Originally Posted by
ryansuperbee
Hello! I bought a Smithy CNC 1240 milling machine. The machine comes with it's own computer and has EMC2 software in it. When I program a part in the mills computer (only cabable of simple shapes) it ask we what size bit I'm using and what material I'm cutting into. This is EMC2 asking these questions.
This must be something Smithy has added to the software. It's not part of the linuxcnc released version of emc.
When I program a part using my bobcad software it bypasses the EMC2. So it doesn't ask me those previous questions. When I start to cut into aluminum I max out the speed and it goes slow. Do you think that this is because of a Default setting?
Is the interpretor (emc) overriding the feed (F#) in the BobCad created code? Maybe you simply need to increase the F# in the gcode file? If that doesn't work contact Smithy. There must be a way to bypass the addons and run a straight gcode file without the nonsense.
Edit/ Also ask Smithy where the default settings are located. Maybe the material defaults to SS or the like. Unless someone running a similar machine chimes in.
Anyone who says "It only goes together one way" has no imagination.