coding is to use a skeleton program that has all the usual commands but no feed speed and x y position numbers. Making a copy and filling in numbers is much faster than starting a new program from scratch
Memory,… that’s why you start making your program less sensible over time… then I come along and say “why’s your program weird?!”
I just started an internship and youve cleared my thoughts. It makes no sense for me to continue to memorize all codes and learn to code on the spot if we got dedicated computers for that. Good god uncle bumblefuck youre as sexy as you are wise
What kind of animals uses 1 slash for commenting out one line of code. SMH
the only time I ever touch my code myself is when I forgot to change my Work offset or tool number or something simple like that, rest of the time I just go back to CAM and repost. Im a tool and die maker so usually only making ones and twos of things so making the part right the first time even if its slow is preferred. pushing for those seconds per cycle isn't worth it for us. my programs are rarely rerun and if they are it can be years in between so most of the time we just write a new one.