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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 14, 2008, 10:08:44 AM »

Hi Art

I am afraid that i did not expres myself good.
What i mean that sum shapes can not be cut with one tool in one pass.
As you can see on the screenshot the red area must be cut with a second tool.
this go's for roughing as well for finishing.

P.S.
Should the yellow square not be removed in this pass?

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 13, 2008, 04:06:37 AM »

Hi Art

That means we have to make several G-code file's to make one project, for each tool a separate file and at last joint them together.

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 12, 2008, 04:12:24 PM »

Hi Art

I don't know if it is already been asked but Will there be the possibility to use more then one tool in a project?

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 08, 2008, 12:27:41 PM »

Hi Chip

My lathe is not ready yet so i cant make a hardcopy but if i load the tap file(s) in Mach3 i get wrong circles (see screenshot).
I already changed from absolute IJ mode to inc IJ mode but that makes no diverend.
I also put Mach3 in YZ plane mode but also not divergence.

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 08, 2008, 12:58:18 AM »

Thanks Chip

Looks very good, this is a file i can use.
Would you send me a screenshot of the toolparameterpage?

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 07, 2008, 12:53:04 PM »

Hi All

I made a profile but when i create a toolpath the distance between toolpath and profile is not everywhere the same (profile5).
If i set the inscribed circle at zero the toolpath looks good (profile6).

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 05, 2008, 02:17:30 PM »

Hi Art

I get the impression you feel attacked by Dennis.
I think it is not the meaning of Dennis to do so.
If i may i will give you my thought over Lazyturn.

There are (not so) many programs for turning.
They have one thing in commen , they are first very expensive and second they are very complicated.

What Lazyturn is promising (not written but just what i feel) is that it will be A program so simple that hobbyist like me can use it and understand it without having a university educated
background.

I think much people like me are screaming for a program like this and in that view it can't be fast enough to be ready.
I can not offer you enough items to help by develop the program but thank god there are people (like Chip and Rich and more ) who can.

What i see until now is very promising (if you say it or not "PROMISING") and also i can't wait until it is ready.

If you like it or not, you have got yourselves a weight on your shoulder that you have to finish this and you will, i am sure.

Greeting:
Willem

P.S.

Mach3 and Lazycam are one of the few programs i payed for , not that is strict necessarily (working illegal copy of a the lic files) but just be course i feel that a program like this is worth paying for (and paying for a Dutchman is like curse in a church).

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 10, 2008, 03:58:54 AM »

Hi Rich/Art

Found out that the TODO error comes with settings in the tool but what cause it
I think it is going to be a great program what will be exactly what i need thanks Art.

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 09, 2008, 05:13:14 PM »

Hi guys

I had one time a toolpath, now every time when i try to make a toolpath the program shuts down with an errorreport to microsoft(error in TODO)
This error occurs in every dxf i load
I was running Lazyturn on a laptop so maybe that is the problem.
If i give the tool an other shape (triangle) then it works (not yet good but...)
P.S.
If i load the rich Threeballs.dxf from answer 198 i see only 2 balls (it is not complete)

Greetings:
Willem

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 07, 2008, 01:58:50 PM »

Hi Art

First I get a few errors of missing dll files but after copying the necessarily files from the Mach3 folder it starts.
I try to load the pulley.dxf (used somewhere before) i get an error "no appropriate turningprofile was found" after that i get an error "Clazyturnvieuw an opengl error occurred:ongeldige waarde " (the last part is Dutch)

Greetings:
Willem

Sorry, my mistake, i have taken an older version of Lazyturn so above message is not correct.

Greetings:
Willem