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Hello,
I tried to home the machine and all axis home fine except for the A axis. A axis does not home.
I have attached a picture of, forgive me for the wood dust…
What am I doing wrong?

Yep, I think I got it.

If you followed Keith's instructions, the homing routine (cncm.hom) will have been created, and the homing command for the 4th axis will be in it. Then upon power up, when instructed to home the machine, it will automatically do it (if you have it set up correctly). The command on the bottom of the...

Sword wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:54 pm Feed rates are G01. If you want a rapid rate back to X0Z0, then you need to have G00 instead of G01. Your file is all feed rate commands of G01's.

Dumb checkmark on the software. Thanks for keeping me sane here Scott.

If you followed Keith's instructions, the homing routine (cncm.hom) will have been created, and the homing command for the 4th axis will be in it. Then upon power up, when instructed to home the machine, it will automatically do it (if you have it set up correctly). Duh… got it. I was as thinking w...

Reason, because the job file tells it to feed at 5ipm. Solution, edit the file to use a higher feed rate. The final cut is made at 5ipm. When the machine starts a new cut it uses 25ipm. There is no G code saying that. The 25ipm and 5ipm is just to cut. When the Final Cut is done it returns to start...

Hello,
Turning some wood round and when returning to the next cut the cnc is running like 5ipm... Super super sloooooooooooow.
What can I check to correct the behavior?
Thank you!

confirm operation of rotary switch with the PLC I/o screen (alt i) open the Wizard - define the input that you have the rotary switch wired to as 4th axis Home Ok - go to the homing menu , select Automatic Homing, double check the homing direction and order - press write settings to cnc control Hi ...

cncsnw wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:49 pm At the top of the file, inserted as the first line, works best.

Thank you!
Sorry my friend but I forgot to ask… Any idea how to get that new version of the control software? What is the ETA for the 5.10 version?

This is not something you would do on your machine to make a program run; it is just something you can do -- preferably in the offline/demo software -- to get an idea of what a rotary-axis program will look like. Axis labels are on the Machine Configuration -> Motor Parameters table: Press F1/Setup...