August 29, 2013, 8:24 pm by Eldar Gerfanov (Admin)
Hello gentleman,
This has been a great run. Many of suggested features were implemented. All of the reported bugs fixed and still there is so much to do left.
Out "get it for free" program however has ended.
Here is a list of people who qualified for a free license.
Name
Bug Reports
Accepted Suggestions
Points
bevinp
1
1
2
spooq
1
1
jason.t
1
1
2
Kennis
2
2
rlockwood
2
2
Bruce
1
1
RotoRob
1
1
alloutmx
2
2
Scott_M
2
2
cschaffter
1
1
Blue_Chips
4(too many to count)
2
6
rem300wm
1
1
mike
2
2
rloncohen
1
1
xthump
1
1
ChristopherSims
1
1
Users who earned at least 2 points got qualified!
Pleaase send me email at cnc@zero-divide.net with your:
Name Last Name email address Computer ID key
Those are users who gave suggestions on support forums.
If you wrote me emails, please get in touch with me anyway. Most of my email contacts who was involved into beta-testing have already gotten their keys.
Qualified users who suggested by email are:
Stan stanmc@****.net
David C. Allen
If you feel left out please get in touch with me. i could have forgotten somebody.
Note: Certain HSMAdvisor Licenses Include FSWizard PRO For Android for Free!! Check out our HSMAdvisor Web Storefor Details
Absolutely the best handheld CNC machinist's speed and feed calculator around. Calculate cutting conditions simply by choosing your work and tool material. No need to know any numbers. FSWizard will automatically use recommended cutting speed and chipload.
* Made by a machinist for machinists *
Improve productivity and optimize cutter life.
* Milling, Drilling, Tapping and Turning * Suggests optimum cutting depth and balances cutting parameters. * Supports Chip thinning and HSM machining. * Required Power estimation, Recommended Depth/Width of Cut for extra-long cutters. * Built in tap drill calculator to calculate not only cutting speed and feed , but also drill dia in accordance with desired thread engagement. * Drill and Tap charts for both imperial and metric systems. * Oblique Triangle Calculator * Fillet Calculator will find tangent points to a circle and two lines * Machinists Bolt Hole Circle and Line Calculators
It just does it all.
*Milling Tools: Solid EndMill, Indexed End Mill and FaceMill, Solid and Indexable drills *Drilling Tools: Jobber Drill, Hi-Performance Parabolic Drill, Spade Drill, Reamer *Turning Tools: Profiling and Grooving
Please try the Free FSWizard Lite first to confirm your device capability. Also huge thanks to those who go through the trouble and leave a review. Good reviews mean more sales and more incentive for me to further improve on this app.
FSWizard Lite and FSWizard PRO are iPhone/Android machinist calculators that do not require internet connection. PRO version has all the latest material lists and speed and feed technology.
Lite version has all the same features, but it only has tool steel, mild steel and aluminum in its material list. It still has all the tool types and tool materials found in online and standalone versions Both Lite and Pro versions have unlocked tapping data.
Lite versions have limited geometry calculators.
This app is intended not to replace but to complement my much more powerful standalone Windows application called HSMAdvisor.
On September the 1st HSMAdvisor will turn one year old.
At that point 75$ for life deal will stop being offered.
Prices will go up. New payment plans will be introduced.
Considered packages are:
Current Release Single Seat License (1 key): xxx$
Current Release Five Seat license (5 keys): xxx$ (30% savings)
Current Release Company-Wide License (Unlimited seats within company premises): xxx$
Program Upgrades (Upgrading from version 1.xx to version 2.0):
Single Seat License Upgrade: xx$
Five Seat license Upgrade: xxx$
Company-Wide License Upgrade: xxx$
I am not exactly set on pricing right now, so i can not say just how much things will cost. I can only promise that pricing will continue being more than reasonable and very competitive.
Until September i will release several updates, but I will no longer offer trial extensions after September the 1st.
Announced changes will only affect commercial HSMAdvisor.
Free Online FSWizard will remain free for everyone.
A HSMadvisor user Peter Neil used it to calculate cutting conditions for cutting a block of pre-hardened stainless steel. His machine was Tormach.
