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Do not adjust axis resolution settings by cutting. Use a steel rule (Starrett is best) a narrow angle vbit and use nearly the full travel of each axis

I made a mistake in my post above. It should have read: If your machine XY Zero is not in the lower left corner.......

You can still use the center of material for your WCS XY datum or offset, it's that your axes are most likely opposite of what you think they are.

I don't know anything about your machine, but back when I used to provide Vectric Training Seminars I showed these pics and told my students: "If you're XY datum was not in the lower left corner of the table, you are standing in the wrong spot!"

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With a little imagination the software will generate a tool path to do most any woodworking or metal cutting I could think of in over 15 years. I guess I am in the minority as I have only used the toolpath or 3d viewer a handful of times

"How does the tool path(s) function in VCarve know that without it coming from the Vectric software when the post is created? Isn't this where the "toolchange" trigger needs to live?" This was answered in the second line of my answer: "In order to take advantage of this feature you will have to use...

The ability to use multiple tools, manually changed within a single file is a product of the controller software. Most controllers support this feature and for the most part use an "M6" or "M06" macro. In order to take advantage of this feature you will have to use or write a post processor that has...

I'm not going into the explanation here, but no the "pegboard" type vacuum bleeder boards do not provide better hold down. Most that test them against proper (read as porous) liteweight MDF (read as not big box store MDF) find that the MDF provides much better holding force. I say this in spite of w...

Z axis offsets, temporary or permanent, are a feature of the controller software. Most controllers (using keyboards) have them. For example with Centroid I would enter a temp Z offset via the G52 command (G52 Z 0.375) for the duration of the surfacing file and then simply turn it off when I wanted t...

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Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:27 am

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Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:41 am

Trust me, you'll want to have the grid showing at times (if not all the time.)

Been using the software for nearly 20 years and never used the grid (don't need to). We all work in different ways.

Same here. 16 years and never have used them.

You will need to know which terminals on your drive are A+, A-, B+, B- (A pair & B pair) With the motor on the bench, usually with a pully or something on the shaft to make it easier to turn..... Turn the motor, while turning, touch the red wire to each of the others and find out which pair makes th...

Of course. Simply have a 3d model of the shape loaded and "aaply toolpath to Model"

Look about 6 minutes in here:

How can the top be theoretical? It is a finite 3 dimensional object that can be measured. It may be inconsistent, even vary greatly, but measurable. If you wish the leave a certain amount of material under a pocket, simply enter "z-.5=" into the depth box. Where Z is the system variable for material...

You should be able to find (on Google) a metalworking CAM program for "Sheets" that outputs tangential code for a rotary axis.

Normal convention says that a rotary axis that rotates around the first vertical axis (Z) would be referred to as "C"

I use an older pc for running my CNC and it runs on parallel port. aspire 11 will not load to windows xp. any help???? The 80's called, they want their operating system back. Seriously, micro$oft doesn't support it, highly unlikely any software developer would. Why I the world would you want to use...

Vectric products ship with a Centroid postp