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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: lazy cam turn arc

« on: February 24, 2008, 03:57:45 PM »

reversed arcs was checked.
unchecked it and now all is good.
Thanks that had been driving me nuts

Wes

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LazyCam (Beta) / lazy cam turn arc

« on: February 23, 2008, 09:49:53 PM »

Lazy cam turn has always put in G3 instead of G2.  So far I have always just done a find replace.
I'm not whether its a switch that i have set wrong or just the way it thinks.
I'm wonderiing if I was to change it to rear post would that fix it.
Mine is a front post.

any ideas.

Wes

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Mach3 and G-Rex / Re: G100 crashing?

« on: August 10, 2007, 04:11:29 PM »

Does the G100 ever do anything but crash.   I read these threads and really have to wonder.

Wes

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Threading With Backlash

« on: August 07, 2007, 09:33:21 PM »

Backlash doesn't get applied until the X axis move is completed, then after a time period has elapsed(Shuttle accel default 1 second) then the backlash is applied.
so editing G76 won't help.  G32 would need a small move of x(.0001)prior to the start of the camfer, then the timer would start(shuttle accel would have to be small 0.0001 sec) then the x move for the taper.   

Wes

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: works in 2.0, goes nuts in 2.02

« on: August 06, 2007, 03:15:09 PM »

i brought the drawing into  my cad prgram and then resaved it, if i was guessing which i am the drawing header contains all the rotate and mirrors that was used.  Lazycam sees these and put them into the drawing during the import, resaving clears the header.  I did find another problem with lazycam though When it trys to make the slots lazycam won't make the radius with anything larger than a .105 bit(now idea where to find such a bit just the largest value that i could get to work).  This is a lazycam bug it should be able to make the slot with any bit with a radius smaller than the radius of arc which is .125.

Wes

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anyone one else having weird problems with Mach, I think it's G41 or G42??

« on: August 06, 2007, 01:13:17 PM »

Darc the way your question was worded makes me wonder if your getting the offset canceled at the end of the code.

Wes

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: works in 2.0, goes nuts in 2.02

« on: August 06, 2007, 12:59:34 PM »

That's crazy looks like it remembered all the drawings mirrors and rotates, anyway resaved it and used 0.05 connection tolerance and its now usable.

Wes

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Threading With Backlash

« on: August 04, 2007, 12:09:05 PM »

sorry it was late never thought about g76 your right i'm wrong

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe Threading With Backlash

« on: August 04, 2007, 02:55:24 AM »

You can go past x then back to apply the backlash prior to the entry move.  However this will have pressure on the wrong side of your x screw as you enter the part.  Which will increase the part radius by the amount of the backlash.

Your probaly already using a G0 to retract but if not add that. 

Wes

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Works in progress / Re: 1st 'Beta' release of the MachSteelBlue Screenset

« on: August 02, 2007, 12:32:06 AM »

Probably already been posted but on the autocycle page the tool change and coolant leds need to be 806 and 13.

Thanks for some great looking screens i have stared on the 1024 for to long.

Wes