Is it just me, or is Mastercam Lathe unnecessarily convoluted?

[JParis]

Lathe guys just make round stuff rounder.

They do?

I have lathes that I don't do any turning in, it is 100% milling 

[YoDoug]

They do?

I have lathes that I don't do any turning in, it is 100% milling 

We are starting to move more mill parts to our Multus machines as time goes on. As long as our monthly usage is enough parts to run robot loaded for at least 12 hours unattended and they fit in the machines volume they are a good candidate.

[JParis]

We are starting to move more mill parts to our Multus machines as time goes on. As long as our monthly usage is enough parts to run robot loaded for at least 12 hours unattended and they fit in the machines volume they are a good candidate.

We bar feed them, it will run unattended for long stretches...Mill 95% in the main spindle, grab with workhand, mill off, finish mill last 5%, part drops onto a conveyor and they move out of the machine...rinse and repeat.

[YoDoug]

We bar feed them, it will run unattended for long stretches...Mill 95% in the main spindle, grab with workhand, mill off, finish mill last 5%, part drops onto a conveyor and they move out of the machine...rinse and repeat.

Our parts are generally bigger than barfeed size, and we can't drop them into a part bucket because of scratches/marks so we just robot load/unload everything. We recently outfitted our Multus U3000 with 4 jaw 2+2 compensating chucks from HWR. We have 2 jaw grippers on the robot. We have begun loading from square and rectangle stock now. We have another U3000 delivering in March that will be the same setup. But first we have another LT3000 coming, this one has three turrets.