I am using fusion 360 for design and cam. I have mach3 on a cnc router table.
When I start the cut, the machine got to the correct place and cuts correctly. Tonight I tried again and here is what happened. The first three holes worked just fine. As the cuts progressed, I seemed to loose steps(?). When I watched it more closely, I see that when the spindle retracted and moved to the new drill location, instead of going down to the work piece, it raised up, slowed for the cut then moved on to the next location and did the same thing, it rose up for the cut not down!
A bit of back story as well....
I have successfully made this cut before without issue as a trial in wood. When I went to do a final cut in aluminum, the computer crashed. After the computer was fixed, I have been getting this issue. I have tried to compare various g-codes and they seem to be the same but I'm still a little uncertain if it is the computer, mach3, fusion, or me that is causing the problems.
If anyone has any information on where to start looking for a solution, please let me know!
I have set the ref all and then set the zeros at the work piece. Which I have rarely done before but I am searching for anything that may work.
If ya need any more information, please let me know.
Thanks in advance,
rockaukum