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General Mach Discussion / Re: Cloning a setup...

« on: September 10, 2016, 02:21:55 PM »

Ok, thanks Hood

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Cloning a setup...

« on: September 10, 2016, 10:42:03 AM »

Ok, i think i have it, used the Mach-Loader, chose "Create a profile" then chose the clone subject and gave it a new name.
Seems to have worked but only created default macros and not the ones in the source folder, and no i didn't select "Install default macros'"

Not critical, hopefully it will work ok when i do on the mill.

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General Mach Discussion / Cloning a setup...

« on: September 10, 2016, 10:09:26 AM »

I need to copy the setup for my Bridgeport conversion to another profile so i can tweak a few settings as it uses an auxiliary spindle and has different homing, motor VFD, spindle speeds etc


I guess i need to create a new profile first to get all the folders for macros' ?

Then copy the .xml, rename it and use it?

Does that method copy all the settings for the CSMIO etc?

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: September 10, 2016, 09:56:38 AM »

At last - the adaptor I have mucking about with for the last couple of months is finally done  Admittedly it took so long as i was building the machine to make it and figuring out how to operate it but in the end, after ironing out all (so far) of the bugs in tooling, offsets, post-processing etc it really only took a couple of hours.

Its also the first part designed in Fusion 360, that was a learning curve!

It fits the mill snugly and as long as the high-speed spindle motor fits ok, should work beautifully, still got some jobs to clear before i can strip that down though.

Total cost in Z axis travel is 22mm - not bad i thought - that leaves me about 95mm to play with but on a small spindle with tiny tooling that should be ok i think.

Thanks for all help guys 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wrong?? Broken tool :(

« on: September 10, 2016, 06:15:13 AM »

Thanks, a quick folder search found it, all working now, just tested and code works well.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wrong?? Broken tool :(

« on: September 10, 2016, 04:55:42 AM »

Sorted - custom post installed, no more G28 at the end and the rest of the code looks much happier.

Will go and finish my part hopefully now

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wrong?? Broken tool :(

« on: September 10, 2016, 03:32:25 AM »

The guys on the Autodesk forum are on the case - its a post issue

There is an option in the post to use G28 or not, I chose not to use this as it homes the machine at the end of every job - this is pointless and if a long tool is mounted can even be dangerous as i have a large vise mounted at that end.

The problem is, it uses the G28 elsewhere in the post to know if the Z is up or not

They recommend a post edit for this and i have asked for it but don't know how long that takes?

I guess i could turn G28 back on and just press "stop" at the end of each part before it shoots the table way over to one side!

And yes I DO know there is a custom G28 park option in Mach BUT when you have stuff bolted down, studs and clamps sticking up etc, having the table shoot off anywhere at all at the end is dangerous - It just needs to sit there and wait for me.

And yes, turn it back on and it all seems to make sense, its the highlighted part that needs stopping....

Code: [Select]

(1001)
(T3  D=6. CR=0. TAPER=90DEG - ZMIN=-4.5 - SPOT DRILL)
(T7  D=7. CR=0. TAPER=118DEG - ZMIN=-22.5 - DRILL)
(T12  D=25. CR=0. - ZMIN=-2.5 - FLAT END MILL)
N10 G90 G94 G91.1 G40 G49 G17
N15 G21
N20 G28 G91 Z0.
N25 G90

(FACE3)
N30 M5
N35 M9
N40 T12 M6
N45 S3000 M3
N50 G54
N55 M7
N65 G0 X136. Y7.5
N70 G43 Z22.5 H12
N75 Z2.
N80 G1 Z-1. F900.
N85 X-20. F1400.
N90 Z-2.5
N95 X136.
N100 G0 Z22.5
N110 G28 G91 Z0.
N115 G90

(DRILL1)
N120 M5
N125 M9
N130 M1
N135 T3 M6
N140 S3000 M3
N145 G54
N150 M7
N160 G0 X15. Y7.5
N165 G43 Z30. H3
N175 Z5.
N180 G98 G81 X15. Y7.5 Z-4.5 R-0.5 F535.
N185 X58.
N190 X101.
N195 G80
N200 Z30.
N210 G28 G91 Z0.
N215 G90

(DRILL3)
N220 M5
N225 M9
N230 M1
N235 T7 M6
N240 S3000 M3
N245 G54
N250 M7
N260 G0 X15. Y7.5
N265 G43 Z30. H7
N275 Z5.
N280 G83 X15. Y7.5 Z-22.5 R-0.5 Q2.05 F454.
N285 X58.
N290 X101.
N295 G80
N300 Z30.

N310 M9
N315 G28 G91 Z0.
[color=purple][b]N320 G28 X0. Y0.[/b][/color]
N325 M30

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wrong?? Broken tool :(

« on: September 10, 2016, 03:16:52 AM »

Im on a MAC too, I put it in the Autodesk-Fusion 360 CAM-Posts folder but no luck, i cant see any personal post folder anywhere.

Yes heights are good, I have cut several complex parts with many tool changes and all have worked ok.

If i post each step as a single file it works perfectly, if i post this step and the one after it - it works, if i post this one and the step before it it fails???

Can you explain the Mach Bug please??

When i touch off I use a Haimer probe, I type 100 in the "current tool" DRO and the Z axis adjusts so i know it read the height from the table, then i read the ref points and zero each axis then run the code, the code always starts off with a tool change.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wrong?? Broken tool :(

« on: September 09, 2016, 04:57:23 PM »

I changed the file extension to .cps and tried putting it in various places but Fusion does not seem to want to load it??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: September 09, 2016, 04:07:23 PM »

Yeah, read about the PS/2 but none of my pc's have the sockets anymore, just USB now.

It seems to put up ok on the plasma

I think i added some clip-on ferrites there though, will get some more.