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    Re: Tormach PathPilot WISH LIST (;-)

    I get that PP doesn't know where the work is, but a Z+ move couldn't possibly crash into anything. I don't use the "factory" Post Processor, as it didn't (at the time) offer options for G37 at each...
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    Re: Tormach PathPilot WISH LIST (;-)

    Request made...reported as a bug (the way I see it anyway). Annoyed by this again, earlier today I actually went to their website to find the reporting, but couldn't remember my password, so I...
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    Re: Tormach PathPilot WISH LIST (;-)

    Correct. It just asks for the next tool...too bad you can't physically get it out without hitting STOP, manually jogging up, changing the tool, MDI FIND Txxx, Set Start on line...you get the idea. ...
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    Re: Tormach PathPilot WISH LIST (;-)

    I'll try to better describe what I run into....Some things I make require more than the 10 tools in the ATC and when a tool that came from the ATC is finished and a manually loaded one is called for,...
  5. Re: About 20 Months Later - Would I Buy Another One? - PCNC1100

    I'm 2 months away from being 5 years into an 1100 s3. Prior to 2017, all my machining experience was on a 1974 Burke MVN (think 3/4 scale Bridgeport with 1/2 the features), so zero programming,...
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    Re: Tormach PathPilot WISH LIST (;-)

    Not sure if this *could* be handled in PathPilot, but in the situation where a tool manually loaded into the spindle during a program (because the ATC is full) followed by another tool that must be...
  7. Re: PathPilot renders USB write protected? (aka useless)

    Thanks for the feedback guys, I guess it is possible if there is a write limit that I have indeed hit it. Bought a 5 pack of USB's last week (possibly the first not-free USB's I've ever had?). I...
  8. PathPilot renders USB write protected? (aka useless)

    This is the 2nd time in 4 years this has happened to me. For my own shop simplicity, I transfer gcode to PathPilot with a USB. I have zero interest in figuring out how to dropbox, or network.
    I've...
  9. Re: Am I doing it wrong? Tool setter with an ATC on 1100 3

    Exactly what I was looking for, thank you & David Loomes! I've been using that post all week...
  10. Re: Am I doing it wrong? Tool setter with an ATC on 1100 3

    Thanks for the link, at least I wasn't missing something obvious!
  11. Am I doing it wrong? Tool setter with an ATC on 1100 3

    So a year or so back, I got a tool setter because manually measuring tool length offsets and then putting them in the ATC and expecting them to repeat in Z was...you know.

    I use Fusion 360 and...
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    Re: 12" x 12" piece on PCNC 1100?

    Probably job completed by now, but you should easily be able to machine 8x8 features in a 12x12 plate.

    It's worth knowing that you can adjust the X / Y limit switches and do some editing in Path...
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    Re: Tormach and blade serpent ties

    I have ordered from Blade Serpent one time earlier this year. I needed another gallon of coolant and their price was slightly better than elsewhere. I did not notice they are affiliated with...
  14. Re: PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    With my machine working well with the new extended limits on 2.2.4, I'm nervous to update the software with the latest release 2.3.6. Anyone else with extended travel limits update software with no...
  15. Re: PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    I appreciate the warning and you probably have more knowledge/experience with the PathPilot software. However, I didn't change values in the .ini. I changed them from the MDI interface using ADMIN...
  16. Re: PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    Thanks for the sweet tips everyone!
    I went to "previous versions" on the update screen, and went back to 2.0. From there I did a bunch of fiddling finding the actual travel limits and ended up...
  17. Re: PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    Thanks guys, I think the oldest version I have is 2.0 on the stick they sent. I'll give it a try.
  18. PathPilot Y soft limits "capping at -9.5000000"

    Good evening all,
    I have the need to get that little bit more travel out of my Y axis. I have an 1100s3 running PathPilot 2.2.4.
    In doing research on how to, I found this thread from 2015 -...
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    Re: Cold weather and Tormach 1100

    My shop is in a 15x25 insulated room within an uninsulated 30x50 pole barn. The shop has heat, but I do not run it unless I am in there, so over weekends or periods of time when I'm not in there,...
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    Re: Little Things

    Sounds like a lot of issues over there. Kind of the opposite here.

    I've had my 1100 series III from new since May of 2017. I've never used the flood coolant. Most of what I make is from 6061...
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    Re: Breaking in a new 1100M

    John @ NYC CNC posted up a couple "warm up" routines this past winter. Exercises the machine in all axis and brings spindle speed up in increments of 500 IIRC. I used them during the cold months -...
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    Re: What are you making?

    Also:
    4) Use stock ~0.100 thicker than finished part and hold it in something like Mitee-Bite jaws. Machine everything, then flip it over and face off the back side - hold the parts in custom...
  23. Re: Anyone who purchased one of the new 770/1100 M Post Up

    Sounds like I was in your shoes about a year and a half ago. I had been making prototype parts on manual machines for nearly 20 years when my employer finally came to their senses and figured out an...
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    Re: What are you making?

    I'm always making something different - part of what I like about my job. Most of the time it's parts for proprietary production machines of my own design. The past couple weeks, it's been parts...
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    Re: Little Things

    Ahhhh M998! No, I had no idea...thanks Gary I'll try it out!
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    Re: Little Things

    As long as we're talking about jobs that take more than 10 tools in the ATC and having to hand load / unload a tool or three...the only issue I have with how PathPilot handles this is unless you...
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    Re: WTB Tormach Tombstone

    Post up a picture of that thing in action!
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    Re: ATC Nylon Bolts

    Thanks Gary!
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    Re: ATC Nylon Bolts

    A ratcheting box end wrench also works well - The Craftsman 10mm I have has just enough offset to clear the front bolt while tightening the rear - there's no angle on the box end like a standard...
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    Re: ATC Nylon Bolts

    Gary, how long have those fingers been in use? My ATC also gets a lot of use, maybe not as much as yours, but would be good to know for inspection interval.
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