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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Shepard on November 09, 2007, 08:26:05 AM

Title: Mach's Keyway Wizard
Post by: Shepard on November 09, 2007, 08:26:05 AM

I'm asking Mach's Keyway Wizard to cut .26 width with a 1/8 endmill but only get  1/8 slot. The gcode shows no change in y.  I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Could you get me back on track? Thank you,  Shepard 

Title: Re: Mach's Keyway Wizard
Post by: vmax549 on November 09, 2007, 09:36:00 AM

Shepard I just ran a simulation and what I saw was that it first cut a center .125 slot down the center, it then did a pocket of the slot width to clean it up and repeated until the depth of cut was reached. Did you actually run the file or just look at the code?

(;-) TP

Title: Re: Mach's Keyway Wizard
Post by: Shepard on November 09, 2007, 10:16:09 AM

I'm an idiot. Thank you. I had not let the file get to the pocket. 

Title: Re: Mach's Keyway Wizard
Post by: hornby chopper on May 30, 2011, 11:56:23 PM

I  cut 2  .250 wide key ways today and  the machine left  a ramp on the opisite side of the ramping of the program but the D.R.O. was going to the right  count every time 

any idea what  is wrong