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by johnnw
Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:10 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Facing to a dimension with Intercon
Replies: 2
Views: 1138

Re: Facing to a dimension with Intercon

Thanks Keith,

I get what you're saying.

I'll work on it.

John
by johnnw
Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:40 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Facing to a dimension with Intercon
Replies: 2
Views: 1138

Facing to a dimension with Intercon

Just starting with CNC12 and Intercon and I'm wondering the best way to do the following: Say I have stock that is approximately .800 to .820 thick and I want to face it down to .750. I say approximately since I don't want to have to measure it exactly and then subtract the final dimension to get a ...
by johnnw
Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:34 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Centering with CNC12
Replies: 4
Views: 1948

Re: Centering with CNC12

Thanks Tom for the help. I read through those threads. I can see that method is simple but it still opens you up to error since you do have to enter a number. My point was the DROs do this for you - even simpler - with no chance of error. However, this software does so much else I'm sure I'll get us...
by johnnw
Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
Topic: Centering with CNC12
Replies: 4
Views: 1948

Centering with CNC12

Just finished converting my mill to CNC with Acorn/Centroid. Everything working as far as I can tell. I am so used to using my DRO for simple operations I can't figure out how to do it using Centroid CNC12. Example: I have a piece of stock say 2" by 4", and I want to drill a hole in the ce...