Centroid Community CNC Support Forum

Thanks for the reply centroid467. That was just the information I needed to get a macro working properly.

Tim

Hello all,
I want to use a laser mounted in the non-rotating spindle as a pointer for digitizing where a probe cannot do the job (with my Acorn controlled mill). I move the spindle to the point with jogging and want to write the point to a file, move to the next point and write to file, etc. I have ...

Thanks for looking at this. I am in CNC12 setup(F1) feed(F4) abs(F1) or inc(F2). There is no highlighted box to enter a value as there is in v4.82

Tim

I have just installed v5.04
In setup/feed/abs or inc there appears to be no way to enter or change values. Is this a corrupt installation or or are these items broken?
Thanks

Tim

Hello all,
I have had success with vertical and horizontal spindles by having separate cncm files as suggested by Marty and suntravel. They have to be renamed every time I switch from one to the other but that is doable. I also had to install a bank of double throw switches to switch the signal from ...

Thanks for the replies. I have been experimenting with the two machine configurations approach but without a workable regime yet. If I am successful I will post some info about what worked.

Hello all,
I am using Acorn mill ultimate to control a router with vertical and horizontal spindles. Vertical spindle programs run in the usual way in the XY plane but the horizontal spindle set up has been challenging. I have attempted to set up the horizontal spindle for YZ plane machining by ...