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General Mach Discussion / Help!!!!!

« on: March 29, 2008, 12:55:45 AM »

This is some weird stuff guys, After this was cut I checked my X/Y position and found that my X was out over an inch.
This sould been a round hole. I was cutting this on my Tormach.
Take a look at the code and see if any thing is wrong.
Chris

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SmoothStepper USB / Re: Welcome to SmoothStepper forum.

« on: March 19, 2008, 10:14:03 PM »

Just knoxing the dust off this one to see how things are going.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Whats missing

« on: February 29, 2008, 06:35:38 PM »

Run the job today with that code change
and all is well !!!

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Whats missing

« on: February 28, 2008, 10:29:33 PM »

Thank you so much!!!

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Whats missing

« on: February 28, 2008, 09:51:32 PM »

Thanks !
Could you edit the code for an example if you don't mind.

It looks like I'll have to edit my post processer file to correct this.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Whats missing

« on: February 28, 2008, 06:42:45 PM »

Hi guys
I need a little help with this code.
I can set axes A to 0.000 and it starts
running the part from that postion.
The next postion is A-135 and it will
go to that postion and everything is
on track after that but it completely
skips A-90.
There is a fixture in the tailstock that
has to be indexed.
Now I can set the fixture to the A-90
postion and start the job and all is well
but this is a pain.
The fixture has a indexing mark to set it at
A-0.000 for seting up the part.
Why dosen't the A axes move to A-90
from A-0.0 then start running the job?


G00 G43 G40.1 G17 G80 G50 G90
G20
(Rotate Table)
A-90. F1.
(Standard Drill 90)
M6 T1
G43 H1
M03 S4500
G00 Z0.2500
X3.0469 Y-0.0001
G81 X3.0469 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2512 R0.0988
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X5.0156 Y-0.0002 Z-0.2698 R0.0802
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X6.9844 Y-0.0001 Z-0.261 R0.089
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X8.9531 Y-0.0001 Z-0.261 R0.089
G80
G00 Z0.2500
(Rotate Table)
A-135. F1.
(Standard Drill 135)
X2.0625
G81 X2.0625 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X4.0312 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X6.0000 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X7.9687 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X9.9375 Y-0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
(Clearance Plane)
A-180. F1.
(Standard Drill 180)
X3.0469 Y0.0000
G81 X3.0469 Y0.0000 Z-0.2513 R0.0987
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X5.0156 Y0.0000 Z-0.2513 R0.0987
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X6.9844 Y0.0000 Z-0.2501 R0.0999
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X8.9531 Y0.0000 Z-0.2611 R0.0889
G80
G00 Z0.2500
(Rotate Table)
A-225. F1.
(Standard Drill 225)
X2.0625 Y0.0001
G81 X2.0625 Y0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X4.0312 Y0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X6.0000 Y0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X7.9687 Y0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X9.9375 Y0.0001 Z-0.2643 R0.0857
G80
G00 Z0.2500
(Rotate Table)
A-270. F1.
(Standard Drill 270)
X3.0469
G81 X3.0469 Y0.0001 Z-0.25 R0.1
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X5.0156 Y0.0002 Z-0.2698 R0.0802
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X6.9844 Y0.0001 Z-0.261 R0.089
G80
G00 Z0.2500
G81 X8.9531 Y0.0001 Z-0.261 R0.089
G80
G00 Z0.2500
(Rotate Table)
A-0. F1.
(2 1/2 Axis Profiling)
M5 M6 T2
G43 H2
M03 S4500
X12.1000 Y0.4394
G01 Z-0.3750  F20.0
X12.0500  F25.0
X12.0000  F30.0
X2.0138  F10.0
Y-0.4394
X12.0000
X12.0500  F30.0
X12.1000
G00 Z0.0750
Y0.4894
G01 Z-0.3750  F20.0
X12.0500  F25.0
X12.0000  F30.0
X1.9638  F10.0
Y-0.4894
X12.0000
X12.0500  F30.0
X12.1000
G00 Z1
M5 M9
M30

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 CNC Convention (Feb 23-24 Knoxville)

« on: February 21, 2008, 06:18:55 PM »

I just checked in to my hotel, can't wate!!!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC for Tormach

« on: January 22, 2008, 12:33:19 PM »

Well from what you are telling me your setup is more complex
than mine will be.

Tormach doesn't send the Mach manual with there mill
it is pre-configured.

I will have to down load the manual and start there.

What PLC are you useing?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC for Tormach

« on: January 22, 2008, 08:33:03 AM »

Thanks Hood.

Could you go into a little more detail of how you useing your PLC?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ATC for Tormach

« on: January 21, 2008, 08:16:07 PM »

Yes I’ve seen it and there’s a guy that has a youtube video of a similar setup for a Haas tool room mill.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3wjO0aaKLQ

I would like something a little more commercial.
Those open type tool changers will let chips
gather on them and they will shorten the useable
X travel.

Making a door that will retract will be easy.
I have a couple saws in the shop that have
blade guards that retract as you pull them down.

Making the changer will be cake.
The only thing that I will have to
trouble that I can foresee is setting up
mach to do what I wont it to do.

There are some very bright people on
this forum that I’m shore won’t mind
holding my hand when the time comes.

I do have a question, will mach take limit switch
inputs other than the XYZ’s that's on the machine now?

If I can have my way I would us limit switch’s
to let Mach know that a cycle has be completed.

This would make things simple.           

Here is a pic of my Tormach after a days work with
Acetron GP.