Hi, I have a couple of 4th axis questions - I have a synchronous, toothed timing pulley that I'd like to cut side-on in one piece, so that the flanges are part...
Another option is to 'un-roll' your timing pulley and mill as a flat with a rotary axis swap for Y. You have to get the rotary axis numbers just right to avoid...
Thanks, I might give that a go. Right now, I seem to have a problem with the STL model in MeshCAM r5946 - I get a diaglog box pop up with an error message: ...
Jeff, wouldn't un-rolling a gear or timing pulley distort the tooth shape? Don ... flat with a ... just right ... this ... of ... would ... pattern ( in ... my...
Don, Yes. The amount of distortion depends on the difference between min and max diameters of the teeth, flanges don't really matter provided that you adjust...
Jeff, that is what I was thinking. The problem with the timing pulley/belts is that they are a bit like an involute gear tooth. The spacing and depth is in...
I don't know if this has any thing to do with the price of eggs, but take a look at the Sheetcam.Com site. Les has a warning about a receient Windows update...
Don, I haven't cut anything using the indexed 4 axis feature but did spend some time playing with multiple indexes... 7 I believe. It sure looked like it would...
Hi Folks, I am a fresh start to MeshCAM so would appreciate a bit of guidance. I have a Denford Easimill converted to run Mach3 and have been programming...
Hi Ian I'll try to answer your questions but the reason for my replying will soon become more obvious. I'm not sure of the world or machine coordinate systems...
Well, my mill's motor died a week ago, so I haven't had a try at this yet, but having just put MeshCAM's output into CNC Simulator, it would seem that it would...
Not sure when the next will happen. I'd like to get the new ZMap-free finishing toolpath code working and get that out. It's unfortunately very tedious and...
Hi All I tried NCPLOT V2 demo version and it wors fine i.e. plots all four axis movements providing you update the Machine configuration 4th axis tab to A (Not...
Robert, What's the difference between the basic NC post and the Mach2 post? Also, do you have plans for a Mach3 post? Thanks, Andrey Lipavsky Essex Jewelers ...
Andrey Lipavsky
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Jun 16, 2007 2:47 am
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I'm generating Gcode from an STL file and getting a feedrate of 0.0. Here's a section of code from the beginning of the file: (STOCK/BLOCK, 0.289, 0.681,...
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Andrey, you have to specify your feedrate for each tool before you generate the g-code Pete ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Pete, This is one of those "Willey Coyote: Super-Genius!" moments. :) Thank you, Andrey Lipavsky Essex Jewelers 490 E. McMillan St. Studio 205 Cincinnati, OH...
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Hi All I tried NCPLOT V2 demo version and it works fine i.e. plots all four axis movements providing you update the Machine configuration 4th axis tab to A...
Hi all: I'm a newbie CNC'r and have very recently purchased a Sherline CNC mill and lathe. I also just purchased MeshCam Art with Visual. One of the first...
The Mach2 post has a little more in the preamble, like G64, etc., but they're largely alike. A Mach 3 post would be identical and I've debated changing the...
I haven't found any. I used NCPlot for a while but it isn't very useful beyond basic verification since the output just becomes a mass of lines. Stan has been...
Under "Geometry->Scale Geometry" you can change the size of the geometry. "Geometry->Rotate Geometry" will let you rotate everything around to a new axis. Are...
Hi Robert: Thanks for your reply. The 3D model I'm working with was purchased as STL format. I can also download it in just about any other configuration...
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