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I've been getting great results from Cut2D (made by Vectric). It will post to Mach3 no problem. Probably similar to CamBam and similar in price. If you are just cutting out parts and drilling holes...

I've never been able to get LazyCam to recognize tool diameters. I draw my designs with this in mind.

That's bout how I did it with SolidWorks, LazyCam and Mach3 until LazyCam stopped recognizing circles and turned them into 20 sided objects with a whole lot more code.

A seperate post? LazyCam had the post already in. Or, would it have been installed later?

Please bare with me, I have no official training (except for a SolidWorks course) and I bought all of my machinery used and don't have the disks (so I don't think I can transfer MasterCam onto my...

I bought all the machinery used so I have no idea where the disks are.

I am the boss so I think it is ok.

Wondering if anyone can help. Totally frustrated with LazyCam so I need something else. I have a copy of MasterCam on my design computer and I was wondering if I can copy and put it on my machine...

I just wasted my weekend with LazyCam. It worked OK for what I was doing. It never recognized tool diameter so I drew my designs with this in mind. Now it changes circles into about 20 lines of code...

Today I cleaned out my water tank and removed the water pump. The pump was all full of corrosion and I decided that antifreeze might be better to run than straight water.

Then I got to thinking:...

It looks like the flutes were just getting filled with dust and the cutting edge was no longer biting into the wood. This caused the tool to push the wood instead of cutting through it.

I...

Wondering if anyone can help?

I have a Camwood 408 (water cooled, air change tool) and was cutting out a pattern today and the tool stopped spinning. Now that I think of it I'm not sure if the...

Thanks, I'll be working on it all day today so I will hopefully get back to you soon with some good news.

Thanks for your help guys.

Sweet, I didn't know they had a printed manual. I thought it was only the on-line tutorials. I don't have the intermatron in my shop which makes this whole process even harder. Trying to remember...

Sorry, I also have a copy of Mastercam that I haven't even tried to figure out yet. Maybe it would work better?

So, if I'm trying to make a cabinet with pilot holes I would.....

Load my DFX file into lazycam. Delete the chains that contained the panel cuts (3/8" compression) so that I'm left with the holes...

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

I'm still not sure if I'm doing anything right. Do I manually put the tool change into the G-code? Can I assign different tools for different chains? Is this all done...

Wondering if any one out there can give me a hand.

I'm making a woodworking project and I'm trying to set up my machine so that I can drill pilot screw holes with a 1/8 tool and then switch the...

I'm looking for a round end mill for some surfacing. Probably 3/8" will do it and a 1/4" to fine tune it. I also need a tool for doing some small pocketing and think a 1/4" to dig it out and then...

I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on a vacuum pump?

I have a CAMWOOD 408 (4X8 table, 6hp water cooled spindle etc.) and it came with a Travaini 7.5Kw vacuum pump (model EVO1OM).
...

I have a 4x8 plywood router and I'm trying to cut stuff out. It seems to be working so far for single pieces.

My question is: How do you nest parts in MasterCam X3? I'm trying to do multiple...

Thanks for the help.

I'll try the drawing tutorial.

It is SW 2008 although it seems easier to use than 2009 (the one we used in the course).

The machine runs on Mach3. Is there a better...

Thanks for your help.

As you can probably tell I'm new to all this. My boss bought me a CAMWOOD 408 instead of paying me for a couple of months. The intention was to make 3D wood products but we...

So, a drawing as in the drafting drawing with the 3 view?

Shouldn't lazy cam be able to read 3D since almost anything you cut is 3D? For example: I have a 2D piece of plywood but if I want to make...

To anyone that can help.

I've used SW 2008 to design a 3D part that I would like to cut out on my router table. I can't seem to save it as a DFX file and lazycam is not opening with the SLDPRT...

I was wondering if any one had any advice on picking a g-code generator for SolidWorks and Mach3?

I currently have a 4X8 table router and have Lazy Cam loaded on it. I would like to do some 3D...

Hello all, nice to meet you.

I know little about computers and even less about CNC. I had the opportunity to buy a used CAM WOOD WR 408 VAC PB6 for cheap so I took it. My goal is to make 3D shapes...