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  1. #1
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    Does K-Cam read "D"?

    "D" as "tool radius compensation number".
    If so, I would need to use G41 or G42 ?
    What would a lind of code look like profiling with a Ø.25 Endmill?

    Thank you for any direction or help.

    Charlie

  2. #2
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    Gerry

    UCCNC 2017 Screenset
    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2017.html

    Mach3 2010 Screenset
    http://www.thecncwoodworker.com/2010.html

    JointCAM - CNC Dovetails & Box Joints
    http://www.g-forcecnc.com/jointcam.html

    (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)

  3. #3
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    Apr 2005
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    Thank you Gerry.

    According to that Kellyware example you posted, someoneone loaded a DXF into Kcam and got a G-Code complete with Cutter Compensation!

    I have never been able to use what K-Cam gives me because the "Z" axis is called for after every few lines, and the G-Code is jumping up and down, running all over the place!

    When I load a tool from the tool box, it will compensate to the left, then to the right, and often goes in little circles from one line to another, so I have not been able to use K-Cam in this manner at all.

    I can load a part profile (G-Code) written by another program and K-Cam will run the Stepper Motors from it, but when I try to use Cutter Compensation, It goes crazy, So what I load is what I get, any changes I make, I need to do it before giving it to K-Cam.

    I love the big display and the CNC Controlls, but use it to run the stepper Motors only.

    Surely, I just don't know how to use it, as I said, I love the display.

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