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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie here: need adivce on postprocessors compatible with mach3
« on: December 04, 2014, 02:41:03 AM »
Hi Arctic Monkey,
Mach3 can be operated in Tangential mode (see Settings page and also Mach3 manual) and the blade will follow an outline toolpath.
There is however a problem regarding G2 & G3 commands (where the blade may rotate whilst within the work) and a workaround for this is to create a ‘lead-in’ (within your CAD/CAM), which has the same radius as the circle being cut. It may sound a bit fiddly but it’s easy enough once you get the hang of it.
Hope this helps with your project.
Tweakie.
Mach3 can be operated in Tangential mode (see Settings page and also Mach3 manual) and the blade will follow an outline toolpath.
There is however a problem regarding G2 & G3 commands (where the blade may rotate whilst within the work) and a workaround for this is to create a ‘lead-in’ (within your CAD/CAM), which has the same radius as the circle being cut. It may sound a bit fiddly but it’s easy enough once you get the hang of it.
Hope this helps with your project.
Tweakie.