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General Mach Discussion / Re: VistaCNC iMach/iMachPro pendant Driver

« on: January 05, 2010, 10:44:23 PM »

I'm probably going to purchase one of these pendants soon.

What do you recommend.. the USB, or parallel port version?

Your plugin here... work good with 4 axis set-up?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 12 ATC Initialization MACRO

« on: November 18, 2009, 03:57:31 PM »

little off topic, but can these ATC's work with NMTB 30 toolholders?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Post processor for new CAM system

« on: August 29, 2009, 06:53:07 PM »

Put a 5 axis digitizing probe program with that package and I'll be first in line! Do you have the resources to do this?

When do you think the 4/5 axis function will be available?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Post processor for new CAM system

« on: August 29, 2009, 02:14:37 AM »

How many axes does this cam support?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save probing output as XYZA instead of pointcloud data

« on: August 08, 2009, 11:56:33 AM »

Thanls again Ger, the other issue that I have... and I know you're all going to throw your hands up and laugh... is my machine is 5 axis... and need the software CAM package to support that.

It's very close to having 5 axis CAM package affordable to everyone, they are starting to trickle out there... I'm still searching and trying to find the best one. So far this Madcam looks promising.

Any suggestions there is much appreciated!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save probing output as XYZA instead of pointcloud data

« on: August 07, 2009, 09:06:39 PM »

Thanks Ger, i'll look into those. Are they 3 axis programs?

Vmax, I understand what you're saying. Hand finish will be a neccesity, but getting it close will be a huge time saver dimension wise.

Isn't there a gcode offset to fake out the amount of material cut... and do 2 passes, rough and finish (even though finish would be same amount?) Maybe a g92 thrown in?

Just thought of this, a macro to make Z movement a peck cycle?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save probing output as XYZA instead of pointcloud data

« on: August 07, 2009, 05:23:26 PM »

My probe tip and cutter are same dia, so no offsets needed.

My feeble mind can't understand why a 3d shape can't be generated from the probe data then, since it records the XYZA? What am I missing?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Save probing output as XYZA instead of pointcloud data

« on: August 07, 2009, 01:28:44 PM »

I'm jumping the gun a bit because I haven't probed anything yet, and don't have my machine ready yet.. but trying to get all my ducks in a row.

In reading these forums, I keep hearing "point cloud" data while probing, then having to use a second hand software to make this data useful.

I'm trying to eliminate the second hand software expense, probe my part, then with the gathered data generate the Gcode. It's basically a reverse engineered part.

Am I missing something? Any suggested reading I should look at?

When you probe, and the probe makes contact, it saves that contact location only, right?

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General Mach Discussion / Save probing output as XYZA instead of pointcloud data

« on: August 07, 2009, 10:53:37 AM »

When probing a part in 4 axis, what steps are needed to save data as XYZA data instead of pointcloud data?

Is there a box in the Mach program to check somewhere to switch between the two?

I haven't probed a part yet, but from my understanding the data by default is pointcloud. Is this correct?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: setting up a 5th axis

« on: June 07, 2009, 08:54:27 PM »

No go kart's, mx only so no worries!

I already have a probe tip and cutters made exact same size. I knew I was on the right track, I appreciate the tips.

Is there a PM function on this site.. we may be able to help each other out... shoot me your phone number.