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General Mach Discussion / Re: BT30 spindle from scratch - with power drawbar and ATC of course

« on: October 04, 2012, 02:02:10 PM »

(;-) Are yous guys building tool changers or PITCHING machines.

(;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Tool Lenght from Probe

« on: October 04, 2012, 09:35:19 AM »

NOW would be a good time to download and study the MACH3 programmers manual for CB.

GetVar(2003) retreives the Z axis probed value

SetToolParam(1,2,1.000) Sets the Tool#1 diam to 1.00

ToolLenghtOffset()  retrieves the CURRENT tool length offset.

Probe the tool in use then compare it to what the tool should be and there you have it. If it is the same(+/-) then continues else stop.


Just a thought, (;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Toggle axis jog control?

« on: October 03, 2012, 09:14:53 PM »

Dave what function calls are being made with the current buttons?

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Toggle axis jog control?

« on: October 03, 2012, 08:08:59 PM »

Have you tried OemButton(1031)  "Jog Toggle" ?

IF there is no button for what you need to you will have to set a macro that toggles between the functions that work. Let us know if that is what you need.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed rate overide pot

« on: October 02, 2012, 10:06:29 PM »

Something I have been testing with on a hand pendant is to use 2 simple 10 position encoders hooked into the encoder inputs. Then through software route the clicks to the FRO and SSO functions.

Works very well and simpler to deal with than the analog conversions.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help need fast output for stop spindel

« on: October 02, 2012, 06:17:09 PM »

The other 3 options are the high speed switches and macros. You will have to try them. At one time the first two options were broken but I think ART got them working again.

E1P1 /E1P0

M10/ M11

OR 3rd use the dir pin for a phantom axis to turn it on/off  (absolute fastest of the lot).

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Unwanted Gcode Line

« on: October 02, 2012, 03:07:36 PM »

Gerry is correct the 0,0 point of origin is just that it does not mean the starting point of the Gcode sequence. NOW some CAMs do use 0,0 and some don't. Most of the time YOU have the option as to WHERE you want the code to start.

I can say that doing it that way is going to be hard to follow Gcode wise as you are working in negative numbers. IF you set the POO as the lower left then everything is in positive numbers.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Help need fast output for stop spindel

« on: October 02, 2012, 03:03:44 PM »

M3
X80
M5
X90


That would shut the foam down and give it space to stop flowing as it gets to the stop point. YOU will have to calculate the distance needed for the foam to stop flow at the stop point.

(;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Errors reported on G-code Comments and M05

« on: October 02, 2012, 02:49:25 PM »

Can you post your hand written program I will test it here.

Here a (comment) is fine in Gcode.

(;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: CNC Grinder code

« on: October 02, 2012, 10:55:11 AM »

The search engine with only one search criterea is fairly lame. When you add a second part for search it perks up.

I'll Dig the Screenset/Wizard out and post it here. You may have to finish it out the way you want it. I was just testing the procees for someone to see IF it could be done .

Grinding seems simple but it is actually very complex to do right. Mainly because you are dealing in extremely small moves and the wheel is contintuously getting smaller.

(;-) TP