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#91

Industrial / Re: Mastercam Partners with DM...

Last post by Newbeeee™ - January 13, 2026, 06:49 AM

The biggest difference was that the SuperMax used metric fasteners.

FTW

They quickly came-along in leaps and bounds.
Feeler made their equivalent of the Hardinge HCT and it was REALLY sweet.
@Here's Johnny! has another Taiwan copy of the Hardinge (Alex?) that he swears by.

#92

Industrial / Re: Mastercam Partners with DM...

Last post by gcode - January 13, 2026, 05:25 AM

Back in the early 80's when I was self employed and looking for a knee mill
,a Bridgeport was $7K and a 6 month wait.

A Taiwanese SuperMax was $1500 available the next day.
Of course the Bridgeport was a better machine, but not 4 times better.
Dimensionally, they were identical. The biggest difference was that the SuperMax used metric fasteners.
 

#93

Industrial / Re: Mastercam Partners with DM...

Last post by CNCAppsJames - January 12, 2026, 06:19 AM

BITD... several Korean and Taiwanese builders used Mori Seiki SL casting designs. My hunch is they bought new or used tore them apart and reverse engineered them. I was at a show and they had a few exposed machines. 

#94

Industrial / Re: Mastercam Partners with DM...

Last post by Newbeeee™ - January 12, 2026, 06:00 AM

I would bet that a lot of the Korean machines are manufactured in the same plant or they use parts from the same suppliers. DN and Hyundai 3 axis machines look very similar.

Prolly same as Taiwan.... where they have a "central design centre" and then the commodity manufacturers build from the centre's prints. Or the centre, will design for them.

Obviously.... the big boys have their own design department....

#95

Industrial / Re: Mastercam Partners with DM...

Last post by Here's Johnny! - January 12, 2026, 05:00 AM

Korea makes really good machines.

I would bet that a lot of the Korean machines are manufactured in the same plant or they use parts from the same suppliers. DN and Hyundai 3 axis machines look very similar.

#96

Industrial / Re: For those who have tested ...

Last post by beej - January 09, 2026, 07:25 AM

It's one of the things that can trip the flag that says, "Hey something happened to this solid, you need to re-examine it and ensure that nothing you cared about for your toolpath calculation changed."

your posts here are helpful. thank you.

#97

Industrial / Re: For those who have tested ...

Last post by Dylan Gondyke - January 09, 2026, 05:56 AM

Is the Solid History really used in the toolpath?
That would surprise me, because the toolpaths usually work even if u remove the history from the Solid.

It's one of the things that can trip the flag that says, "Hey something happened to this solid, you need to re-examine it and ensure that nothing you cared about for your toolpath calculation changed."

#98

Industrial / Re: For those who have tested ...

Last post by Jeff - January 09, 2026, 03:28 AM

I have a solution, just change how Mastercam looks at solids.

I should be a software programmer, this stuff is easy!
 

#99

Industrial / Re: For those who have tested ...

Last post by megatronprime - January 08, 2026, 07:56 AM

When referencing a solid, you have all of the benefits of a solid (History, or perhaps direct edits/push pull/etc, but you have to reasonably programmatically check against everything that might be going on with that solid if you are regenerating a path.

Is the Solid History really used in the toolpath?
That would surprise me, because the toolpaths usually work even if u remove the history from the Solid.

#100

Industrial / Re: For those who have tested ...

Last post by CADCAM396 - January 07, 2026, 02:11 PM

but but
this 6 (ty) year old just wants to push a button and it works.

LOL
thanks for hangin with us Dylan