Eyeball Engineering

[rob_b]

You just have to do the math to get steps per inch instead of per mm in motor tuning... and make sure the base units are correct.

[Robbob]

AND ???? What ya make so far

[Duuuuuuuude]

Nothing. I taped a sharpy to the quill and ram some of the sample programs in mach to get familiar with the setup. After driving the sharpy into the table a few times, I got the hang of it and drew some roadrunners and circles. Yeeha.

The PC is currently on it way back to the refurbished, so I probably wont get back on it for a couple of weeks. In the meantime I'll set up the limit switches and figure out what software I want to use.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Nothing. I taped a sharpy to the quill and ram some of the sample programs in mach to get familiar with the setup. After driving the sharpy into the table a few times, I got the hang of it and drew some roadrunners and circles. Yeeha.

The PC is currently on it way back to the refurbished, so I probably wont get back on it for a couple of weeks. In the meantime I'll set up the limit switches and figure out what software I want to use.

Did that with crayons ...... I called them 'Art' after I got done

[Etype R]

And no pictures? Where's the dislike button

I would be going crazy if a PC was holding me up from using a new CNC toy.

[Duuuuuuuude]

I'll get a pic of my doodles tonight. Something that was odd was that occasionally when I would run the circle program, it would do it vertically instead of horizontally.

Normally I would be going crazy too, but I've got so many things going on that it's not even on my mind.

[Duuuuuuuude]

If this isn't an image of cnc mastery, I don't know what is.

[rob_b]

Good work! I kept mine too.

[Robbob]

CNC Picaso's

Surprised I didn't see any of these drawn lol

[Duuuuuuuude]

Oh it crossed my mind, but never got the chance.

[rob_b]

I can send you a DXF of if you want...

[Duuuuuuuude]

Finally got my replacement pc! Yay! Still not sure on the cad/cam programs though. I really really want something that does part nesting but isn't a ton of money...suggestions?

[Duuuuuuuude]

Fawking hell. They sent me a 64 bit machine.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

Fawking hell. They sent me a 64 bit machine.

Format and Download the 32bit version and use the same key, thats what I did for mine.

Its a biotch but fixable

[rob_b]

Sounds better than my idea of holding down "/" and "2" during boot up...

[Szczerba]

Mmmmm, pythagorean theorem like robot doodles.

[Etype R]

I have not seen a budget cam system that includes nesting. I would recomend using onshape for your cad, and even doing your nesting using onshape. From there, export your file and bring it back into your cam program.

I know bobcad offers a nesting plugin, I am not sure what they charge for that option though. And the 3d pro standard package costs around $1000 by its self.

[rob_b]

You could "nest" your single part programs for free with some finger cam loops across a few work coordinate systems.

[Duuuuuuuude]

Originally Posted by rob_b

You could "nest" your single part programs for free with some finger cam loops across a few work coordinate systems.

[Tomy]

Look at the Vectric softwares.

Cut2D and Cut3D may be of interest to you.

I have used Cut2D for years now and am very happy with it. As I've never tried anything else, I don't know what I am missing tough.

I have found that if I do nesting manually it often results in a more effective use of material compared to have the software do nesting for me.

EDIT: Just noticed Vectric softwares already are mentioned.