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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 03, 2018, 10:34:25 AM »

Here we go, should be .stl

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G49 on Mach3 Mill

« on: February 03, 2018, 05:54:00 AM »

My post seems to go G43 Zfeed start height Hnn

IIRC there needs to be an axis call on the G43 line, maybe wrong though, either way it works fine with the G43's deleted.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rounded corners still problematic after switch to exact stop over 89 degrees

« on: February 03, 2018, 03:02:19 AM »

Dont reduce acceleration, increase it.

Try setting stop CV to a lower angle.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G49 on Mach3 Mill

« on: February 03, 2018, 03:00:43 AM »

maybe a way to put a macro "behind" the LOAD FILE button,
witch elemenates the G43 ?
Thomas

Yes, that would be a good way to totally eradicate the risk. But at present I'm not sure how that would scan and alter etc

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G49 on Mach3 Mill

« on: February 03, 2018, 02:59:50 AM »

Its a good one

When i or the code calls M6 Txx my setup reads the tool length parameter direct from the TT and sends it to the knee axis C, the G43 Hxx is totally unwanted and would be naughty if it was used as it would send TLC to the Z axis too - a double whammy.

I modded my F360 post to output H0 as that is the same as not being there so i read. However i also use Sheetcam and Vectric Aspire, but these are also used on other setups so i dont really want to go pulling the posts apart or having to switch posts etc.

Making Mach ignore a G43 seemed the safest way but maybe cannot be done.


Another builder added a custom M843 Hxx call that bypassed the G43 Hxx call but this still needs custom posts etc and you could not use the MDI to call a tool whereas I can as its all handled inside M6Start and M6End

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 03, 2018, 02:52:56 AM »

That is my one big 'grind' as well, i dislike the cloud a lot, but if it means i get to play with stuff like Fusion 360 for nothing then i'll have to suck it up


I'll try when i get back in later today
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G49 on Mach3 Mill

« on: February 02, 2018, 05:05:38 PM »

Hmm that G10 looks powerful

Maybe not what i want though - I do need the tool offset as i pass it to the knee axis, what i dont want is any G43 Hnn input coming from the Gcode.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 02, 2018, 10:49:59 AM »

Hmm, tried that and it just made the model disappear - saved nothing.

Now Fusion is crashed again, I dont think its a "Fusion" day today, the servers are down and the app just refuses to work offline.

I will look tonight if servers are back up

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 02, 2018, 10:02:33 AM »

Hi

it does .step or .iges not .stl

Also the fusion servers are down now, cant export so will try later if either of those types are usable??

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Bridgeport Knee Mill Conversion?

« on: February 02, 2018, 09:41:03 AM »

if you post your drawing,
i will put it through my estlcam and see what happens.

Thomas

Here you go, thanks