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So I've always tried to get a good chip-load from my feed rates. What I don't quite understand is, what physically is going on when I have too slow of a feed rate? Why is it bad? what physically is...

I have to make some holes in a 24"x24"x0.5" fixture plate. I'm going to use 3 dowel pins for locating and several #10-32 holes for fastening down a rather large part. My initial plan for making this...

Thanks for the advice! Are there any problems with taking very light cuts (my cam doesn't do HSM toolpaths). My first operation should be fine, but my second op is a bit sketchy. I'm putting some #2...

I'm about to do some milling of "easy to machine" ABS plastic (McMaster-Carr) on my Tormach. I'll be doing some roughing with a 1/2" 2 flute HSS Cutter and contouring with a 1/2", 1/4" and 1/8" Ball...

Ended up settling on 0.01 radial DOC, 610 RPM and 17 IPM. I tried kicking it up to 1500 RPM and 1000 RPM, but it just didn't sound right. Or maybe I'm just a baby. Either way, I haven't had any...

I used a company called Town to Town movers out in Worcester for a move. I don't remember the exact cost, but I believe it was under $800 to move the entire office, including a Prazi mill. If you...

Heres a video that shows a fogbuster setup on a 770: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_U1My2-hOA

You'll find that for a lot of engraving and about 90% of the milling on the Tormach, the stock...

Machine is the 1100. My first stall was in the high range, so I switched to low. Surprisingly, I still had one stall and one close call (sounded like it was about to stall, hit feedhold first). I...

I'm running an operation with a slitting saw and my mill keeps stalling. I have no idea why. I'm running a 2.5" D, 0.125" W 28 Tooth HSS slitting saw in aluminum (climb milling) with a 0.15" radial...

I think the is the crux of the question, not tensioning the drawbar. He HAS done everything he can to set up properly and keep the shanks clean and dry, but they get soaked while sitting in the ATC...

In a previous thread (http://www.cnczone.com/forums/tormach-pathpilot-/279244-tormach.html) TBKahuna used the commands:

(PROBEOPEN //home/operator/gcode/Probe/probe-results.txt)
...
(PROBECLOSE)...

That would be the best solution by far and I would love some sources. I looked a little and the only one I really found was C&H technologies (Extruded Heat Sinks | Heat Sink Extrusions).

I ended up being lame and slotted them with an 1/8" end mill for a few reasons. I needed to get ONE of these done as fast as I possibly could. I don't have much experience with slitting saws and...

I need to machine a prototype heat sink and am wondering the best way to do it. The back (not really show) has a bunch of features that are milled in a first operation so I don't have to worry about...

AWESOME!!!!!!! Thank you so much for figuring this out! Time to give it a try!

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.

I've been playing around with a probe and was considering writing a program to do some inspection. Are there any commands where I could actually write a file? Really, just a simple text file along...

Thats very odd, hopefully you'll get it worked out soon. In the meantime, if you are worried about this happening during a program you could include the 3 lines:

o100 if [#<_imperial> EQ 1]
G21...

Thanks! That gave me a good idea for a quick and dirty jig to try out! Now lets see if it works with my thick gauge...

I want to prototype some torsion springs out of 34 gauge (0.094") steel music wire. Any ideas for a simple way/ jig to do it in the shop?

I had the same problem and asked Tormach about it. Are you using a VGA extension cord? This caused my problem for some reason, but when I switched to a single VGA cable it all worked out.

Ask and ye shall receive...

This is a test program that has two components. The first is a subroutine that finds the center of a pocket. This is a copy of Tormach's code with several changes made...

It will, but not if you want to set zeroes beyond G59.3. I'm trying to write a standalone probing G-code where I hit a button once and can have (n+1) unique zeroes for a fixture containing (n) parts.

That is what I do for the first side. When I flip the parts, I want to probe the center of all of them. My CAM doesn't support probing, so I have to figure something else out.

I’m writing a program to probe the center of 10 different parts on a fixture and am wondering the best way to set my zeros. Currently, I have my fixture in a G54 coordinate system and move to G55 for...

Thanks so much. Works perfectly.

What does your block of code for a tool change look like? I kept having errors with my ATC until I changed around the order of commands. Typing:

M06 G43 TXX HXX

Seemed to fix my problems. I...

How do you actually declare the values that you pass into a subroutine as arguments? Say I wanted to pass a parameter like feed rate into a subroutine. From my understanding, I could declare it in...

Did some more tests and measurements.

Lost motion in X:0.00015"
Lost motion in Y: 0.0003"
Lost motion in Z: 0.00045"

So my backlash is well within what I would hope. Would this account for a...