Hi,
I apologize for any confusion and inaccuracies with my previous CV findings.
I have found that in a number of CV runs above, (in my mail) the CV was not applied correctly, hence a number were just the same or totally incorrect.
I found this out when I found some run times were the same when I made further tests.
To address this I decided to enter all my CV entries (180 angles) directly into the Machine.ini File.
The following JPG’s show finally, the correct display of each CV setting.
I ran CV 0,10,50,100,400,700 the G-Code has X/Y/Z in cutting mode all running at F400.
Each time the Machine.ini file was changes (CV Values) and Mach4 was run the CV table was checked to confirm that change.
The main reason for using CV is that we all do not have expensive HS Mills or Routers that have high tolerances and fast acceleration capabilities, so we require CV to reduce cutting time on long 2.5D and 3D runs and produce a suitable result.
Times for each run:
CV = 0 = 40:33.02mins best of all but not suitable for long machining runs as time would be excessive.
CV = 10 = 39.14.25mins very good but slow.
CV = 50 = 34:35.71mins not as good as 10 but could still be a reasonable cut.
CV = 100 = 29:48.70mins not suitable for fine carving/engraving 2.5D or 3D machining.
CV = 400 = 19:00.04mins very rough on angles.
CV = 700 = 19:04.07mins not sure why it took longer than CV=400 made no real difference as the max speed on X/Y/Z was F400.
Regards,
Mauri.