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Agreed, but interesting that it only shows up rarely in certain instances of movement.

But, might have found the problem. Yes, humming and losing steps is an indication of the acceleration being too high, but, it runs fine for over 170.000 lines of commands. However, it did get stuck...

Yes, the steppers are getting very hot, measured at 160 degrees F. Not much I can do about it short of putting cooling plates on them. Blowing air over them helped a little.

The drive can keep up with the acceleration/speed settings throughout the whole file (173,000 lines) except on that one line pair. And that line should not even be attempting to move the z-axis. Both...

This is a rotary job. When the following code section is run, the Z-axis hums and loses steps when
executing the marked lines of code. However, the Z-axis should not be moving at all.

N8420 G1...

You are right, meshcam. This is what happens when you get old! CRS setting in :(

Thank you.

I know this is a stupid question and I should have filed my information better, but I had come across a nice very simple cam (no cad, strictly cam) software some time ago, was fairly inexpensive and...

Why is this free, what is the catch???

George

Thanks, will take a look at it. Once you draw all the parts and have them fit correctly, does it give you exploded view with cut list?

George

Thanks, will take a look at it. Once you draw all the parts and have them fit correctly, does it give you exploded view with cut list?

George

If you read the license agreement on sketchup, it basically says that they can collect information from your computer, and send it off to whom ever they wish for analysis. The original license...

Two items:

1. What is the difference between rhinocam and rhino3d. Is it the same company, do the two applications work together?

2. Looking for a software like google's sketchup, but don't...

Thanks Jim. I bought new equipment, redid my whole shop, so now I'm back in the works. New products are on the way!


Then that makes sense, it was running at about 6 rpm. But if I specify...

I am using my rotary lathe attached to my camaster cnc router using mach3. It is working out really well, but have a question. To get descent feed rates, ie. to get the rotary to turn at a reasonable...

The only way I've been able to get it is to set the z-zero of the material to the bottom. Then the model gives you what you're looking for. However, that is not a good way to do it, and I don't know...

So what did you have to tinker with to get them back??

Or maybe the finishing takes out less than it is supposed to? In the 3D view, check the toolpath for the finishing run. Make sure it is at the height it is supposed to be at.

Ever figured out why those buttons are not there???

3D Rest Machining creates incorrect toolpath after z-level roughing, simulation shows incorrect cut. To reproduce the problem:
1. Create new model and draw with bitmap pen a wavy (amoeba shaped)...

Check the gcode file you are sending, see what line and command is causing the problem.

Thou shall not covet MY machine!!!

Awesome. Thank you. You would not believe how many hours I spent looking for it. Just could not remember where I saw it.

Thanks!

Man, I wish I could be there!!!!!

Thanks, but can't find it there either. It was a demo of cutting a sign or plaque and at the end, they did a tool path optimization. The tool path info window showed a significant decrease in time...

There was a video (on youtube I think) that talked about toolpath optimization. I saw it once and now can't find it. Has anyone seen this???

Thanks
George

I know this is an old post, but was wondering, how did you draw the design of the prop to give it the twist, what software did you use?

Thanks
George