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General Mach Discussion / problem with a post processor
« on: December 10, 2011, 07:10:08 PM »
my Z is moving up so it will just cut air... attached is post processor file and I'm just pasting first lines of code

G00 G49 G40.1 G17 G80 G50 G90 G64
G20
(.25 Flat faced Center cutting 4 flute HSS)
M6 T1
M03 S2000
G01Z0.000
G01X-0.229Y0.541Z1.017 F60
X-0.185Y0.525Z1.010 F60
Y0.568Z1.003
X-0.449Z0.961
X-0.625
Y0.525
X-0.581Y0.541
X-0.537Y0.553
X-0.518Y0.558
X-0.493Y0.562
X-0.449Y0.567
X-0.361Y0.567
X-0.317Y0.562
X-0.293Y0.558
X-0.273Y0.553

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see this is what happens when you have a new machine and learning curve, plus you've been working on it for 12 hours straight. for some reason my mind was looking for .725"

you're absolutely correct and thank you for not calling me an idiot. I thought that was a brand new carbide endmill. it was obviously a newly sharpened end mill!

so nice to know i'm the one making the mistakes, not the mill or software!

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no, i was cutting wood. i'll measure cutter.. ( i just did, hard to measure, seems like atleast .720" (supposed to be .725") but that wouldn't explain difference).

it cuts beautifully... less than .00025" out of round. and multiple steps down to achieve depth.

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Ok, cut my first partin the new fangled solutions spiral circle wizard. It cuts a Perfect circle... But I tried to cut a .862" dia with a 3/4" endmill. Circle ended up being .838".

Why would this be?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: looking for a circular pocket wizard video
« on: December 06, 2011, 09:36:04 PM »
Ok, cut my first part. Perfect circle... But I tried to cut a .862" dia with a 3/4" endmill. Circle ended up being .838".

Why would this be?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: problem immediately after REF ALL HOME
« on: December 06, 2011, 12:15:20 AM »
sorry wanted to steal some info in this thread without making a new one.

I want to change my X axis homing direction. I goto homing/soft limits click reverse direction on X axis. That settles my direction problem... but now when it goes to home on X axis it hit limit switch and stays there... it doesn't come off limit switch like it did in other direction. 

How do I fix this so it comes off limit switch after I reversed direction?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: looking for a circular pocket wizard video
« on: December 05, 2011, 12:40:26 PM »
Budman, the NFS ones are good. It was a wizard by another guy that was purely metric.

I swear there was a wizard bid out there, I just need to view a vid to start me out right.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: looking for a circular pocket wizard video
« on: December 05, 2011, 12:02:09 PM »
New fangled solutions, circular pocket.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: looking for a circular pocket wizard video
« on: December 05, 2011, 11:24:07 AM »
I had loaded a non NFS wizard, it didn't have inch/metric option like NFS.

So I just put in small metric dimensions for an air cut run. Z tried to go 100mm up (actually 100")... When everything was supposed to start at zero... Z just homed rapidly.. then looked at gcode and saw mistake.

Is absolute or incremental preferred for NFS wizards? Isn't there a Mach checkbox for this?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: looking for a circular pocket wizard video
« on: December 05, 2011, 01:48:32 AM »


What is exactly the "X center" and "Y center"

Let's say I have my cutter positioned exactly over the center of where i want to make my circular pocket. Do I just leave these at "0"?

When I preview the wizard it looks like the X and Y move before it starts cutting pocket

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