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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 27, 2008, 04:58:44 PM »

Kristin

you did not delete the original chain that you used to make the offset.

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 27, 2008, 04:21:02 PM »

Kristin

your doing better. but you have to redo it.when you offset a chain you have to remove the original chain.you left all of you original chains and when l-cam did your code it wrote them into
the tap file.l-cam will take everything that it can find active and write code for it.so you have to delete or disable original chains.later tonight or tomorrow i will do your dxf with a 3/16 end mill
the way i think you should cut it out.and you can use it for a comparison.you are catching on pretty fast,just keep pounding on it.

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 26, 2008, 08:46:31 PM »

Kristin

when you edit your tool menu for say a .250 dia cutter.there is a place for tool depth.so your plastic is .250 thick.if you set tool depth at .050 in the tool menu and l-cam goes to use that tool
it will generate 5 passes at .050 a pass.if you set tool depth to .125 l-cam will generate 2 passes .when you do the code.if you look at the layers menu at the right hand side you will see .

rapid height =tool above work set at .100
cut start = tool touching work  set at 0
cut depth = tool in work  set at -.250

if your material is .250 thick and you want to cut all the way through it set cut depth at -.270

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 26, 2008, 08:08:49 PM »

Kristin

hey you are doing pretty good.now take your l-cam and you can either delete the inner chains or move them to a new layer.to move to new layer ,put mouse on chain in menu and
right click.accept send to new layer.after moving chains to new layer you can then disable the layer with the layer menu.you want to get the arrow chain on it's layer.highlight the chain arrow
then click offset.with the offset menu open select tool.you will now have to edit your tool menu by adding your .5 cutter.save then select the tool. l-cam will use 1/2 the dia of the tool for the offset.

bill

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: My Lathe with the SmoothStepper

« on: August 26, 2008, 05:11:47 PM »

thanks Hood

that is a lot of good numbers, makes a person think about going shopping.

bill

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: My Lathe with the SmoothStepper

« on: August 26, 2008, 03:06:43 PM »

Hi ,Hood

what are the capacities of your lathe. you know the usual stuff,swing ,spindle bore ,bar feeder,etc,etc.

bill

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: some mach3 inlay work

« on: August 26, 2008, 12:17:25 PM »

Thanks Billy

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 26, 2008, 12:15:12 PM »

Oh i forget to mention in l-cam your layers list from top to bottom.when you generate code it will run from top to bottom.you can use your mouse to move the layers up and down
in the left side menu.

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 26, 2008, 12:10:12 PM »

Hey Kristin

here is a possible.you want to do 4 counterbores with holes.you can do a layer that has 1counterbore with a hole in it.wich would make 4 layers.or you can do all 4 counterbores as one
layer.that is why i said you have a excellant starting project for l-cam.you can play to your hearts desires.make sure to delete all of your demension chains so you have clean chains to start with
and when you do your offsets remember to delete the chain you offseted from.in your tool settings when you add tools you can list a 3/16 EM with differant speeds and depths.so you might
have a 3/16 listed 5 times.

bill

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Learning Curve ahead!

« on: August 26, 2008, 09:34:41 AM »

Hi,Kristin

looks like you are off to a good start.you did not mention the size and type of stock, that would help to determin clamping and stuff.your post mention that you are interested in tool changes
and multi files.you can cut that part out with a 3/16 center cutting end mill using L-cam and no tool changes.this is a good little project to learn with.you will be able to learn L-cam and all the
do/dont that you can get away with.i would cut it out in this order . do the counter bore then poke the hole,cut the center out as a slug,do the slot,poke your last hole,then finish the outside to
knock the part out.with L-cam you can turn that drawing into a many differant layer program.have fun with this one you will learn alot quickly.

bill