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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: August 28, 2009, 11:15:32 AM »

Dear Art, the great god of turning,

Yes, Yes, Yes, I right clicked the executable and made the change you suggested, and it works to save the .tap on Vista now.  

Thanks!
Barry

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: August 28, 2009, 09:56:08 AM »

Hi,

I am using LazyTurn to generate the roughing profiles for my turning, and LazyCam to generate the finish pass.  LT works fine on XP, but I need to use it on Vista and I have the following problem:

When I try to generate g-code in LT, using a new file name, LT says it can't find the file, and gives me an notepad file, which is empty.  I have LT 1.1.  If i start with a existing .tap file, I get the old file, unchanged. 

I took LT to another Vista machine, same result.  Tried on an XP machine, and everything works fine. 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks, Barry

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Problem generating g-code

« on: August 28, 2009, 09:42:23 AM »

Rich,

I do all that, and LT saves an empty file.  If i start with a existing .tap file, I get the old file, unchanged.  I am using Vista, and think this is the problem.  I took LT to another Vista machine, same result.  Tried on an XP machine, and everything works fine.  I am going to post my details on the LT topic.

With regard to my original post about using LazyCam, using Chip's settings, and NOT using the Turn Dialog, everything works to create a one pass finish profile.  Using XP and LazyTurn, I created the roughing passes successfully.  I am attaching my result, turned in wood as practice.

Thanks Chip and Rich for the help!

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Problem generating g-code

« on: August 25, 2009, 07:55:06 AM »

Rich,

Thanks, but...  When I try to generate g-code in LT, it says it can't find the file, and gives me a blank notepag file, which is empty.  I have been assuming LT won't generate g-code.  I have 3.00.2 of LC, and the latest of LT. 

Thanks, Barry

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Problem generating g-code

« on: August 25, 2009, 07:01:42 AM »

Chip,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  I am almost there, but for two problems with your instructions:
Drag the bulls eye back.  I don't have a bulls eye after I optimize.  Does Reset Origin do the same thing?  I have setup tolerances per your info.
I can setup the tool and send to all layers, but I don't see it in the tool list to select when I click the Select Roughing tool, or Select Finishing tool.

I guess a new question:  I only get one pass, I produce both a roughing and finishing pass, and think I have it set to generate several roughing passes, but I only get one, just as in yours.  The only difference between my and your g-code is that as the last instruction, my tool goes to zero, runing the piece.  I can manually edit it out.

Thanks for all the help, you are saving my day.  I am trying to make 6 cabinet doorpull stanchions for a cabinet a friend made.

Barry

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LazyCam (Beta) / Problem generating g-code

« on: August 24, 2009, 02:12:29 PM »

I have just acquired a Syil C6B lathe, which I have working OK, as long as I cut other peoples g-code.  I cannot get my own code to generate correctly, using LazyCam Turn. 

My process is to create the drawing in V-Carve Pro, and export it as a .dxf file, attached here as http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPullOriginal.dxf.  If I bring it into LazyTURN, it looks OK, see LazyTurn. jpg below:

 

If I bring the .dxf into LazyCAM, the conversion goes poorly, my error is that there is more than 1 chain. See LazyCamOriginal below:

 

However, I can still create g-code, which looks like Mach3Original.jpg  in Mach3Turn:

 

It shows the rounded part, separated from the cone base.



Since the extra chain is part of the rounded ball, I converted the arcs to segments, as shown below in DoorPull.dxf:
http://www.k4mg.com/Hobbies/CNC/Metalworking/DoorPull.dxf
It also looks fine in LazyTURN.


When I bring it into LazyCAM, it doesn't give an error message, but it isn't right.  You can see it in LazyCam.jpg below:

And in Mach3.jpg:



If anyone can tell me what I am doing wrong, I would love the help!

Thanks, Barry