Experienced SW user, total new user of MC though. Trying to do the CAM for a flat rectangular part with a bunch of holes. Axes were all screwed up because the original sketch was drawn on the front...
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Experienced SW user, total new user of MC though. Trying to do the CAM for a flat rectangular part with a bunch of holes. Axes were all screwed up because the original sketch was drawn on the front...
New to me DHC running plasmacam 3.11. In the configurations screen I can type in a name for a configuration, and when I hit <add> the name a want to add appears in the configuration window on the...
I got a 2w Nextwave Shark CNC piranha 2w laser head and control interface box in a lot of equipment recently, I'd like to use this with a CNC router of a different brand I have. I reached out to...
Someone just sent me a link to one, cnc4pc model c72 should do the job I think. Thanks though!
Is there a ready made, cheap, screw terminal module that will get the job done?
I'm doing a centroid retrofit with allinone DC controller and happen to have this mpg handwheel from a machine that got scrapped. I'd like to use it for a pendant for my retrofit. Is there a way to...
Thanks, that is the fix!
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No actually it looks like the attached, with the only choices being rough contour face or thread mill. I started by clicking on new 2.5 axis mill operation in the second down from the top tool bar....
Ive got a standard router 4'x4' divided into 2) 4'x2' zones. Trying to decide between a used regenerative blower that will do 50" water at 100 cfm for $300 or a universal motor vacuum head for $130...
I got it; but I don't know why engrave doesn't show up in the initial drop down menu for 2.5 axis operation insertion, and you can't pick the stick font sketch as an available sketch unless you wade...
I ended up doing it all manually, much more concise then letting the automated system do it. Now I have another simple question- I had this solved last night but the above problem was so...
The thing that gets me is if the confine function worked properly I would be OK. I'm of course using too much of the automatic programming functionality and it works for the most part but.... I'll...
Part of my problem is not knowing what I'm doing, I do a lot of CAD but very little CAM... I think I tried it with and without wip..I did reorder some operations to minimize tool changes. I also...
I don't see a separate solidworks CAM forum but I think it is camworks renamed I'm new to solidworks CAM. I'm trying to clean up some material in some raised lettering inside a pocket bottom with a...
Preparing for a retrofit that has DC brushed servo axis drives. Resistance for motor chassis ground to motor power leads for one motor is 4.0 megohms, 0.63 M for the second and infinite for 3rd axis....
that's actually pretty good, but I guess with this thread milling would be the way to go as I think rigid tapping is an extra cost option on this control anyway..
thanks
tom
It is air cooled. I'll monitor the spindle temp & set 4500 minimums. I guess rigid tapping is out...
thanks!
I've got a manual, but the drive is relatively old and the manual is for a few generations newer than the one I have and a lot of it is written like it was poorly translated from Japanese- AND it was...
These tests were never more than a few seconds. In any case I just got the unit to work what seems like normally by changing the "base frequency" parameter from its default of 50 to 300. (when I...
I have a giordano columbo 300hz 18000 rpm 220v 3.7kw 5hp spindle motor that came on a router with a hitachi j100 inverter drive and were working until put into storage a few years ago. I'm...
I'm doing a retrofit on a router with a servo dynamics mts30m4-38 26lb/in 8.6A 3700 rpm 140v servo with a 24vdc 44lb/in d97-52721 brake on the z axis. I need to get a DC power supply for this brake...
I was not able to find a solution, but I took photos of each parameter screen. I just removed everything to prepare for a centroid all in one retrofit. I was going to retain the servo drives but...
I just got an old but very nice Standard Router brand 4x4 CNC router with a Fagor 8925m control that I'm going to do a retrofit on, probably to Centroid. I'd like to run it first to see what works...
As I experiment more with programs with tool changes I was looking at the program limits box on the toolpath tab to be able to figure out if the gcode I have loaded will be able to run without...
Entering that string returned "p value out of range w G10L2
Whats with this weird string of numbers for tool zero offset? The offset of zero does show correctly in the program page tool offset for that tool when mach 3 first comes up, but I don't seem to be...
I'll see if I can figure out if the other posts treat the tool changes differently, but for now I was actually able to get the part to complete, thanks to everyone for their help.
Presumably a negative value for G43 would cover G44, no?
I thought the H code just had to be on a line OTHER than the T#, but I may be wrong...I'm also not using the stock SW CAM mach3 post because mach3 wouldn't even get through the code at all with a ton...
Duplicating a reference tool would be no problem with a height gauge and tool fixture, so that's not really an issue for me. I just need to figure out why the short tool triggered the +z move...BTW...