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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Tool radius not less than arc radius with comp

« on: October 29, 2021, 08:56:35 AM »

Hi Guys, I've just switch from Solidcam to the inbuilt CAM in solid works.

I'm getting the error"-Tool radius not less than arc radius with comp" has anyone got any ideas how I can get around this issue, or what it means?

Regards,

Jim

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General Mach Discussion / Re: All 3 axis moving on their own.

« on: September 08, 2020, 01:57:13 PM »

I think the problem may have something todo with one of the capacitors failing inside the mill. After the smoke 💨 cleared the room it started working as expected 😂

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General Mach Discussion / All 3 axis moving on their own.

« on: September 08, 2020, 07:45:02 AM »

Hi There, I hope someone can help me.

I've not used my mill in a few months, I've now tried to use it and soon as soon as I click reset on the main mach3 screen all three axis move very slowly, then I get a PID error message.

The machine is a an old Bridgeport interact and I'm driving the servo's with a CSMIO IP/A controller, on mach3 Any idea's what could be causing this issue??

Thanks in advance.

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 23, 2018, 08:40:08 AM »

The plug in was updated also

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 22, 2018, 06:30:51 PM »

Ok, so I tried moving the encoder to another input (5), and still had the same problem. I then reflashed the csmio and bingo, after a reboot of the device it started working perfectly again.

Thanks all for your help and thoughts

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 21, 2018, 06:36:01 PM »

I've had a quick look through the XML config, and I can see the values I'm chaning in MACH3 are updating in the conifg

EncPPR1 and Steps1 are of the value

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 21, 2018, 06:30:07 PM »

ok I've doubled checked the wiring, there is only 6 cables going to the servo, so no built in encoder there. I've also double checked the encoder is connected to the right input on the CSMIO.

I also tried disconnecting the encoder, which resulted in the machine not able to detect move moment of the Y axis so I get a PID error as expected. So I'm sure the machine is looking at the correct encoder, but can't understand why the changes I'm making to the config are not having any affect?

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 21, 2018, 06:06:23 PM »

The encoder doesn't connect to the servo amplifier, it only connects to the CSMIO, unless there is another encoder built into the old bridgeport servo's?? I'll go an check the cables in the workshop

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 21, 2018, 02:55:10 PM »

I have changed the steps per on the motor tuning and setup page, oddly this made no difference

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CS-Lab / Re: Index Homing

« on: December 21, 2018, 01:49:56 PM »

Sorry yes, y axis looks to be ok apart from scale being wrong