Ever since we stopped offering free educational licenses, there has been steady demand for either free or discounted license options for colleges and schools.
We could not give out free licenses any longer because they still cost money in hosting and support.
So today after a lot of consideration we decided to start offering special Educational HSMAdvisor License Package
I have done quite some work on HSMAdvisor in the last couple of weeks.
Let's just cover real quick the new things in this update.
As you might have noticed, our FSWizard.com Online Speed and Feed Calculator has a limit of just 3 workpiece materials.
But if you are our customer you can get access to all the latest materials using your FSWizard login details.
Just go to Menu->Settings->Customer Login and enter your First name, Last name and email.
Our users have asked for better integration between HSMAdvisor's built-in Materials library and the thing called Cross Reference table and finally here it is!
Now when you click on the "More" button next to the "Material" drop-down list...
... the updated Material Cross Reference dialog appears.
Before we start milling away our stock we first need to get down to the required depth.
This is not a problem with external features when we can plunge outside.
When machining closed pockets, however, we need to find a way to get down to the machining depth first.
As usual there are several ways to get the job done. The plunging methods listed here are not ordered by their preference.
For various machining operations on different materials some may be more preferable than others.
This is one the best ones in my opinion.
Very few machining modes can compete in effectiveness with drilling and this method will get you the best combined tool life on most materials and (in case of many deep pockets) the least machining time, even when tool change time is factored in.
There have been lots of new functionality in the program and i am going to release a video showcasing that soon.
Keep an eye out for it!
Best Regards.
As usual the latest update can be downloaded over here: http://hsmadvisor.com/?page=HSMAdvisor
Check this out, guys.
Been working on this for the past couple of weeks:
New FSWizard Speeds and Feeds Calc will have not only modern improved design. But latest tools and materials.
Special attention is being paid to have it produce EXACTLY the same results as our HSMAdvisor desktop app.
It is not complete yet, but it is almost there - making it catch up to the latest HSMAdvisor code is a big job.
The new calculator will replace our online calculator as well.....
Yes, you heard that right! You will be able to run exactly the same FSWizard Speed and Feed calc on your mobile phone, desktop and even Windows Mobile.
Heck, it will even work on Mac!
Best of all, it will be published as an update to our existing apps, so our existing customers will not have to buy an upgrade, unlike what some other "Machinist Calculator" has done in the past.
I will keep you posted.
Cheers!
Hello everybody!
I have not made many blog posts here lately because i have been working a lot on new features and simply did not have much time for anything.
So I decided i'd make a little report on how we are doing and where the project is.
First things first.
Several people messaged me about intentions to build translations so far.
At this point we have people working on translations for the following languages:
Major visual re-design is under way and we are working on making FSWizard Mobile accessible on more devices in more ways.
It is going to be a fully fledged WEB app, that can be run on any internet-connected device. Even on a desktop.
Integration with HSMAdvisor Machine Profiles and Tool Libraries is also planned.
Perhaps we are going to drop native support for Google Play and iOS stores. I am sick of them charging us 30% for their services.
HSM with MasterCam Dynamic Milling has long been one of my favorite toolpath strategies when machining hardened and tough to machine steels.
The job at hand was to machine out a 5" disk out of pre-hardened 4340 steel. About 43RC hard.
Due to an island in the middle (leaving only 3/4" room for the tool) I could not use a bigger indexed cutter, so i decided to use the adaptive clearing toolpath.
I started out by calculating Speeds and Feeds with HSMAdvisor and come up with the following starting parameters:
Full depth, at 10% engagement.
Which worked just fine. But the tool was not new and I decided to sacrifice it in the name of science and maxed it up to see how long the tool was going to handle it.
So I adjusted the cutting speed to 170% and feed to 150% (which accounts to heavy roughing):
To be honest I was not sure the tool was going to last very long, but it exceeded all my expectations!
It lasted for about 2 hours and completed the whole run of more than 20 pieces.
I even took a video cutting one of the parts:
Note how there are no sparks coming out. This is because the chip is thick enough to not overheat. This works both ways. Chips stay cool and due to their larger mass carry most of the heat away from the cutting edge.
After the end of the run (and it was not new to begin with) the tool looked like it could do as much!
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