Here is an exact copy-paste from that forum post: _____________________________________________________________________________________
Did a test cut on the Tormach today using feeds & speeds from the latest version of the excellent HSM advisor. To make it interesting, I did the cut using some 1.2085 pre-hard Stainless Steel as I have plenty of stock of it and have a job in mind for this, and wanted to see how it cut on the Tormach. The material is like a stainless P20, at 16% Chrome/1% Nickel & 0.5% Sulphur (which makes it slightly free-er machining) and is hardened to around 33-35 Rockwell C, so I used the HSM advisor guidelines for machining P20 rather than Stainless. Cutter was a 10mm 4-flute Carbide TiAlN coated EM.
So...... ticking the HSM/Chip thinning option I got a speed of 5120 and feed of 2214mm/minute( 87 IPM). I used a DOC of 10mm and WOC of 0.5mm/0.020" - and turned off the flood cooling to machine it completely dry. The finish pass on the 1st level was 15mm DOC and 0.5mm WOC and slightly lower speeds/feeds.
Loaded up a 40mm x 63mm block , pressed the start button, and it went from this....
This HSMAdvisor v0.200 release is a major step forward.
Aside from major rewrites that i did to improve stability of the code there are also new features that will improve user experience and move us one step ahead towards making it the best tool for machinists.
New Features
Circular Interpolation feedrate compensation Now you can get compensated feedrates for milling inside and outside round features.
HSM and Chip Thinning are now two separate check boxes. Chip thinning allows to compensate for thinning chip thickness at low radial and axial engagements. HSM allows to increase cutting speed when chip thinning occurs.
Manufacturer's Speed and Chipload input For when you need to enter manufacturer recommended S&F values.
.NET 2.0 Framework Starting from this release i have downgraded required framework version from 4.0 to 2.0 This will allow us to target wider audience as it immediately drops requirements for Windows computers.
UNEF and UNS threads New thread sizes were added into the Threading section.
Drill Chart was expanded to drills up to 1.5" in diameter
Bugs Fixed
All the existing bugs were tackled when code re-write happened. I took a long time testing and fixing all of the problem and suspect areas, so at this poing it should be bug-free.
April 14, 2013, 10:34 pm by Eldar Gerfanov (Admin)
HSMAdvisor v0.1 is now available.
(newest version is 0.101)
A decision has been made that updates containing new features will increment by 0.1 each time
Bug fix updates and improvement updates will increment by 0.01
This should be a hint that first fully commercial release is in sight. (you still have another 6 months or so of free updates).
There is only one major feature
Machinery with gear boxes is now supported- users can enter a list of RPM machine can have set and FSWizard will force all calculations to stick to those pre-defined numbers. There is a sample machine called "Manual Lathe" that demonstrates this feature. You can use "Import" function in Machine Definitions dialog to load that machine and see how it works
Several bugs have been fixed
Manually entered RPM for lathe tools have been fixed
Minimum RPM entered in Machine Definitions dialog now actually forces FSWizard to not go below that value and generate a warning.
How Sticky RPM works:
Create new machine in Machine Definitions by clicking Add button and giving it a name you would recoginze.
Fill up all of the input boxes including Min and Max RPM, Horse Power and Torque.
Enter list of RPM values your machine supports into the Power Curve table. (Note RPM values HAVE to be in incremental order)
Against each RPM row enter the max Horesepower your machine has (because its a gear-box, machine HP value is constant at any spindle speed) Tip: if Max torque was unknown, now you can enter the highest value you see in Torque row.
Check Calculations Stick to pre-defined RPM only check box (Yes i know the picture shows that box unchecked, but you have to CHECK it)
Check Use Horse Power Curve Compensation check box
Thats it!
Now FSWizard will force calculated RPM to match the closest RPM value from the table.
This release is a major step forward. We are starting to wander away from just Speeds and Feeds calculator part of the project.
Version 0.022 was a little buggy.
All reported and known bugs have been fixed.
New update version is 0.023
New features:
Threads page: You can now get thread cutting and tapping data for most popular threads in north America (UNC/UNF/ISO). The list of supported threads and features will grow according to necessity and user feedback.
Machine Profiles now have 2 new buttons: Clone and Import. Clone button simply copies selected machine definition with a different name. Import button is needed to be able to update/add machine definitions from default machine list. As users modify and customize their Machine List, thay are now able to add machine definitions hassle-free from default_machines.xml file that is supplied with every update.
Bugs Fixed:
Sticky Ball nose check box
Max HP improperly rounded
Additions:
Thanks to Greg Jackson andMatt Doeppers from Tormach i was able to create Horse Power/RPM curves for Tormach PCNC770 and PCNC1100 models (if you install over previous version, you can use import function to add those machines to the list)
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