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by grossmsj
Fri Oct 18, 2024 6:31 am
Forum: Public Beta CNC Software Testing, Discussion and Feedback
Topic: 10-22-24 UPDATE! CNC12 v5.20 has been released Mill, Lathe, Router, Plasma is now available for public testing.
Replies: 139
Views: 33172

Re: 10-17-24 UPDATE! CNC12 v5.19 RC5 Mill, Lathe, Router, Plasma is now available for public testing.

Update is very easy and fast. LOL! Just follow the 18 step flow diagram. Steps like "for each of the 14 screen shots you took, re-enter those values by hand", move your macros and art to the new directory, re-edit the HTML for your VCP screen... Seriously, a great many of us absolutely dr...
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by grossmsj
Sun Nov 03, 2024 10:29 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: AVID EX controller Macro
Replies: 2
Views: 50

Re: AVID EX controller Macro

Post the macro. Sounds like the solenoid isn't being told to close.
There is an attachments tab below where you can add that file.
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by grossmsj
Fri Oct 18, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Public Beta CNC Software Testing, Discussion and Feedback
Topic: 10-22-24 UPDATE! CNC12 v5.20 has been released Mill, Lathe, Router, Plasma is now available for public testing.
Replies: 139
Views: 33172

Re: 10-17-24 UPDATE! CNC12 v5.19 RC5 Mill, Lathe, Router, Plasma is now available for public testing.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the constructive comments. I also use a script file I got from another CNC12 user and it helps a lot. I want to be clear that I really love CNC12 and appreciate the constant work Centroid puts in to make this software better. They are incessant in the best way possible! But...
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by grossmsj
Wed Oct 09, 2024 8:02 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Tools float above workpiece
Replies: 7
Views: 942

Re: Tools float above workpiece

With CHIPS you can import fusion tool tables in CNC12
The first hour CHIPS comes out with ATC support, I'm on it. It looks like an incredible addition to CNC12.
I love the ProbeApp, and just don't want to let go of how easy the ATC works in it.
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by grossmsj
Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Laser max rate
Replies: 17
Views: 1556

Re: Laser max rate

That all sounds good. I don't do much raster work, mostly all of it with SVGs.
I really don't know what the Acorn is capable of in terms of throughput, but I'd suspect that's where the limit is.
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by grossmsj
Mon Oct 07, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Laser max rate
Replies: 17
Views: 1556

Re: Laser max rate

I don't go higher than 85-90 ipm. That gives me results where I can do three days of work with no failures. I have had problems in the past with really crazy stuff happening, but that seemed to be fixed by modifying the g-code to give very explicit laser on-off commands. I'm not sure this is what yo...
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by grossmsj
Mon Sep 09, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: Success Stories
Topic: Not my first 3D carving...
Replies: 59
Views: 56226

Re: Not my first 3D carving...

That's really nice Scott!
So often, 'art' made on CNCs looks clunky. Your piece is graceful and delicate.
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by grossmsj
Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: New Centroid Teknic Clearpath officially supported configurations. Updated 5-10-23
Replies: 63
Views: 148923

Re: New Centroid Teknic Clearpath officially supported configurations. Updated 5-10-23

So if your hard stop is too squishy, could it sometimes end up outside the boundary of that 1 rotation??? Hard Stop Homing.mp4 My turns ratio is a little over 1. 6400 steps per revolution. The proximity switch is not activated. When this isn't working as it should the gap left is about 1/2 inch mor...
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by grossmsj
Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Odd output from laser
Replies: 2
Views: 635

Re: Odd output from laser

When I started with my Opt laser on Centroid Acorn I saw stuff like this: Crazy Laser.jpg Shared this with SWord but we couldn't figure out the root cause. Since then I've found it helps to be sort of obsessive about how the GCode is formated. Specifically, it helped to be explicit about when the la...
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by grossmsj
Mon Aug 26, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: New Centroid Teknic Clearpath officially supported configurations. Updated 5-10-23
Replies: 63
Views: 148923

Re: New Centroid Teknic Clearpath officially supported configurations. Updated 5-10-23

(remember to clear the memory of precision hard stop homing in the Clearpath software each time you adjust). You then get super repeatable, square gantry each time. Agreed it is really accurate and dependable. The only glitch I've run into is an occasional (once a month?) situation where my Y-slave...
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