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- Sun Jul 16, 2023 2:20 pm
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Warning to shut off the WMPG
- Replies: 1
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Warning to shut off the WMPG
Keith, please somehow flash a warning up on the screen in-between F10 and F9 when shutting down CNC12. I often forget to power down the WMPG and sometimes it is days before I use the mill again. I am sure I am not the only one guilty of this lapse in thinking. Please!
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
Thank you. The solution was so simple. Just start a new file in Intercon. Go to the insert M &G codes and input what I wanted it to do. Once it warned me I could only put one M.code in a line I was off to the races. Simple as can be once you what to do. I didn't realize I could use that insert M...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
One of the products I make I have edited the g-code to add a pause for me to secure the work piece after the first tool path. I draw in the hold down screw locations in my CAD file and have the machine drill them as the first tool path. This way I know there's no way to hit any random screw I might...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
Is there somewhere or place I can look to get either tutorials or videos on how to write G-code files that will be Centroid compatible? I would like to learn how to write simple programs in Notepad++. Programs I could write and then load into CNC12. something like a Centroid CNC programs for dummies!
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
You could add an M0 after each positioning move in the g-code file if you edit it manually, or use Intercon to add an M0 using the add M&G code feature. I tried the add M&G function in Intercon but it didn't work. Intercon gave a warning that any codes added would not be recognized by Inter...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
Doesn't the M0 code turn off the spindle?
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:06 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
Re: G-code program with pauses
I just thought if I would hit feed hold when the table moves to a hole I could tap the hole and then hit cycle start. Would that be the most efficient way to do it? I could use a G04 pause for 3 seconds. That would give me time enough to hit feed hold. Or?
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 8:52 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: G-code program with pauses
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10679
G-code program with pauses
Back story. My mill is not set up for rigid tapping. No encoder on the spindle and I have not installed the VFD yet. As of now if I make a part with multiple holes that need to be tapped I take the work piece to my drill press with a tapping head and cut the threads that way. It would MAYBE be usefu...
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: Centroid Acorn CNC Controller
- Topic: Pendant options for use with Acorn on a CNC router?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 866
Re: Pendant options for use with Acorn on a CNC router?
Suntravel once told me, "you can live without dogs but why would you want too." That was in regards to purchasing the WMPG,
- Wed May 24, 2023 3:20 am
- Forum: Machining Strategies. Work Holding, Tool Path, Cutters, Feeds/Speeds etc.
- Topic: How to use g-code smoothing with a lathe
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6105
Re: How to use g-code smoothing with a lathe
Uwe post a picture of your head. I bet it is the size of a basketball in order to hold your huge brain! You and Keith make things look easy. Stop doing that it makes us mere mortals feel bad. Can you not make it look like more of a struggle? Please.