turn off spindle

[jonbigland]

I have recently purchased a diamond drag bit and when using quick engraving tool path and or setting up tool I do not appear to be able to turn off the spindle . Am I correct in guessing setting spindle speed to zero will work ?
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JONATHAN

[kstrauss]

I modified my post years ago to allow a zero spindle speed for my drag engraver. However, the release notes for Vcarve 10.018 includes the comment: "Allow zero spindle speed in Diamond Drag tools." I haven't yet tried things with the standard post.

[garylmast]

In the toolpath G-code, M3 starts the spindle while M5 stops it. You can edit the toolpath by eliminating that line, which it will be in the first couple of lines. I use Mach3 where there's and edit button, but you can also use Notepad to edit it. If you try to put a zero r.p.m., in the Edit Tool, it will tell you that r.p.m needs to be greater than zero.

Gary

[mtylerfl]

In the toolpath G-code, M3 starts the spindle while M5 stops it. You can edit the toolpath by eliminating that line, which it will be in the first couple of lines. I use Mach3 where there's and edit button, but you can also use Notepad to edit it. If you try to put a zero r.p.m., in the Edit Tool, it will tell you that r.p.m needs to be greater than zero.

Gary

Hi Gary,

Hi,

If using a Drag Bit, be sure to actually select a "Drag Bit" from the tool database. That way, you can set your spindle to "0".