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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Havin a helluva time!

« on: July 28, 2006, 10:26:36 PM »

All kinds, the ones that i sell the most of though are a style of dogbones I do. Similar the masumi engineering ones, but half the price...

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Havin a helluva time!

« on: July 24, 2006, 10:12:56 AM »

Yesterday I was trying to use the somple thread wizard and it wouldnt even bring the tool into the part. I assumed I was putting a wrong value or something in, but now Im thinking there may be something else going on?

Anyway, one of the products I have been making over the last year on my manual althe and mill is some handlebar risers for motorcycles. They are the biggest reason I decided on getting this shoptask with cnc option.

Anyway, I went into a different wizard, for arc cutting on the face. I put in all my values but now its threading Looking through the code it generated, it I and K values but no J.

right hand corner of the part is x1 z0. end of the part is x1 z-1

Arc is supposed to start/end at x0 z-.5 and x.8125 z0

Anyway, are the wizards working for anyone?

Can anyone tell me what this code is supposed to be doing?

G18 G64 G80 G40 G49
M3
G00 X1.2
Z.1
F.006
G00 Z-.0562
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.0207 I-.5 K-.9438
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
Z-.1132
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.0755 I-.5 K-.8868
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.1711
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.1309 I-.5 K-.8289
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.2301
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.1869 I-.5 K-.7699
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.2904
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.2438  I-.5 K-.7096
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.3526
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.3018 I-.5 K-.6474
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.4008
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.3463 I-.5 K-.5992
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
G0 Z-.4271
G1 X1
G1 X1
G03 X.8525 Z-.3572 I-.5 K-.5729
G1 Z.1
G0 X1.2
M5
M30

On the machine ^that tapped. On the screen it showed the radius I wanted, sort of, but Im learning not to trust what the screeen shows...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sorry I am out

« on: July 23, 2006, 03:53:36 PM »

1st Baby eh? least with a girl you get broke in easy (till the teenage years!) Nicer little kids and learn faster, usually, (till the teenage years! )

If you cut the cord, watch it, it spurts.. lol

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need help again, programming portion (using the wizard)

« on: July 23, 2006, 03:49:22 PM »

er, typo up above, 20 threads per inch..

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General Mach Discussion / Need help again, programming portion (using the wizard)

« on: July 23, 2006, 03:48:11 PM »

OK, thanks to a very cool guy that goes by papa bear (cant remember which forum) I got everything rolling pretty good.

I do sometimes have to keep changing the stepper values (from 20000 to 40000) but I can live with that, long as I remember to check it on each boot up).

My problem this time around (in mach3 turn) is in the simple threading wizard. Heres a screen shot of the values I am putting in..


The diameter of the aluminum bar I am trying to thread is 1.625. not really worried about it being used so the 2 threads per inch I have on the screen is fine by me, this is just supposed to be a test after all..

Anyway, I touch off on the part and tell the program that that point is +.8125 (on the od, center of the part is supposed to be 0 right?) and since I am a wuss i set Z0 at .100 past the end of the part.

Start the program and the tool is making the threads like it should, but dang near .250 away from the part.. so Im just cutting air..

Anyone see what I am doing wrong? This kind of thing is happening with all the wizards I have tried so far..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I jog? (yep, another newb!)

« on: July 22, 2006, 05:33:33 PM »

Yea, settings are screwed up pretty good.

Someone else with one of these was kind enough to scan his instructions and send em to me.

So far I have the stepper motor for the x axis configured and running true now.

Working on the y at the moment. Gotta take the slop out of the lead screw first, which is kind of a PITA, but still doable.

Then hae to configure the Z. Also it says there is a way to reverse the direction for it, but being a puter dumby, Im not seeing that 1... yet.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I jog? (yep, another newb!)

« on: July 22, 2006, 02:25:01 PM »

Nah, I use mach3 mill to run it. I just decided to try it while in mach3 turn and it would then let me jog.

There is a lot of stuff going on with this thing.

In inch increment, I move the table in x axis 2 inches, it moves 1. Scale is set at 1.

In z axis I move quill/spindle -1. and it moves up about .200 and viisa versa.

Sounds like manufacturer problem to me. Maybe they got mad and gave me a messed up unit since I complained about getting the machine a month later than I was supposed to.. lol.

Ill contact them directly on Monday and see if anything can be figured out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I jog? (yep, another newb!)

« on: July 22, 2006, 01:06:41 PM »

let me modify my statement a little.

When it is in the prog for turning, while still switched to the mill, I can jog in the x and z for the mill (table left and right, quil up and down) when the machine is switched to work the lathe (I think, they sent absolute jack *********e with the machine as far as instructions..) nothing moves but the pc believes it is..

Dangit, they arent in to answer questions till monday..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I jog? (yep, another newb!)

« on: July 22, 2006, 12:36:47 PM »

It works for the lathe, but it isnt for the mill.

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General Mach Discussion / How do I jog? (yep, another newb!)

« on: July 22, 2006, 10:46:17 AM »

Just got a shoptask machine (lathe mill combo) with the cnc option. they send mach3 for the software. Going through it to learn it as best as I can and I cant figure out how to jog the dang thing. The pdf file that was sent with the program gives a diagram with a jogball (wtf is that?), anyway, it looks nothing like what I have on my screen, matter of fact none of the diagrams or screenshots look like the version i am using. Not a problem not seeing most of the SC's, but this one is confusing me like, well, a newb..

Help please?! lol