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In regard to the photo of the Aspire laser output in my last post... That was done from a servo machine and therefore has delay built into the servo drive due to tuning. The reason the one done with the native WinCNC output is so clear is because it is tuned to compensate for the offset. I expect th...

I see you are running a Shop Sabre machine. Do you have laser enabled on your machine? Is it a stepper or servo machine?
I have one in testing. It works great for vectors but for bitmap engraving you're better off using WinCNC's built in bitmap engraving feature right now.

When I do natural edge boards, I clamp them down to the spoilboard on my Stinger and then use WinCNC's built in manual trace function. I use the positioning laser on the Stinger to walk around the board and then enter the end and mid points of a series of arcs into WinCNC. They are then saved as a ...

Thanks guys!

If you notice, there is a main part of this object and only a small projection on the side. I'd like to set the center line up on that main shaft and let the small projection be offset. But my center line is set to accept the small projection into the calculation of the center point. This throws eve...

Please read the last line first! Then read it again as you progress through the email. There is a file called "CNC.MAC" in the WinCNC folder. In there you should find something like: T1=M98 MACROS/G37Z.MAC T1 T2=M98 MACROS/G37Z.MAC T2 T3=M98 MACROS/G37Z.MAC T3 T4=M98 MACROS/G37Z.MAC T4 T5=M98 MACROS...

You're using a metric post processor. Look for one for your machine that is in inches.

Hi Greg, I started to leave your reply as the last word but I tried something else and it seems to work well with this. If you do 3D tabs, it seems to correct the issue. Of course there will probably be cases where 3D tabs are not going to work or the user doesn't want them, and in that case your so...

Here i the tap file. I had to rename it to .txt but no other changes. I did comment on the end of the Plunge/No Plunge lines in the post processor though so I could see what was happening in the file.

Here is the CRV3D file

Thanks Greg. I did get it to work, but I wound up finding a bug, I think. Image1.jpg Have a look at that front tab. The rest are normal 2D tabs. When I generate this, I get all G3 (CCW) arcs except when I come to that. Then I get two G2 (CW) arcs that go completely back around my circle. Not split i...

Thanks Adrian, but every time I try to use just the CW_HELICAL_ARC_PLUNGE_MOVE, I get straight G1 moves (no arcs). I'm setting WinCNC's post processors up for these arcs and I don't want any surprises. I'm just going to set it up with the CW_HELICAL_ARC_MOVE section. That works exactly as I would ex...

Thanks Pete, but any helical arc does a plunge move. You're plunging (ramping) while doing an X, Y arc.

Can someone please explain the difference between "CW_HELICAL_ARC_PLUNGE_MOVE" and "CW_HELICAL_ARC_MOVE"?

Thank you.

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