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Re: UPDATE - Easy CNC Guide Needed
开云体育Looks like only 40 uses at reduced (1000 lines) operation is allowed. Alan On 2/4/2017 9:16 AM, Paul Loeffler
rockwell800@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote:
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Re: UPDATE - Easy CNC Guide Needed
Paul Loeffler
My 2 cents.....Search for a program called CamBam...I think it's free, never used it but hear great things about it. I use high end SOLIDWORKS based cam packages at work so I don't have a need for something like this. Learn basic Gcode...Not that hard... you'd be surprised at what you can do with it If you want to design components then even a simple CAD package is almost essential. Search "Free CAD software". Quite a bit to choose from. Paul On Feb 4, 2017 8:59 AM, "pmark1@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]" <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...> wrote:
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UPDATE - Easy CNC Guide Needed
Appreciate the input so far.
My OS is an XP3 32 bit ... I presume that the Fusion 360 will not work.
For example ... I came across some free G -Codes De Armond Tool has posted on his site, With instructions :) to give you an idea where I'm at, at this time. Very nicely done as need something like this .... step by step - hands on approach! Thank you for taking the time to assist with this matter as I have a long learning curve ahead,? PM? ?
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
开云体育I hereby nominate Tony for Pres or even King, all Hail.???? "change so Z is on top".??I really don't think any Youtube creators know this, at least not that I have seen.?? Yes you can change Z? in CAM/setup? as you may have a feature on another face but when first learning and you have so much going on it's hard to grasp.?? Even after grasping it, then it's in what universe is Z on the front with 3 axis Router by default.? :-)??? Thank You Tony. Next beginner tip.? I had a tough time "seeing" the correct plane to select from the 3D plane view with a new drawing.??? Learning to just click on? "Top" of the little 3D Cube that is in the upper right corner of your screen solved that for me. That being said,? Fusion is light years ahead of anything out there for the Hobbiest. Regards Dan On 2/2/2017 10:34 PM, 'Tony Smith'
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
Sure, but for the average hobbyist in their garage with their 3020 router, making the picture look like how it’ll sit on the machine cuts down on the confusion.
Modelling in a 3D environment is confusing enough without the “why is the router cutting on its side?” moment. And the option to flip the toolpath the ‘right’ way can be a bit hard to find. Don’t forget what the question was. Tony From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...] Sent: Friday, 3 February 2017 10:28 PM To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Easy CNC Guides Needed In Fusion 360, you can pick the orientation in the CAM setup no matter the part Z. This allows you to cut different sides in different setups. On 2/3/2017 1:34 AM, 'Tony Smith' ajsmith1968@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote: For part design (both CAD & CAM), Fusion 360. Free to hobbyists, needs a 64-bit OS though. Heaps of tutorials on YouTube, AutoDesk have a series aimed at the beginner. Fusion 360 has way way more than you?�?ll ever need, I?�?m not entirely convinced I need to know how plastic cools in my injection mold, but you never know. That said most of it will go over your head at first. First thing to do is go into preferences (click your name) and change the orientation so Z is on top. Confused me no end why the toolpath was being generated on the front of the part. Tony From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...] Sent: Friday, 3 February 2017 1:35 AM To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Easy CNC Guides Needed Would appreciate some assistance from Our Forum Family on what basics I need to do to get my machine setup to initiate a simple part or engraving to get started. First of all, I do have a complete CNC mill, controller, mach 3 and it does appear to be configured properly? This is sort of a sticking point for me. Would like to actually design a simple part to get familiar with the procedure involved. For example, I'm sure there have been many of you that started out that have been there and done that. Pretty new at this and would like to know how you proceeded to obtain get this cnc to work for you. Any an all suggestion would very much be appreciated. I really need a basic, step by step, hands on instructions for a newby. You may consider sending a PM if you prefer. Thanks very much for taking the time to assist with this matter. If I am out of line here please feel free to tell me where to go. PM -- Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA Think, Draw, Print. 3D printers ROCK! My hobby pages are here: Visit the castinghobby FAQ: [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
开云体育In Fusion 360, you can pick the orientation in the CAM setup no matter the part Z. This allows you to cut different sides in different setups. On 2/3/2017 1:34 AM, 'Tony Smith'
ajsmith1968@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote:
? -- Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA Think, Draw, Print. 3D printers ROCK! My hobby pages are here: Visit the castinghobby FAQ: |
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
For part design (both CAD & CAM), Fusion 360.
