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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Enormous turning job: 4.5m OD spinning tool

« on: October 29, 2015, 09:13:22 PM »

This process is known as hydraulic forming.

Yep, the Brits I've worked with loved hydraulics...especially hydraulic lunches!;)

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Enormous turning job: 4.5m OD spinning tool

« on: October 28, 2015, 10:51:54 AM »

Great post!  Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

I'd love to hear more about the hardware side...what kind of servos, amps, etc were used.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Repairing my Cutoff Saw Coolant Pump (Video)

« on: September 12, 2015, 11:12:17 PM »

Great video Chris, Thanks!  What CAD?CAM system are you using?  You made it look so easy.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 12, 2015, 08:55:32 AM »

Ahhh, life is good.  A few hours sleep, a saturday morning away from the real job, a cuppa Joe, some muffins n' jam, and Hood fixed my problem... as usual.

A quick edit to put the 1024 in place of the 213 and Robert is my favorite brother, it works a treat, I'm happy as a sandboy.  That's all the British sayings I could think of off hand that fit.  Oh wait, Hood's Scottish.  Oh geez, now I've gone & dunnit.  Didn't mean to pi$$ yer off!

Seriously though, thanks a ton.  That one little thing really made my day!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 11, 2015, 09:22:30 PM »

That sounds like it'll work; I'll try it tomorrow.  I'm knackered & ready for dinner & a movie (to sleep to.)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 11, 2015, 04:53:43 PM »

Thanks, been busy all day & haven't tried it yet.  I'll try it later & see what happens.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 10, 2015, 08:23:44 AM »

Well piffle, it didn't work like I planned.

Instead of moving the Z towards the work at the 5% speed I have setup in the Home config screen it takes off at max jog speed.  I couldn't risk destroying the probe so I gave up for last night.  Is there a way to add some code to the macro to set the jog speed to 5%?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 09, 2015, 09:16:50 AM »

Goody, goody....can't wait to try it when I get home tonight!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 09, 2015, 08:31:40 AM »

Thanks, that makes sense.  As far as the VB code, where can I find what's "behind" the button ie: what code runs when I click it?  I tried Operator/Edit Button Script but the Set Home Z button isn't flashing/editable.  (Or am I barking up the wrong tree as Pappy used to say.)

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General Mach Discussion / Activate "Set Home Z" from G-Code possible?

« on: September 07, 2015, 07:47:18 AM »

I have an opto probe on the Z axis of my lathe which works great for accurately setting up a part but I'd like to automate its operation.

At the moment, I have it set up to move to the correct location but have to manually click the button on each part (standard lathe screenset at the moment)  Is there a way to activate the button from a G-code command?