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Support / CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Incomplete Pocket Cuts
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on: Today at 07:51:30
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Hello Anyone know why I'm getting incomplete pocket cuts like this? Yes, use a smaller step over  ; mostly 0.6 give a good result without "holes", but sometimes a small change to the step over can give a very different result depending of the shape, tool diam, etc ++ David
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Support / CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Manual tool changes
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on: December 10, 2019, 00:06:49 am
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Hello
First: your GCode must contain Tn M6 commands ; those commands are written by CamBam in the GCode when the tool number change between two machining operations (don't use 0 as tool number ; it disable toolchange)
ex: if the first mop use tool #4 and second mop with use tool #9, CamBam will write a T4 M6 before the first mop and a T9 M6 before the second mop ; if the tool number do not change between two mop, no Tn M6 will be written in the GCode.
So, you just need to take care that when a new tool is used for a machining operation, the tool number is different from the previous.
Be careful ; tools of different diameters must not share a same tool number ; if this is the case, CamBam will complain.
Second: The software that drive the machine must be set so it react to Tn M6 commands ... and it's software dependent ..
Ex, in Mach3 you can choose what the software must do when it encounter a Tn M6 (see picture)
- ignore toolchange
- stop and wait for manual toolchange.
- use an automatic toolchange macro (ATC)
after the tool has been changed, you must redo the Z 0 for the new tool.
What is you driving software ?
++ David
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Support / Installation Help / Re: license
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on: December 07, 2019, 23:45:28 pm
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Was just seeing if Andy was monitoring the forum Andy connects to the forum every day right now to kill the spam coming in the day, and I kill those who arrive at night LOL; I do not know if he has time to read the forum, but he probably looks at his private messages. ++ David
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FeedBack / Feature Requests / Re: Progressive Pecking
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on: December 07, 2019, 01:33:36 am
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Currently I'm using the V 1.67 ... Just tried the G73 ; work OK ... and on CamBam, you just need to change the G83 by a G73 in the GCode section of the PP ; do not change anything in the G83 macro itself ; then use the canned cycle as usual with a Peck distance value.  a video that show the difference in Mach3 https://www.screencast.com/t/L4hBayZjQbyv++ David
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FeedBack / Feature Requests / Re: Progressive Pecking
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on: December 07, 2019, 00:16:58 am
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Never tested the G73 but it is interesting features ! , but they said "Rapid back out by the distance defined in the G73 Pullback DRO on the setting screen" ... but I can't see this dro anywhere in the screen ... I'll have a look in Machscreen to see if I can retrieve it ..
edit: OK, it's OEM DRO 91 .. and it is not present in the standard Mach3 screenset (1024.set)
++ David
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Resources / Scripts and Plugins / Re: V-Engrave Plugin
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on: December 06, 2019, 02:57:46 am
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Hello Not sure to understand the question  If you want to V-engrave at the bottom of a pocket, it's like for other mop ; set stock surface to the bottom of the pocket as on the example. (take care to set target Depth to auto so the plugin take the tool diameter in account to avoid that it plunge further than the V) ++ David
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