Free to hobbyists, needs a 64-bit OS though. Heaps of tutorials on YouTube, AutoDesk have a series aimed at the beginner. Fusion 360 has way way more than you’ll ever need, I’m not entirely convinced I need to know how plastic cools in my injection mold, but you never know. That said most of it will go over your head at first. First thing to do is go into preferences (click your name) and change the orientation so Z is on top. Confused me no end why the toolpath was being generated on the front of the part. Tony From: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... [mailto:CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...] Sent: Friday, 3 February 2017 1:35 AM To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Easy CNC Guides Needed Would appreciate some assistance from Our Forum Family on what basics I need to do to get my machine setup to initiate a simple part or engraving to get started. First of all, I do have a complete CNC mill, controller, mach 3 and it does appear to be configured properly? This is sort of a sticking point for me. Would like to actually design a simple part to get familiar with the procedure involved. For example, I'm sure there have been many of you that started out that have been there and done that. Pretty new at this and would like to know how you proceeded to obtain get this cnc to work for you. Any an all suggestion would very much be appreciated. I really need a basic, step by step, hands on instructions for a newby. You may consider sending a PM if you prefer. Thanks very much for taking the time to assist with this matter. If I am out of line here please feel free to tell me where to go. PM |
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
Mark you will need a drawing program to start and from there there are programs to create the cnc program. Before I get to that I will need to get more familiarity with the mach 3. Like how to zero the machine and establish the starting point coordinates, etc. Thank you Nelson! ? PM |
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Re: Easy CNC Guides Needed
Mark you will need a drawing program to start and from there there are programs to create the cnc program.? From: "pmark1@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]" To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@... Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 9:34 AM Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Easy CNC Guides Needed
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Would appreciate some assistance from Our Forum Family on what basics I need to do to get my machine setup to initiate a simple part or engraving to get started. First of all, I do have a complete CNC mill, controller, mach 3 and it does appear to be configured properly? This is sort of a sticking point for me. Would like to actually design a simple part to get familiar with the procedure involved. For example, I'm sure there have been many of you that started out that have been there and done that. Pretty new at this and would like to know how you proceeded to obtain get this cnc to work for you. Any an all suggestion would very much be appreciated. I really need a basic, step by step, hands on instructions for a newby. You may consider sending a PM if you prefer. Thanks very much for taking the time to assist with this matter. If I am out of line here please feel free to tell me where to go. PM
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Easy CNC Guides Needed
Would appreciate some assistance from Our Forum Family on what basics I need to do to get my machine setup to initiate a simple part or engraving to get started. First of all, I do have a complete CNC mill, controller, mach 3 and it does appear to be configured properly? This is sort of a sticking point for me. Would like to actually design a simple part to get familiar with the procedure involved. For example, I'm sure there have been many of you that started out that have been there and done that. Pretty new at this and would like to know how you proceeded to obtain get this cnc to work for you. Any an all suggestion would very much be appreciated. I really need a basic, step by step, hands on instructions for a newby. You may consider sending a PM if you prefer. Thanks very much for taking the time to assist with this matter. If I am out of line here please feel free to tell me where to go. PM |
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Re: KCam
Ed
开云体育On 12/09/2016 08:02 AM,
TerryOwens99@... [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] wrote:
snip Go to linuxcnc.org and download the latest image. It is way beyond what the BDI's were and much easier to set up. Ed. |
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KCam
Hi, It has been a long time since I wrote on this list a migraine headache (hemicrania continua) 24/7 for the last 3 years and not being able to understand what I read will do that.? I found a book I bought a long time ago about CNC machining based around using KCAM instead of the more extensive and expensive Mach series of programs. Is there anyone using KCAM on this list and how do you find it. Another consideration is using a Linux based system and I was wondering if this has moved on much since the BDI CD that someone sent me off this list. Regards, Terry |
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Re: Reference Material Available Cheap
开云体育Your comment surprised me, since I had never heard that they were liquidating. They are, however, trying to find someone to buy their inventory. Their answer when I asked:
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Reference Material Available Cheap
Howdy folks;
Many of you will remember Lindsey Publications, and all those wonderful old referrence books, for machining, and other subjects. Maybe not quite so many remember, "Your Old Time Book Store", that took over for/from them. Well YOTBS is now going through liquidation sales itself, so if you're looking to pick up some good reference books, use the Coupon Code, "500FF", for better pricing at: Bill |
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Re: Bridgeport Interact II not 0
开云体育On 10/09/2016 12:26 PM,
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.033" seems way too much to be backlash.? I'm not a Mach user, but any possibility you hit a wrong key and changed the coordinate offsets or coordinate system by accident?? I've had a few crazy things happen with LinuxCNC, and I'm pretty sure a few of them were "operator error".? If you do it just right, these can cause small offsets that won't be instantly obvious.? Some other crazy stuff turned out to be a bad connector that had my motion interface running on 4 V, when it was supposed to have 5.? Took a while to even realize something was actually wrong, then took some time to locate the bad connector.? It could be a bad connection that comes and goes, possibly as the machine moves.? Those can be VERY difficult to track down. Jon |
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Bridgeport Interact II not 0
I've been running my Bridgeport Interact II with Geckos and Mach 3 for a couple years. ?Thot I had it pretty "dialed in" - motor tuning set very close to 20000. Yesterday I started a job that drilled a hole at 0,0, moved and drilled holes at (+/-X,0) and (0,+/-Y) then returned to 0,0 to start another part of the job. ?Even though MACH says I'm back at 0,0,0, the tool was visually off. ?I recentered and it appears to have been off at least in X by 0.033", Y.. maybe 0.005 ish. After recentering (visually) I cut a circle, which cut within about 0.001" dia, and that's with no backlash compensation in MACH. Need help understanding this...? Missing steps? - rapids were only like 15 ipm, "sounded good" while moving, I was VERY surprised to literally see it noticeably off center. Backlash? - seems good based on the circle I cut What am I missing?? THANKS! |
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