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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 13, 2010, 10:37:16 PM »

Right on, thanks a lot for all the help.

Now if only single block worked with a canned drill cycle I would be all set 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 13, 2010, 08:18:31 PM »

So would I need to run that as a brain or as a pump script?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 13, 2010, 04:52:58 PM »

Hmmm, what about a M code that sets a flag or led that a brain could see and when set the brain would activate the clamps if the Z is moving in the down direction and deactivates if it is moving in the up direction.

I havent looked at the brains that much so I don't know if it can look for direction changes or not.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 13, 2010, 02:30:17 PM »

They are all the same depth and feedrate.

We just make a layout program with a small bit first, then the operator changes the depth and feedrate for the drilling.

So one program will have only one G81 line followed by over 1000 X and Y position lines

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 13, 2010, 12:29:02 PM »

Is it possible to make the M code work like a canned cycle so that it is only called once?

I make the NC files and do the cam so its not a problem for me, but the operators are used to seeing it as a starting drill code then just X and Y positions.
And they change the feed and depth often, so having to change it for every liine wouldnt work.

Some programs drill 4000 holes for one job.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 11:26:38 PM »

It is a feature that is critical to getting the machine working right.

The reason why it must be done mid cycle it to allow the machine to move to the next position.
The clamps are small hydraulic rams that hold the machine in position so that it won't move with vibration since it rides on a gear rack.

Here is the newer version of the machine
http://www.quickmill.com/products.php?show=machine&machine=8&nav=drilling

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 07:37:51 PM »

Is it possible to make a G79 for example by making a m1079.m1s file?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 06:44:16 PM »

It would be nice if the G81 was just like a macro file, then I could just make it look for a flag that the M code would set and have it turn on and off the output from within the G81 code.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 06:29:19 PM »

So would I have to write my gcode like

M7777
G81 Z1.5 R1. F5.
M8888
X10. Y10.
X10. Y9.
X10. Y6.

And would it cycle the M codes with each position and drill cycle?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New Mach version

« on: August 12, 2010, 04:36:39 PM »

Is there a change log for the development versions?