Hello Guest it is April 25, 2024, 08:14:14 AM

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Graham Waterworth

1421
General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie confused
« on: February 23, 2009, 04:25:29 PM »
OK, so what is your machine doing wrong, the tool path looks fine.

Graham

1422
General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie confused
« on: February 23, 2009, 04:05:21 PM »
It looks fine to me :-


1423
General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie confused
« on: February 23, 2009, 04:00:21 PM »

1424
General Mach Discussion / Re: newbie confused
« on: February 23, 2009, 03:27:14 PM »
Simulation and real time cutting should be the same.

Post a picture of the screen shot and also your code that way we can work out what your problem is.

It could be just a setting in your config like Inc arcs.

Graham

1425
General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Turn Feed Per Revolution
« on: February 23, 2009, 03:19:26 PM »
If you are running in G94 feed mode then no matter what you do to the spindle speed the feed will not change when in G97 spindle mode.

If you run in G95 feed mode and G96 spindle mode then the feed and speed are locked together and the feed rate increases/decreases as the spindle speed rises and falls.

In G97 spindle mode with a feed of 1 unit per minute (G94) and a spindle speed of 1000 the feed rate is 1/1000 = .001/rev if you then drop the spindle speed to 500 rpm then the feed is still 1 unit per minute but the feed rate is .002/rev

G94 is feed per minute e.g. F1.0 = 1"  or 1 mm per minute, axis will move this distance in 1 minute.

G95 is feed per spindle revolution  e.g. F.01 = .010" or .01mm feed per rev

G96 is constant surface speed e.g. S100 = 100 feet or 100 metres/min  spindle speed, speed increases as cut diameter gets smaller.

G97 is fixed speed e.g. S1000 = 1000 revs per minute.

Graham

1426
G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: MachTurn wizard problem
« on: February 22, 2009, 04:02:34 PM »
 :)  8)

Graham

1427
G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: MachTurn wizard problem
« on: February 20, 2009, 02:23:36 PM »
Vince try this code :-

Graham

1428
Yes and no.

What is the difference between typing A90. and M590 ?

You will save nothing.

Graham

1429
You are sort of there, what you are talking about is a g-code sub program, a macro is a block of visual basic code that is called with an M code and a list of variables that can be changed on the fly. The macro in effect writes the g-code to do the function.  Macros can also be used to configure/drive machine functions, tool changers etc.

Graham

1430
General Mach Discussion / Re: cut concave radius
« on: February 17, 2009, 04:26:00 PM »
Mach will cut any shape you tell it to including rads.

Graham