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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 06:56:38 PM »

Yep that's the one. Ron Smith of IMS service is always at Cabin Fever Expo. That program isn't exactly inexpensive $800 and remember following the threads on the IMS forum as it was developing.  Now for $60 a year you may be able to go up to his site and get a few answers should you run into a problem.

RC,
Are you using it or tryinig it out?
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 06:40:22 PM »

Don't know what to say there Dave. I also have just existed out and came back in and magic happened!
As far as which CAM program to use, don't know what to spend my slush fund on yet.
CAM can be real neat and someday that's were all this will lbe. I don't know how many programs I want to spend learning / trying.

RC, Isn't vector a DESKCNC program?

Dave
 Try something easy out of the Wizards like a ball end and just change the code at the end of it so the tool goes to say X0/Z0. Then do another wizard and change or make sure the code starts at x0,z0. before you know it you'll be abale to go in and do more advanced stuff. No matter how you cut it, no matter how good a program is, you will be forced to into learning to what ever level you want to go. i am no code guy in any way or form and can get by with what i have to do.
rICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Workshop at Cabin Fever Expo

« on: September 27, 2008, 06:12:25 PM »

RC,
Never brought anything or set up a table. I go there to learn from people that do outstanding work. Hopefully they will be there again. Always seems i pick up something cheap.
We all need to hook up so lets see how things go.
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 05:51:52 PM »

The problem guys is that when i get something that dosn't work, i hack at it so fast that don't remember what the heck
was done. You will find that it is the " real simple profiles" that are a challenge ie; clean, optimize, go into project, play around till you get get one chain, curse it. I think i have worn out the Oops button! If you put say a groove in the profile you'll have a hard time trying to get it to work ( and that is also the case when playing around with Dolphin).
But that program isn't beta and you have options to deal with it @$1400. Now if you use the grooving tool it will create toolpaths but sometiimes internal instead of external.  The tools were not finished, you would have to have some more tool definition. Now you can break up the profile and do it piece meal ( haven't tried much of that).

As far as laughing, HMM....... The Spider is Hungry Again! I like to think of using lazcam as  the old PC game Frogger. Unfortunately keep getting run over by the truck! 

Just think what Art went thru piecing it together with undocumented code.
He must be crazier than I am.
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 05:23:32 PM »

dave,
I will redo the manual so that there are pages one of these days. Its figure 3 of lazycam lathe- turning tools and parameters.

use the pulldown for tool number and select one, put your values in, give it a name ie; #1- dave, click save, and if your going to use it click select.

editing,
You need to post code to mach, you edit the code in MACH, not lazycam, or with an editor like notepad outside of mach.
Run it in mach first, make note of which lines are causing the circles ( try reverse toolpaths in config ) also for the diagonals just put the z or x rapid on a separte line. i usauly start off by naming the file 1dave, 2 dave etc. so i can always
go back.
RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 04:37:56 PM »

Using 3.00.2 and here the link on the conversion gcode back to a DXF file.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,7547.msg48027.html#msg48027

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Workshop at Cabin Fever Expo

« on: September 27, 2008, 04:29:45 PM »

It's a nice show and gone to it since the first one.
So count me in, I will be there and will also attend the workshops.

RICH

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 27, 2008, 03:48:13 PM »

Hi All,
 Here is a little tutorial which may shed some light on the back angle tool setting.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with engraving single storke font

« on: September 27, 2008, 06:18:52 AM »

wingnut,
Don't know the if post below will be of any value but seems seems easy enough to try. Never fooled with it.
RICH

I have had problems with constant velocity mode also.  Specifically rastering back in forth in the Y direction.  With CV enabled it would always seem to stop short in the y direction sometimes by even .06.  Increasing the acceleration does help, but with a 100+ lb. gantry, it was sure hard on the machine at around 130ipm.  I tried everything under the sun to eliminate it to no avail.  Changing from CV to exact stop solved the problem in that it would make the full travel in the y direction before advancing in the x, but as you already know doing 3d work in exact stop is a night mare.  There was one other thing that seemed to work and that was, going into the settings page and enable tangential control and set lift angle and lift Z to 0.  This makes sure that the y travels the full distance before advancing in the x direction and coming back.  Maybe something you can try. by JOHN

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Lazy Cam pain

« on: September 26, 2008, 08:25:01 AM »

SPNAR,
Try this. Create a very simple profile. Make sure it works for say a "point tool".
 Now try it it based on the tool settings you have input. Change the simple / single profile to see where or if it will cut.
Results should vary, but you never know.
 
A different approach would be to fool with the margin parameter to get a flavor of how the tool relates to the profile.

When you meet you level of having fun, and if it dosen't work, go do it a different way.
RICH