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General Mach Discussion / How did he / How do I do this?

« on: July 26, 2010, 12:54:06 AM »

I really would like to figure out how this individual was able to make the drill come on for only the down stroke. I understand all the mechanicals but I cannot figure out for the life of me how he programmed it. This could be used for so much more. Compressed air for chip removal, Coolant only coming on when actual cutting is happening.

Not to sound like a penny pincher but think of the cost savings. Lets say you have to drill 2 holes that are 90" apart. The amount of air/coolant that is dumped in-between the 2 cuts is significant.

On the shopbot forum they mentioned modding the PP but what would you add or do to make this happen. Thanks for the help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7HK4Lks2J0

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General Mach Discussion / Coolant only on when cutter is engaged?

« on: February 16, 2010, 08:14:33 PM »

I was wondering if there is a way to have the coolant only come one when the cutter is engaged. Lets say we only want the coolant to come on when the cutter is within a .25" of the work piece. This way when you are transitioning to a new area or hole the coolant isnt running. Is this possible and Im just not seeing it?

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General Mach Discussion / Need a little help

« on: February 14, 2007, 10:22:11 AM »

Basically Im not getting any movement out of anything. I tried to run the Road Runner Example, I have tried to jog. I tried to do a simple box from Lcam and nothing is working. I have watched pretty much all of the video's and have even set it up just like Art did and still nothing. Also when I use Lazy Cam it reads to the 6th line in the gcode box but when I run the road runner example it doesnt leave the first line. And the numbers do not get larger or smaller in the Machine Coordinates window either.  I missing something? Thanks for any help. Josh