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General Mach Discussion / mach3 quilting machine again.
« on: April 06, 2021, 02:13:41 PM »
Hello members....i'm not sure if this post is in the right area but here goes.
I've converted my wife's 10 foot longarm quilter to Mach control....well, almost. X and Y axes work great while using arrow keys on the keyboard. But I have an issue with control, as follows.
I have an edge to edge pattern that I converted to G-code with Lazycam. These patterns have a starting point and ending point and are intended to be repeatable across the width of the quilt. The profiles that are with the Mach3 download won't work because they don't follow the continuous line that's in the design. They jump all over the place. You can see this on the "Z" DRO. Tried plasma and turn profiles without much luck.
I guess this involves a specific profile for quilting........designed to follow the continuous line from start point to end. My question is, I guess, what is involved in creating a new profile to handle that job.
Between a rock and a hard place right now....any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've converted my wife's 10 foot longarm quilter to Mach control....well, almost. X and Y axes work great while using arrow keys on the keyboard. But I have an issue with control, as follows.
I have an edge to edge pattern that I converted to G-code with Lazycam. These patterns have a starting point and ending point and are intended to be repeatable across the width of the quilt. The profiles that are with the Mach3 download won't work because they don't follow the continuous line that's in the design. They jump all over the place. You can see this on the "Z" DRO. Tried plasma and turn profiles without much luck.
I guess this involves a specific profile for quilting........designed to follow the continuous line from start point to end. My question is, I guess, what is involved in creating a new profile to handle that job.
Between a rock and a hard place right now....any help would be greatly appreciated.