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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Scaling issues when converting DXF to G Code with Lazycam.

« on: May 11, 2016, 09:21:35 AM »

Hi, so we've owned the miller now for 3 months and not been able to produce ANYTHING!

It's all hooked up and working correctly (as far as I can tell).

We just need to engrave simple letters and numbers on a pre-printed aluminium plate.

I have a DXF at 1-1 scale that is exacly laid out as required.  The only way I can get Lazycam to even look at it is to convert to WMF then convert to G code.  Once done we load the code and the machme then moves WAY too far - we suspect it's moving 10 time s as far as it's meant to!

Are we doing something obviously wrong???

Thanks in anticipation!

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 11:26:54 AM »

Thanks guys I'll post tomorrow.
Once again many thanks

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 11:16:35 AM »

I have one right here!  So basically we have 2 pairs of wires coming from the motor to the connector, and all we need to do is identify a pair then switch the wires over in the connector so when connected to the other half of the loom the wires will be mismatched on one pair only?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 10:46:24 AM »

Mmmm, not sure which wire is which though!  The pins are marked 1v  2  3  4 and they are Yellow  Blue  Green  Red in order

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 10:04:37 AM »

That's the point, I've reversed the Z axis to make the bit plunge and start cutting when using the G code supplied and it works OK but in order to do that it's made the buttons on the jog interface and the PC keyboard back to front.  If I reset the axis to make the buttons work correctly then the cutting bit lifts away from the workpiece instead of plunging to make the cut required.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 07:29:50 AM »

Thanks Tweakie, I've got the machine running and using one of the supplied G Codes it's cutting but when I start the program (with all axis set to zero and the tip of the bit grazing the workpiece) instead of plunging it lifts the tool away from the workpiece!   I've had to reverse the Z axis to make the code work correctly but now the buttons on the Jog cntrol and page up/down are back to front!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 03, 2016, 04:41:23 AM »

Many,many thanks guys, all working OK now EXCEPT the X axis is reversed?  Is there a setting that needs changing here?

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 02, 2016, 07:39:35 AM »

Hi tweakie,
I have acquirea "new" old PC with built in parallel port.  I will download the newer version and install it on there then report back!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 11:37:18 AM »

Just got a message after a few minutes that said test completed and on OK button to close the dialogue.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Nothing seems to work!

« on: March 01, 2016, 09:28:09 AM »

Tried that - still no change.