Hi everybody,

For days and days i study all the mach3 manuals in order to find out how to compensate mill diameter for outline milling (or pocket).I have a complex outline shape and i want a exact outline.I tried it allso with CAMBAM ,but somehow i am getting lost.
Maybe someone can give me some advise?
 
Sam

Post the dxf file.
Also define how deep and what size end mill you will be using.
If using Lazycam then you need a Pro license to do offsets.

RICH

Sam,

I have used the free version of CamBam for some time now, it has it's quirks but I think it does make an excellent job of applying tool radius compensation to the generated GCode. Perhaps a bit more practice with the software 

Alternately why not read up the Mach manuals etc. on tool radius compensation and using G40 / G41 / G42 in your GCode.

Tweakie.

Thank you guys, i am gonna test and practice. In CAMBAM i thought i did implement the tool diameter but i must do something wrong. I will look in mach3 for these G40,41 and 42 codes .
Sam