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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 06, 2008, 07:41:56 PM »

ART,
-I get a memory error after closing LazyTurn which I never got before.

-Don't know if the small rough cut error is significant, but lazyturn didn't do it on the other faces of this profile.
 What caught my attention was when i found the start and end point of the line happen to end in xx9.
 Couldn't duplicate with other values of stock and depth values. Maybe just a fluke.
Your making it harder to find stuff.
RICH 

6792

LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 06, 2008, 02:55:15 PM »

Hank,
COMMENTS:
1. get rid of the box around the profile - move it to another layer and turn that layer off if you can or if you wish
2. now move the profile into the upper quadrant as lazyturn won't take negative y values ( profiile should be drawn above the center line
3. mirror the profile / rotate about the horizontal whatever, add a line for lazycam but do not include it for layturn in the dxf ), and i like to have the start
point of the profile located at 0,0,0 in the drawing, thus the profile can now be used in both lazycam and lazyturn
as lazyturn will iignore the vertical line which defiines as external for lazycam
4.dxf attached for lazyturn
5. ADD the vertical line for lazycam and note that your arcs are not connected ( you should make it a point to check that all lines / arcs  are connected as it saves possible problems ( if you do a drawing for some shop and they insist on it checked and dimensioned for easy
gcode creation your company could end up footing the bill for lost material and time. So get maticulaous about the drawing stuff.


I need to look at the profile more closely for use in laycam
......this is what i meanat by a usable dxf.......

RICH

MODIFIED: SEE HANK2

6793

LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 06, 2008, 01:20:54 PM »

aclausing,
I know nothing about StdCad. I assume it can generate a dxf file. Post your dxf file and I'll have a look and will make comments then.
Sorry the doc's don't help as they do cover basics and some specific things to be sucessfull in lazycam.

RICH

 

6794

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Another Turner's Cube.

« on: December 06, 2008, 09:14:39 AM »

tweakie,
That is sweet and nice pictures as they show how you did it.
So on the last cutting of the inside cube, are you doing anything to hold it in place of just hoping it drops
away from the cutter?
RICH

6795

Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Lithopane

« on: December 06, 2008, 08:52:23 AM »

Kent,
Sent you a personal message.
RICH

6796

LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 05, 2008, 07:07:25 PM »

Hi To Whoever,
It is the way it is as of now!
In the interim if you have a burning desire to turn a profile to dimension:

1. Create a usable dxf for the profile that can be imported into either program
    ( by just adding or deleting a line it will surfice for both Lazyturn and Lazycam.)
     There is lazycam turn info in the members docs, will not be updated , but will surfice to get a profile cut out of
     LazyCam.
2. Use LazyTurn ( BECAUSE IT'S SO DARN EASY AND YOU DON'T NEED TO EVEN READ ALMOST ANYTHING) to
    generate the rough cuts using a button / point tool ( look you just want the profile cuts and use common
    sense on the tool you actually use )
    (Use the same DXF  and just modify it if you want to stay out of areas of the profile, think through the piece
      about  the order you would cut it and make modified dxf's for generating code) If you did this in an orderly
     manner, cut and paste them together , and you can create roughing Gcode for even a complex piece.
3.Use LazyCam to generate the finish cuts and just add via cut and paste that code to the rough cuts.

So... for 1,2,3 you need to do some repetitive fooling around but the difference in worth $2000.00 plus.
So... with the saved money from one free program and one minor fee for another  ......think what you want
to buy for your significant other for the holiday! 

Rich

6797

General Mach Discussion / Re: whats happening with threading

« on: December 05, 2008, 05:48:00 PM »

KEITHMECH,
You are not getting the G32 code output from the threading wizard after changing the m1076 file?
RICH

6798

LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 04, 2008, 08:56:19 PM »

Art,
I wouuld be curious on your internal boring thoughts also.
For example;
Would it be easy ( selectable from external by some simple definition?

Would the profile need to be drawn differently?

What kind of tool.....some standard boring bar with cutters.......or

Would you be able to DRAW your boring bar / tool shape  and let the program check for clashes?

Sure could add another dimension to just cutting an outside profile requiring you to  rework how the
external is done.

Chip just may have brought up a good point before LazyTurn progresses to far.
 
With a few comments on internal work  we may test a little differently on the external.


RICH
 

6799

General Mach Discussion / Re: whats happening with threading

« on: December 04, 2008, 06:37:35 PM »

Hood,
Thanks for posting about the change required to get a G32 code as I completely forgot about it. 
So attached is a pic of what needs to be changed.
RICH

6800

General Mach Discussion / Re: Lazycam Turning Problem

« on: December 04, 2008, 05:57:50 AM »

Now all you need is to make a point tool to cut it.
RICH