Tried about 10 differerant fonts. everything comes out as squares. What does yours look like when you try and cut it? Jim ... Be a better pen pal. Text or chat...
Jim, I just tried a test piece for a sign that I want to make and it tested out perfectly. I used Times New Roman and make the letters about 3" high! I would...
Jim, I think everything is being rounded to inches. Go to the Parameters menu and set the number of decimal places from 0 to something like 4. TK ... loaded...
I use Deskengrave to engrave any text I require on a clock face. I save the text as dxf import it into a drawing with the lines and circles I wish to engrave...
Look in this groups file section. < http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CNCPro/files/ > Doug Yeager released his program to public domain, it is not reasonable...
... Numbers entered for Feed Rate (F word) depend on how you've set your machine up. They're only valid if the machine configuration reflects the actual...
Cabin Fever Expo will be Jan 19 and 20, 2008 at York PA. This year the show will be in a new and larger building and we have been offered a lot more room for...
I run the Yeager CNC Pro on a surface grinder. My application requires some very slow feed rates that are less then smallest value displayed on the screen. Can...
johnny, please tell us the range of feed rates you are trying to acheive. Of all the surface grinders I have operated "slow" was not a word I had in mind....
Hi I do the same thing on one of my surface grinders. ( I diamond slice sapphire , quartz , silicon nitride and ceramics ) There are 2 different things you can...
Hi Rich,Slow on the order of .00001". The item that I'm grinding on the surface grinder may be 12" long and it is a form shape. Multiple radius, and angles....
Hi Ron, I'll give that a try to see if I can come up with a working solution. If I was the only user of the grinder I'm sure your suggestion would work for us,...
John, Wow-your outta my league! The suggestion about playing with the system settings is a good one. Also, you know you can save multiple machine settings...
John I was using my grinder today and put in a feed rate of .001" / minute in the G code and it ran just fine but the screen display will show "0" I believe...
Microstepping can slow things down and smooth the process also. My controller is jumper selectable for 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 step settings. ... minute in ... ...
RonI'm able to enter the very small feeds .00001" and it works ok but it's when I try to adjust them like if I want to override a feed to move fast like untill...
I am trying to understand how to use the offset coordinate command. I wrote this code to cut 4 1 inch squares in 4 locations. The first program does just that....
As I understand the use of the program offsets, you set them in the program setup screen and then call them from the program. The reason that the program...
I think everything is being rounded to inches. (In Deskengrave) Go to the Parameters menu and set the number of decimal places from 0 to something like 4. TK ...
Stepper motors ordinarily cannot be driven the intended pulse rate from the get go. They will stall. A technique of starting at a low step rate and increasing...
Hi That is how fast the motor is going to TRY to accelerate or decelerate , if it is set too fast the motor will not be able to keep up and will just stop...
John, I just responded to a list message to the list. (?) On machine configs, it's really best to understand what your machine requires and calculate for...