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3D Prining is about to to take over traditional machining the same way CNC Machining took over manual machining.
Eventually 3D printing will replace casting too.
Since 3D Printing does not require complicated setup and programming, this in turn will lead to massive loss of machining-related jobs.
Read more to see if this is true!
It is a cool new technology that allows otherwise online applications to run completely offline.
From now on FSWizard will be able to cache all of its files on your mobile or PC device.
Also a reminder: you can "Install" FSWizard right from your browser by going to menu and hitting "Add to Home Screen"
Then FSWizard will be able to run in full-screen mode.
Depending on your usage, Chrome may actually prompt you to do that automatically.
Cheers!
We have many helpful articles over at HSMAdvisor Help portal. But beacuse of that very reason not many website visitors actually read any of them.
It is a pitty that most advanced users will never actually visit the help section, because they already know how to operate HSMAdvisor.
And this particular one, I believe, is too useful (I just updated it to include more info) for my customers and other machinists to keep it burried in some help section that few ever read.
Every time we add a tenth to HSMAdvisor version number our users know we are up to something completely new and exciting!
Please welcome HSMAdvisor 1.5
I know this feature might not be as interesting to our English-speaking users, but I believe it is a major milestone in maturity of any application.
I have been semi-secretly working on this feature for the past year or so.
If you do not find your native language in the list, do not get upset!
You can easily create your own translation.The proper process for translating HSMAdvior to other languages is described here: http://hsmadvisor.com/?page=help&shell_id=241&article_id=4883_international-language-support
By the way here are other changes that were introduced in this update:
Best Regards
As unhappy I am to learn that something may be wrong with the software I develop and love, negative feedback is essential in learning whether i am doing everything right.
So a couple of days ago I received an email from a somewhat disappointed user.
He (lets call him Peter) was complaining that HSMAdvisor calculator gave him "excessively high" speeds and feeds for his 3/4" 4 flute 3.0 LOC end mill in aluminum.
With the data Peter entered he was getting around 10000 RPM(SFPM 2117) and the feed of 270 inches per minute while usual practice in the shop was side-milling aluminum at that (2.8" axial) depth at only 325 SFM
After double-checking the numbers I replied that in fact his numbers seemed very slow and if for some reason he HAD to run that slow (heck, i machine most steels faster than 325 SFM) due to some conditions, perhaps, he was ought to change the conditions themselves.
This is what I am getting for Peter's end mill setup:
Before we run any G-Code program, we need to tell the machine where our part zero is.
A Part Zero is simply a bunch of numbers that offset the axis to give the machine a new coordinate point to work from.
Work Offsets is one of the most basic pieces of knowledge any machinist must-have.
Let us account for all the basic coordinate systems and definitions, available in a generic CNC machine
Machine Coordinates (or Absolute Coordinates) is the absolute and constant representation of the machine axis position.
These coordinates never change between Machine Restarts and must remain such. In fact, there is often no way for an operator to adjust the Absolute Machine Axis Home position.
Machine Home is simply that magical place where all Machine Coordinates should become Zero.
To Home the Machine is to start a machine operation, that will move all Axis to their soft limit position where X, Y, and Z-axis reading will be set to zero.
Homing must be done every time you restart your machine. Without it machine does not know where is the position of its table or spindle.
When homed your machine coordinates will read X=0 Y=0 and Z=0 and it is going to look like this:
The point where Machine X and Y intersect is called Table Home Position and the one where the Machine Z-axis starts from is called Spindle Home.
Now, there is no agreement between machine tool manufacturers on where the machine home should be.
Canned cycles are used every time we need to drill, ream or tap holes on our CNC machine
Standard Fanuc G-Code language supports more than a dozen canned cycles.
| G-Code | Name | Motion Style |
| G81 | Standard Drilling | Feed-In, Rapid-Out |
| G83 | Deep Hole Peck Drilling | Incremental Feed-In by Peck Distance, Rapid Out, Repeat |
| G84 | Right Hand Tapping | Feed-In,Reverse Spindle, Feed-Out |
| G85 | Reaming/Boring | Feed-In, Feed Out |
You can drill additional holes After your canned cycle has been initiated.
Any line with X Y position will be treated as another hole position.
Each position can have its own Retract value, feed rate and retract height modifier.
After all the holes of the canned cycle have been drilled, it is required to call G80 code in order to cancel the current cycle.
As usual check our downloads page to get the update.
Now i know you are wondering when i will release updates to the mobile versions as well.
That should (hopefully) be done by this Monday.
Cheers!
I would like to thank everyone who has helped with the development of our software by investing your time and money, making suggestions, reporting bugs, recommending our software on various professional online message boards and to your colleagues.
Every bit of money I charge for our software goes back to development.
Unlike most other software developers, who often hold back on features to not allow their products to compete with each-other, every useful feature available on mobile FSWizard goes to the desktop-based HSMAdvisor and vise-versa. Even if it ends up hurting overall sales.
I was the first developer who was able to bring a speed and feed calculator as complex as FSWizard to the mobile platform and I have just uploaded another update to FSWizard Mobile app, that makes it even more powerful. Almost as powerful in fact as HSMAdvisor.
Why bother? Why create a competing product that does almost as much, but costs almost 3 times cheaper?
Because I know that most of our mobile users are not only unable to buy a more expensive desktop product, but they are also often younger, less experienced and hold machinist positions without access to desktop computers.
These users deserve every help they need to grow skills and their careers.
And when they grow to be CNC Programmers and get to sit in the office, they would need something more convenient and more powerful.
I hope they then remember that the same guy who develops FSWizard:Mobile also develops an even cooler desktop application called HSMAdvisor, that will certainly help keep their bosses even happier than before!
Once again, thank you, guys. Please have a Safe and Prosperous New Year.
Here is the list of recent changes to FWizard:Mobile v1.38
A latest update to HSMAdvisor is available right now in the downloads section!
The main new thing is ability to assign custom or Tool Manufacturer-recommended Speeds and Feeds to tools saved in the database.
Please refer to this tutorial for a detailed walk-through on how this can be accomplished.
Why have manufacturer-recommended speeds and feeds when my calculator already does pretty much the same thing?
Simply because cutter geometry and composition varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. And tools made by different companies often vary in quality and performance.
Even things like cutter material and coatings vary in hardness and toughness.
Aside from this major update, little bugs were fixed.
New "Speed and feed source" indicator disappearing problem solved.
Fixed limits for drilling, taping and turning.
Edit: I just uploaded a video showing how to add custom Speeds and Feeds to youtube.
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