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I don't cut a lot of MDF myself but here's where I buy my cutters.
Onsrud Cutters:
http://www.onsrud.com/
Give them a call and tell them what you are doing. They have been very helpful in there recomendations for me in the past.
Thanks for the info. I'll be looking forward to seeing MR1.
"Change at point" has always been there in V9.
Thad. I had never seen this. You learn something new every day!!
Thanks dkintzel, I'm real excited about the ShopBot. A new adventure for me. This machine is for my retirement. Hoping to get about 20 to 30 hours a week. Something to keep me occupied and keep the old brain going. I appreciate the offer for help. If I have problems with it I will let you know.
Again Thanks to all for the help!!!
dkintzel,
I'm hoping to buy Mastercam router, but for kow I'll use what I have.
Bryan,
You got it!
Works like a charm
Thanks to all for the great help. This forum is the best.
dkintzel,
I'm using mill. I'll download your changes and see what I get.
Bryan,
I'll try that next. I was looking in post help last night and though that might be where to go next.
dkintzel ,
I'm trying to get full 3 axis movement.
This is a sample of what I would expect to see. I realize that the post you have and the one I'm working with have to have the create arcs filter turned to off. In Mastercam ver 9 I can't set the filters this way. If I can I must be doing somthig wrong becouse I get the same output no matter how I set the filters.
'(PROGRAM NAME - T)
'(DATE=DD-MM-YY - 04-05-05 TIME=HH:MM - 06:54)
'(UNDEFINED )
JS,1.000,.667
JH
J2,-.500,.000
JZ,.250
JZ,.100
MS,1.667,.250
MZ,.000
MS,3.333
M3,-.500,.000,.020
M3,-.498,.000,.039
M3,-.497,.000,.059
M3,-.494,.000,.078
M3,-.490,.000,.098
M3,-.486,.000,.117
M3,-.481,.000,.136
M3,-.476,.000,.155
M3,-.469,.000,.173
M3,-.462,.000,.191
M3,-.454,.000,.209
M3,-.446,.000,.227
M3,-.436,.000,.244
M3,-.426,.000,.261
M3,-.416,.000,.278
This is my latest attempt but still not right. Am I on the right track? Any ideas?
quote:
pcirout #Output to NC of circular interpolation
if plane > 0, linarc = 1
else, linarc = 0
[
if gcode = 2, cdcode = 1
if gcode = 3, cdcode = -1
n, pfeed, e
pcan1, pbld, n, sgplane, *sgcode, 44, sgabsinc, pccdia, pfxout, 44, pfyout, 44, pzout, parc, 44, "T", 44, *cdcode, strcantext, e
]
dkintzel ,
I don't see where your post is outputing the X,Z and Y,Z Planes as lines instead of arcs. maybe I have something set up wrong in mastercam but I can't find it. I don't have my Shopbot yet. Its on order, do in 1st of June. I did order the 5hp columbo spindle. I'm running the Shopbot program in preview mode for now to try and work out the bugs.
Lee K. White,
Any 3d tool path that tries to output an arc in the X,Z or Y,Z plane. I need line segments not arcs.
mike.b,
Yes I started with the post from the ShopBot web site. I did update it for Mastercam ver 9.
betts,
I did set the filters. Didn't help.
To everyone,
Thanks so far. I'm still not getting what I want. I've been playing with setting linarc to work with the plane value but no luck so far. I'll keep trying. Keep the ideas coming.
dkintzel,
The post you put on the FTP site seems to have some bugs in it. This is the output I got from it.
'(PROGRAM NAME - T)
'03-05-0513:39
&PROGTOOL=1
START:
SO,1,1
IF %(52)=0 THEN GOTO START
'MS,0.75
J2,.500,.000
JZ,.100
MZ,.000
CG,,-.500,.000,-.500,.000,T,-1
CG,,.500,.000,.500,.000,T,-1
MZ,.100
JZ,.250
JX,-.500
JZ,.100
MZ,.000
G18CG,,.500,.000,.500,.000,T,-1
MZ,.100
JZ,.250
STOP:
SO,1,0
IF %(52)=1 THEN GOTO STOP
JX,90
JY,-0.125
END
I'm trying to fix a post for a ShopBot router. The Shopbot can't output arcs in the X,Z and Y,Z planes. What I want to do is have the post output arcs in the X,Y Plane and output line segments in the X,Z and Y,Z planes. I know I can put "linarc = 1" at the
front of the post, but this does't let me output arcs in the X,Y plane. I have placed my post and a sample file on the FTP site under Text_&_post_files_&_misc, Shopbot.zip. Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Nathan,
I wrote a post for the Protrak LX3 lathe about 4 years ago. It may work on the newer controls. Its on Jay's FTP site under Text and Post files. Mpltrak.zip. I shared this post along time ago. It is a protected post and can't be edited. If it will work for you, you're welcome to use it. If you need edits in it contact me by e-mail.
We use a program called ThreadTech.
http://www.threadcheck.com/threadtech_software.htm
If you do a lot of threads it's well worth the cost.
Here's a sample of the results
..............OSBORN PRODUCTS INC..............
Pitch diameter tolerances and other data for EXTERNAL
THREADS, class 1A, 2A, 3A, series UNC, UNF, UNEF,
UN, UNJ, UNS.
Number of starts............................... 1
Threads per inch............................... 12.0000
Decimal lead is................................ 0.08333
1.875-12 UNJ-2A EXTERNAL THREAD
The major diameter is......................from 1.8732
to 1.8618
The pitch diameter is......................from 1.8191
to 1.8131
The minor diameter is......................from 1.7770
to 1.7660
Best wire size is.............................. 0.04811
Constant is.................................... 0.072169
Maximum radius at root is...................... 0.01500
Minimum radius at root is...................... 0.01250
Measurement over wires is..................from 1.891269
to 1.885269
Pitch diameter tolerance for 2A is............. 0.0060
Allowance for class 2A is...................... 0.0018
The helix angle is............................. 0.83542
Or if you prefer 0 Degrees 50 Minutes 7 Seconds
These are COMPUTER values......................
Run date is 03-25-05
I use an nport server. Have 9 machine tied to it and we can send from any of 14 computers in the plant. Works great. About $1000 but well worth it.
http://www.neteon.net/cat.asp?c=3
Jeff,
Go to plot menu, Click on move/prev, press the "f" key on your keybord to fit to screen, Press backup and then Do It. This will adjust the scale to plot to you paper size.
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