Mr. Machinist (TM) ================== Copyright (C) 1993 by Allan J. Bremer Beta Version ============ MRM05B16 08/02/93 Changes since last beta, 07-10-93 (MRM05B15) ============================================ New Drill speed and feed function. Get all details of speeds and feeds for HSS drills in any type of material! Details show Brinnel and Rockwell comparisons, inches per minute, feet per minute, chip load, and all max. and min. figures. There is also Tap speeds and feeds for ridgid tapping on a CNC machine. Most shops use to slow of speeds and feeds for mills and drills. Use Mr. Machinist and get up to speed! High speeds and feeds seem un-natural to the average machinist but not to the tool! There has been additions to the help file and dialog boxes are being fine tuned to get 'out of the way' of menus. There is still some fine tuning to do and the manual has to be completed. I have tried to make the help file explain the use of the program! Some answer dialog boxes are large and will soon be made smaller but not sick looking. Not all answers to all functions go to the answer file yet, this will be fixed very shortly. Remember, this is a Beta version and not a final release. This program is unlike any other. A $10,000 CAM program can't do many things that Mr. Machinist can do. This is no where near a CAM program but for the price...well, see for yourself! =============================================================== Bug reports =========== There has only been one bug report so far and that is that the trig. menu choice locked up a 66 hertz Gateway 2000 computer. I could not simulate it on any other system and I have not heard from the company again. If you do have a bug report please take note of every event that caused it and any run time error numbers and messages and report them to the BBS or to me by mail. ================================================================== Left to do ========== Finish manual, fine tune menus, cause the answer dialogs to be placed at random on the screen so boxes don't cover up other boxes, etc. Please be patient for version one! I am trying my best to put a lot of time into MRM lately and hopefully soon version one will be out. ===================================================================== Mr. Machinist is a math program for CNC programmers, engineers, and machinist. It can calculate the chord of a circle, do trig. conversions to/from English and metric, edit machine files, get three points on a circle, middle of two points, calculate the proper speed and feed for mills, drills, taps, etc., etc. A users manual has not been completed for Mr. Machinist yet but is in the process. The help file is context sensative so help is always at your finger tips. Some users have not seen this type of interface and have trouble inputing data. Use the 'Tab' key to enter in to the input lines for data input. In some cases the 'Enter' key will cycle you through the dialog box. After all data is input you can keep striking the 'Enter' key until your in the 'OK' box and then the 'Enter' key will execute the function. The 'Tab' key will also cycle you through the dialog box and if you hold down 'Shift' while you strike 'Tab' you will cycle through the dialog box in the other direction. The 'Enter' key or the 'arrow' keys will also help you through certain dialog boxes. The Tab key is probably the most important key in Mr. Machinist so keep that in mind! When ever your troubled about a mathematical term or questioning data entry, just strike F1 and there's your answer. Every thing is in plain laymans terms! When you receive an error message you don't see something like, "BIOS RAM ROM Overflow at HEX F84", all math function error messages tell you the problem in plain English! The help file is ever growing and the editor is a universal one. If you have trouble with the editor or are just finding it hard to get around, getting familiar with DOS version 5+ editor or the DOS shell will help to become familiar with Mr. Machinist. One important aspect of Mr. Machinist is its ability to save all answers during the current session to a file on the drive. You may print the file at any time by striking 'Ctrl-P' and you can view the answer file by striking 'Ctrl-A'. As every new session starts, the MRMSOLVE.TXT file, which is the answer file, is created and it's deleted when you finish the program. There are two other files that are created as soon as you choose there related functions. Drill speeds and feeds and bolt circle calculations. These two files are MRMDRILL.TXT and MRMBOLT.TXT. You can view and print these at any time: 'Ctrl-D' = View the drill file if it exists. 'Ctrl-T' = Print the drill file if it exists. 'Ctrl-B' = View the bolt circle file if it exists. 'Ctrl-O' = Print the bolt circle file if it exists. One example of the use of the answer file is in the conversion of a metric print. Usually you sit down with a metric print and convert it to inches sometimes writing all over the print and constantly must input 25.4 or .03937 into your little calculator. Mr. Machinist is the fastest gun in the west at this stuff, check this out: Go into the math menu by holding down the 'Alt' key and then striking 'M'. Now go down to conversions and strike 'Enter'. The conversion dialog box comes up with a 'radio button' on mm to inches ready to go! Let's input a few make believe numbers... 