sploo,
Since I cut guitars I use the Y axis as my 39" and the X 25".
Understood. I think that may be the default configuration, as it looks to be that way round on one of the Mach 2 files I downloaded from K2's website.
I had another play last night, and managed to get the machine moving consistently with the toolpath display (i.e. clockwise
is clockwise!).
Once in awhile I'll wonder why my machine isn't running smooth and come to find I forgot to have it in "Constant Velocity" mode.
Yea, this was one of the things Ron mentioned when I spoke to him. I note that the circular pocket wizard in Mach 3 was putting a G64 at the beginning of the file (which is good).
If your Limit switch's go off for no reason change your "Deboucne Interval" to around 800+, or turn off "Watch Dog"
One thing that took me awhile to get the hang of was the "Softlimits" let me know if you have any trouble and I can post some advice about them.
Yea, to get the axes working as I wanted, I've been doing quite a bit of playing with the pins and home/limits settings, as it appears you can reverse a motor from two separate dialogs.
I've yet to be able to get the soft limits working, so any advice would be appreciated. That said, when I next get time I was planning to sit down and have a good read of those areas of the Mach 3 manual (I've been slowly working my way through it).
I didn't like K2's vacuum system so I bought some plexy glass, screws(much simpler just to use aquarium glue) and a dryer vent.
Used my K2 to cut out a hole and $10 later I had a great vacuum system. It's not pretty but works great, I need to see the bit and easly change it.
I ordered the K2 unit, but later read Bill Pentz's excellent site on dust extraction, and therefore I think I will need to make something bigger myself. However, that's a job for when I've finished plumbing in my ducting and extractor (yet another big job I'm doing at the moment).
The attached pic shows how I've currently set the axes up. I would prefer the home switches were all at the origin (Y is on the wrong side) but it's logical for me, and seems to be working. Just need to think about whether I want to re-set everything up as metric instead of imperial...