Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

I had a machinist friend put the headstock and tailstock on aluminum plates. Bolts going through the plates fasten to aluminum 'feet' that just fit in the extrusion slots of my deck. So I just loosen the bolts and slide the tailstock up the extrusion slots. It works very well. The headstock is almos...

Try setting the Z0 with the 'paper method'. There is no ambiguity with the puck. When you run the program, the bit should cut properly. If it is still cutting air, note how high above the material it is. If the height above the material is the thickness of the material you set up the Z zero to Machi...

Excellent! This is really helpful (as usual).
I'll give it a go.
Thanks Scott

SWord,
What line(s) of code in the "No_Z_Hop" laser post processor stop the Z-travel movements in that PP?
It's not obvious to me. I don't know if that might get in the way of combining the rotary and laser PPs, but I'd like to eliminate that as a potential issue.
Thanks,
Scott

It seems this Vectric upgrade (11.552) adds overscan.
I've posted to the Vectric forum to see if anyone has a PP for this. Even if it isn't Centroid, I think it might teach me how to approach a modification.
Not getting anywhere with adapting the 4th axis post processor to do laser.

Does the laser module for VCarve apply a laser toolpath on a wrapped layout? Would guess it does, but I have never tried it. Yes it does. So it can VCarve a three dimensional model created on the rotary. That works fine. The catch is getting it to do laser instead of spindle. I may be able to do th...

If you have any suggestions, please send them along. I know the Laser pp says no Z hop, but it would be nice if it could follow the shape of the cylinder. Has anyone managed to get a PP working that can laser engrave on a rotary surface model? I'm going to be engraving on a tapered cylinder. Vectri...

This > Configure the Acorn/AcornSix setup Wizard as per the Acorn Installation manual. Is there a better way of doing this than going through the whole Wizard dialog and filling it in based on old screenshots from the Wizard? This is the only thing holding me back from regular updates, but the pain/...

Personally, I'd rather have two separate buttons when there is the chance I can break something. I want to have a discrete intentional choice with no chance of misinterpretation. Toggles for lights and coolant are one thing, cutting is another. I've kept my Start Cycle and Stop Cycle buttons physica...

How do I edit the left side? VCP Custom Panel.png Use the Color Picker Utility. It's under the Utilities sub menu, not through VCP. If you want to do it directly you can edit the XML file in the Colors folder. The default is Centroid Classic. If you look at the XML file I attached you can look for ...