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by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Please explain to me , what setting i put in tooldata base
Replies: 10
Views: 599

Re: Please explain to me , what setting i put in tooldata base

It's too late in the night to do trigonometry but it'll have something to do with the angle and the diameter of the cutter.

A better question is why, for a 0.125 inch diameter cutter do want a pass depth of just shy of 1 inch (0.96)?
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:25 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Please explain to me , what setting i put in tooldata base
Replies: 10
Views: 599

Re: Please explain to me , what setting i put in tooldata base

Side angle 30 degrees. Many manufacturers will quote the degrees from angled edge to angled edge which is fine for the v-bit entry that comes to a "sharp" point. But, the engraving tool entry is looking for the angle from centre-line of the bit to one angled edge as per the picture on the data-entry...
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:00 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: V Carve and imac
Replies: 14
Views: 2393

Re: V Carve and imac

Here the case is will Parallels (or any other emulator such as Oracles's VIrtualBox) run on the M3. So whatever specs are listed for Parallels (or any other emulator) is what you need to go by.
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:55 pm
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: My Laser Adventure
Replies: 5
Views: 1020

Re: My Laser Adventure

You can add polycarbonate to PVC & vinyl.

There's a nice list of "yea" and "nay" materials (and why) at SAIC's page.
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Hello CNC Patriots... I could use a hand up on Aspire
Replies: 3
Views: 399

Re: Hello CNC Patriots... I could use a hand up on Aspire

The same sort of procedure at this post will work here too.
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Cut2D - General
Topic: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed
Replies: 13
Views: 1117

Re: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed

If you really are adamant that you need to use z-zero at the material surface you could do so by replacing the instruction "Zero to the machine bed" above with: Zero to the machine bed manually move the z-axis up to 2.5mm reset the z-zero to this point and continue with Russell's method but setting ...
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Gadgets - General
Topic: Box Creator Ajustments
Replies: 10
Views: 967

Re: Box Creator Ajustments

Perhaps I'm missing something. If you created the box then moved the pieces but misjudged some spacing can you not just move the pieces again without recreating the box?
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Chip load calculation discrepancy
Replies: 17
Views: 957

Re: Chip load calculation discrepancy

If you didn't know the feed rate but did know the feed per tooth, what would your formula look like?
by adze_cnc
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:29 am
Forum: Cut2D - General
Topic: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed
Replies: 13
Views: 1117

Re: Job Setup Z zero position machine bed

Material surface: If you have the same design that you want to cut through on multiple sheets of material (of varying thicknesses) you'll either need to create a separate file for each sheet thickness or create one file using the largest thickness of the sheets.
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Machine Setting Copying
Replies: 17
Views: 3229

Re: Machine Setting Copying

sharkcutup: Sorry, I didn't see that this thread had been resurrected and repurposed for a different situation. It's almost always best if people start a new thread.
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: Post Processors
Topic: Post for Carbide Motion
Replies: 6
Views: 570

Re: Post for Carbide Motion

The "Shapeoko Pro XL - Carbide..." processor you have listed also does not appear in the stock list of post processors. Did you add that as a download from somewhere else? I suspect it might have been from Carbide itself. So, if you go over to Carbide Community you might find an ATC version of the y...
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Machine Setting Copying
Replies: 17
Views: 3229

Re: Machine Setting Copying

However, I'm not sure WHERE the data is stored and how to back it up. Personally I'd be wary of using the copy file approach (a.k.a. sneaker-net) unless I backed up everything I'm replacing on the destination machine. Generally there are two locations for Vectric program data in any modern version ...
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Chip load calculation discrepancy
Replies: 17
Views: 957

Re: Chip load calculation discrepancy

Beyond all that has been mentioned the difference between 0.0024 and 0.0017 is 0.0007—about 1/6th the thickness of a sheet of paper.

Does that matter if you are whacking through wood or wood products?
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Machine Setting Copying
Replies: 17
Views: 3229

Re: Machine Setting Copying

The online transfer method has been previously mentioned and rejected because...
NuthinFancy wrote:
Wed Dec 07, 2022 3:30 pm
but my shop PC, which is connected to my CNC, is not connected to the internet
by adze_cnc
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Need pointers for how to draw arch with Mortises
Replies: 18
Views: 1221

Re: Need pointers for how to draw arch with Mortises

Are you sure that they are all mortise and tenons top and bottom? If those stanchions are flush at the back I'd suspect a lap joint.