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General Mach Discussion / missing gcode

« on: July 17, 2015, 02:44:11 PM »

Hello All,
I'm very new to cnc.  I've been put in charge of learning cnc so that my company can make face places and such for our servers.  I've been trying to teach myself Mach3 and Lazycam for about a month now and I'm so frustrated with it all!  I think I've got my table measurements down, but this weeks problem is that I've made a faceplate in Autocad then modified it in Lazycam, but the whole gcode won't transfer into Mach3.  Is there a known bug that you vet cnc people know about?  HEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP!

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General Mach Discussion / Tool creation in lazy cam

« on: June 29, 2015, 10:09:24 PM »

I have a 1/8 (4mm) bit and I think it's a 1/4 bit for a second one.  I am wondering what my feedrate, plunge speed, max cut pas and spindle speed should be for these to mill name plates into plastic material .  Could anyone help me out?