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by wb9tpg
Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:41 am
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: Amana 46286 Tappered Ball Nose Feeds and Speeds
Replies: 16
Views: 1723

Re: Amana 46286 Tappered Ball Nose Feeds and Speeds

Can you post screen shots of your tool database settings for this tool and also the settings in the toolpath. Thank you
by wb9tpg
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: Gtech 2.8 laser
Replies: 12
Views: 4740

Re: Gtech 2.8 laser

Gary Has the postprocessor that you linked above JTech NO Z been altered or has it got to be modified, I am getting my Zaxis moving up at the start of the engrave, and then moving down, I need it to stay fixed at 1/8 inch above the material surface, what am I doing wrong It's modified already. Set ...
by wb9tpg
Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:47 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Is it progressive
Replies: 13
Views: 1184

Re: Is it progressive

I use the bigger bits in raster and switch on the finer bit for jaggies. Occasionally I’ll raster then switch on the same bit. Using Rest of course
by wb9tpg
Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: Gtech 2.8 laser
Replies: 12
Views: 4740

Re: Gtech 2.8 laser

Thank's Gary Can you tell me which post processor you use for laser and where you downloaded it? I was told by J tech to download the post-processor from the cloud on Vectric but when I downloaded all of them the only two for Xcarve were inch and mm, which I already have and nothing for laser My ma...
by wb9tpg
Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: Gtech 2.8 laser
Replies: 12
Views: 4740

Re: Gtech 2.8 laser

Thank you wb9tpg I have a spindle, and I have set $30=255 $31=0, and $32=1 I am using Picsender and it is set to laser vectors but when I click on the button (check laser) both the laser and spindle come on I really need to read something that I can start from scratch again to learn what I am doing...
by wb9tpg
Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:40 am
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: Gtech 2.8 laser
Replies: 12
Views: 4740

Re: Gtech 2.8 laser

I have the 4.2W and it works fine. Your CNC needs to have to 0 to 5v pwm output to vary the intensity.

I have a shspeoko which is grbl. I set $30 and $31 values once then set $32=1 for laser jobs and 0 for cutting jobs.

Do you have a spindle or router?
by wb9tpg
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

Is there any documentation re: the use of Lua script in post processors? While there is no end-to-end example in the documentation, the SDK documentation references the post processor methods: GetPostProcessorLocaon() pg 39 VectricJob.PostProcessorParameters pg 45 R/O - returns the utParameterList ...
by wb9tpg
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:02 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

I wrote a little code to pull the variables available in the lua code .... enjoy found member Z_ORIGIN found member LINE_ENDING found member ArcStartX found member FP found member Angle found member Y_ORIGIN_POS found member TIME found member FILE_PATHNAME found member AH found member TP_DIR found m...
by wb9tpg
Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

BTW. Is there any documentation re: the use of Lua script in post processors? I'd have never thought of using SCRIPT / ENDSCRIPT as an enclosure or that there exists a "PostP:OutputLine()" method. I makes me wonder what other methods are available? What does the "false" in PostP:OutputLine() contro...
by wb9tpg
Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

Nice adze, now

now you could add an if statements to accommodate the origin being in different places (like material center). LOL

See it never ends with programming
by wb9tpg
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

It’s possible to do that inside the post processor itself using programming. I'm not sure that I completely understand your concept of "programming". The post processor is in g-code and editable in any text editor like Notepad. Near the bottom there is a section called "Footer". I just edited my PP...
by wb9tpg
Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:02 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Calculations in Post Processor
Replies: 17
Views: 1785

Re: Calculations in Post Processor

It’s possible to do that inside the post processor itself using programming.
by wb9tpg
Sat Aug 26, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: Laser Module - General
Topic: Laser Etching on a 3D surface
Replies: 11
Views: 6031

Re: Laser Etching on a 3D surface

2. Did you wright a macro (g-code) to move the laser head or are you using the xydatum + offset in the Material setup screen. I use a post processor I modified that sets the offsets using Gcode automatically. It also sets the CNC in Laser Mode. So I just select that Gcode and run it. I do find Z mo...
by wb9tpg
Thu Aug 24, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: Hardware related questions
Topic: Laser module 2w
Replies: 2
Views: 11752

Re: Laser module 2w

There is a reset button on the control unit. Press it if the fan on the laser is not running.
by wb9tpg
Mon Jun 12, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: will a mac laptop configured with all the bells and whistles hardware wise
Replies: 5
Views: 900

Re: will a mac laptop configured with all the bells and whistles hardware wise

I had a mid2015 MacBook with 16gb. I do a lot of laser tool paths and some would never finish calculating. I tried both Parallels and VMware Fusion with no success. I just switched to a windows 11 PC with 32g and an AMD 5700 processor. Those toolpaths take almost 5 minutes but they do complete there...