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General Mach Discussion / Re: home off distance to zero

« on: November 30, 2008, 06:42:30 PM »

Ya know, the more I'm thinking about this, you're right, I shouldn't be messing with the home positioning at all. I should just make a button to move the tables off the switches completely after it homes and be done with it. I just wanted to keep the tension of the home switch levers when the machine is off, that's all, no big deal.

Thanks for letting me waste your time, fellas -  Just a reminder that I'm still very much a newb ....... 

Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: home off distance to zero

« on: November 30, 2008, 06:22:22 PM »

When I'm ready to shut down the machine, I'd like to be able to just hit ref all home and after it homes, I'd like to have it move off the switches completely.

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / home off distance to zero

« on: November 30, 2008, 05:46:12 PM »

Just a quick question for you fellas. When I ref all home my machine, and the machine moves back off the switches, it's still "touching" the switches even though the microswitch button has released.

I found the code through a search that would allow me to move off the switches completely, for example:

DoButton( 24 )
DoButton( 23 )
DoButton( 22 )
DoButton( 25 )

Code"G53 G00 X.2 Y.3  Z-.1"


But what do I need in the script to make the DRO's to Zero again after it's off the switches?

Thanks,
Dave

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Inlay Question

« on: November 30, 2008, 10:57:38 AM »

Hi Pete,

I tried having a look at your dxf but nothing showed. This will need to be saved as AutoCad 11/12 ascii type dxf.

Thanks,
Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Do you know what this is? See picture.

« on: November 29, 2008, 12:55:51 PM »

I kind of thought so as those screws in the center of each square would be to "shut off" each square so that depending on the positioning of the parts that will get sucked down, the vacuum will not escape out of the holes that are exposed when the part is laid down.

Should be pretty useful depending on how bad the seal is.

Dave

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Tangent Corner / Re: Do you know what this is? See picture.

« on: November 28, 2008, 12:35:21 PM »

That actually looks like a vacuum table/fixture of some kind.

Is there a tapered threaded hole on the side or bottom for an air fitting?

Dave

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 27, 2008, 01:37:40 PM »

Ok, thanks, just curious to know since some of the things ran differently for us.

I realize systems can be alike and yet so different as far as video drivers and the rest so it got my curiousity going. 

Dave

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 27, 2008, 12:23:44 PM »

Art, if I may ask, what PC hardware and OS are you running? Just curious is all-

Dave

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 27, 2008, 11:04:36 AM »

And don't be afraid to experiment, Steve, and post your findings as this is what this is all about - 

Dave

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: November 27, 2008, 10:27:38 AM »

Steve, when that mouse click dialog box comes up, don't use your mouse at all and hit the "N" key on your keyboard and that will generate your toolpath  

Take note of the green "loading" bar at the bottom of the page. Depending on your settings, it can take awhile so go get your self a beverage while you wait -  

Dave

EDIT: crap, I see this was posted above ...lol!