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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 12:45:13 PM »

Yes everything I know to date is through bbc, Thanks to all for your input, I will continue on my journey to improve my skills!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 09:53:01 AM »

I will for sure continue my education with bobcad, I already have it, and I do like it for making small parts, I got pretty good at doing that, but have been struggling with inlay, and it's not that I don't want to ask for help, that's what I'm doing here, it's more that cut2D has an inlay menu which I like, it's more the time it will take to get it right, I don't want to spend another year learning, not that I learn slow, but I don't get a chance to do this as often as I would like and I find myself going backwards to refresh my mind and next thing you know I just spent 3 hours to do something I should be able to do in 5 or 10minutes.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 09:23:13 AM »

Just looked at vector cut 2D, seems to have everything I need for a fraction of what I paid for bobcad, I'll keep bobcad v25 may be useful in the future if I get deeper into it, but I will open wallet and get cut2D, at 149.00 it's worth a shot! looks much easier to use, took me a year to get v25 so I could do anything in less than an hour! I'm self taught, it's not good enough for me to just have someone show me how to do something, I have to know how and why to get there!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 08:35:22 AM »

didn't know any better!!!! don't like how they keep changing versions an expecting you to buy every new version! hard to open the wallet for a new program, any suggestions on something better?  I could see if I was in business doing this stuff, but it's just a hobby.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 07:37:17 AM »

bobcad seems to want to get paid for any advice, I did not get any response

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 06:57:11 AM »

opps I mean .002

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General Mach Discussion / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 18, 2015, 06:52:36 AM »

Thanks Tweakie,

OK so if I make an adjustment to the cutter dia comp.   example using a .125 tool the cutter comp is adjusted to .0625, I could set the comp to say .0605 and the actual cut will be .02 smaller? if thats correct that makes sense, now how to reset comp?  it sets the comp automatic when I enter a tool, do I just set the tool size a little larger, not sure if I can just change the comp I will have to see today where that is set, I thought that was done when I posted to gcode? I can see the comp at the begining og the code, can I change it there?

cant wait to change the dots on the fret board to something Cool

also to fit a part into another, is there a basic dimension for the fit. say 2 thou less gets the fit perfect?

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General Mach Discussion / pocketing and profiling

« on: October 17, 2015, 09:27:12 PM »

I'm going to try inlay on my cheap 3020 mill, starting with a 1" circle, pocket no problem, profile is either to big or to small, I can get them the exact same size, but need a little clearance to fit properly, I know I can make adjustment by changing profile a little smaller, but when I import designs it wont be that easy.  I know I will have to mirror the image before I run the profile but I think they will end up the same exact size which I could hammer in and make fit but the inlay will be to fragile to do that without breaking. I use bob cad/cam.  any help would be really awesome!

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 17, 2015, 03:41:05 PM »

Sorry Rob!

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: pocketing and profiling

« on: October 17, 2015, 03:40:36 PM »

Thanks for the reply Bob,

I use Bobcad software, I am a little new to this but have figured out most everything I was doing wrong and have been getting good results for some small parts I have made. I do have the correct tool dia, I can see in my setup, I use the g41 and g42 for offset, it does work( once I figured out the lead in and out part) and I do get an exact dia pocket, and profile, problem is a 1" dowel will not fit into a 1" hole without some clearance, I can hammer it home and it goes, but if I try that with delicate inlay it will just break.