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camInstructor Mike

camInstructor Mike is Mike Wearne, an avid machinist, cnc programmer and overall connoisseur of all things machining. Mike is one of camInstructor's resident cad/cam/cnc experts and works part time at his local college teaching aspiring machinists how to program CNC Machines of all types.

Recent Posts

Virtual Haas in Mastercam - Part 2

8/10/20 6:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, machine simulation

Part 2 of building a virtual Haas VF-3 with an HRT-210 for Machine Simulation in Mastercam.

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Virtual Haas in Mastercam - Part 1

8/4/20 3:31 PM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, HLE, minimum requirements

Let's look at building a virtual Haas VF-3 with an HRT-210 for Machine Simulation.

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Mastercam Minimum Requirements

7/25/20 7:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, HLE, minimum requirements

New to Mastercam and looking to buy a computer? All your questions answered here.

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Rocket CyberTruck, 5 Axis Crew Dragon, PocketNC - camInstructor Update

7/16/20 6:14 PM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, 5 Axis, tesla, 3D Printing, HLE, pocketNC

Here's what we've been working on this year from Rocket Powered Tesla CyberTrucks to updated Mastercam 2021 content to experimenting with the PocketNC!

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Mastercam HLE for 3D Printing?

7/3/20 7:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, 3D Printing, HLE

3D Printing fans are looking everywhere for cheap CAD software to model their prints, is Mastercam HLE an option?

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Module Works Help in Mastercam

6/26/20 9:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam, ModuleWorks, Help

The Module Works End User Help file is your best friend when doing Multi Axis work in Mastercam, do you have it yet? Links to download in the post!

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Mastercam 2021 is a Drag!

6/19/20 8:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam Linking Parameters

Continuing our look at some of the new features in Mastercam 2021, some are a real drag!

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Mastercam Linking Parameters - Output Feed Move

6/12/20 6:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in Mastercam Linking Parameters

New for Mastercam 2021, Output Feed Move and Arc Fit found on the Linking Parameters page.

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Your Feedrate is Wrong - Fixing it with Mastercam

6/6/20 2:01 PM / by camInstructor Mike posted in CNC, Mill, feedrate

Inspired by a recent Haas Tip of the Day, here I look at how to fix your 'incorrect feedrates' in Mastercam.

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Using WHILE and IF in Macro B

6/1/20 8:00 AM / by camInstructor Mike posted in CNC, Macro, Mill, gcode, live stream

Making a program that will face ANY size block using Macro B. This was taken from one of our YouTube Live Streams.

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