3.2, .034, 1.2 or what ever. Just go nuts and input about 10 or 15 metric numbers. Keep in mind that you must strike 'Enter' TWICE after each input. You will see the answers under the input line for each input but when the next input gets entered you don't see the last one. When your done hit the 'Esc' key and then hold down the 'Ctrl' key and strike 'A'. There ya go. You are viewing the answer file. Now strike 'Ctrl-P' and you will print what you did. Attach this to your print and things may be much more legible. ============================================================= To install the program: ======================= Copy MRM.EXE and MRMHELP.HLP to a directory on your hard drive. You may create a new directory or copy these two files to an existing directory. If you prefer to run Mr. Machinist from the disk then you can type MRM to activate the program from the disk but it is highly recommended to run it from the hard drive. Make sure that both of these files are in the same directory. If these files are not in the same directory, MRM.EXE will look for MRMHELP.HLP and when it does not find it in the same directory it will display an error saying that it can not find the help file. The program will still run but will not have a help file. To execute the program, type MRM. Here is an example of the DOS commands used to install Mr. Machinist. This example assumes you have the program disk in your A drive! Command Results ======= ======= C: Puts you on the C drive. (Hard drive) CD\ Change directory to your root directory. MD MRM Makes a directory called MRM. CD MRM Change directory to MRM. COPY A:*.* Copies all files from disk in A drive to C. MRM Starts the Mr. Machinist program!!! You will have to get into the MRM directory every time you want to run Mr. Machinist unless you put the MRM directory in your path statement. Look up the PATH statement in your DOS manual for more information. ================================================================ REGISTRATION ============ The following information describes the Mr. Machinist registration fee on ONE computer only: Send $50.00 as a registration fee for the Beta version and you will be considered a registered user of version one when it is released. Version one will be sent to you upon completion. You will also be sent the latest beta versions until the completion of version one. A users manual with tutorials will accompany version 1.0 ======================================================== SITE LICENSE ============ The following information describes the Mr. Machinist registration fees for use on more than one computer: Site licenses are available for Mr. Machinist. A site license is needed if Mr. Machinist will be used on more than one computer. The rates of these licenses are as follows: Registration $ No. Computers ============== ============= $150.00 5 300.00 10 (Call) 11+ (Call for further site license information) =========================================== This file is void as soon as Version One is released. Future enhancements =================== Job log database Points/Tangent math Larger Edit Buffer Windows version in C++ News letters (Registered users) Printed Manual Multiple conversion input CNC Link communications Make registration checks payable to F1. (Allan Bremer) 125 Elmwood Ave. #1 Lockport, NY 14094 (716) 434-7823 --> Voice ( Please, Not after 10:00pm ) (716) 434-1448 --> Mr. Machinist BBS (14400) (24 hours) Call the BBS to download the latest unregistered version. Sometimes it's hard for me to get the time I need to send out information, disks, etc., to registered users in a hurry but be assured that if you have a modem and can call MRM BBS then you have found the best way to get the latest version because I take care of the BBS first! New functions are being entered in the program just about every day...until version one! Registered users may download the registered version using there password after version one is released. Feel free to call the BBS and leave hints, comments, FORMULAS for future releases, etc. Also, keep an eye on the Mr. Machinist BBS for a file called MRMTUT.TXT. This will be a tutorial that will take a user through most of the functions of MRM. =============================================================== I must conclude this buy giving Thanks to: 1) God - I thank Him for His Son Jesus Christ and for His Word. The Machinery's Handbook is the 2nd best book in the world to me...the Bible is the first! God is the best machinist in the universe...He knows how many hairs are on your head right now! 2) Wife - I thank my wife for sticking up for the Mr. Machinist program and telling me to get to work when I thought she would give me a hard time for working so much. 3) Kids - I thank my 5 year old twins for putting up with me sitting in the closet for hours at a time, it's not over yet! ( Hint - Program when their sleeping! ) 4) Job - I also thank the management at my place of employment for putting up with the weird hours I've been keeping. They also beta test the program and I have received much help from my foreman and fellow workers. 5) Church- I thank the people who have prayed for me. Thankyou and God bless... + +AL+