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It is not at all odd to me that any CAM program would have more lines of code than a hand written program. I have seen that many many times. To take an Aspire program written for a generic gcode machine and comvert it to SHP or whatever would be a daunting task to do it manually - (by hand) Is it po...

Wow - that is a cool project. Definately a challange.

For a first time project in Aspire?
I gotta give you credit for deciding on something so ambitious.

I would find it a challange.

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There is just no simple answer.

Ted yes the collets are able to clamp on "some" size range. 11-12mm collet has a 1mm range - that is just a tad over 1/32 inch. Yes - in all reality - acceptable. BUT exact size is just better as the inside diameter of the collet is made to make full contact with the outside diameter of the collet. ...

ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT video. Well worth every minute with GREAT information Just to add a tiny bit I will once again mention the EXACT size ALSO - CLEAN the INSIDE of the holder (inside the spindle) DO NOT use sandpaper - I use WD40 and scotchbrite DO NOT stick your finger into a powered spinning spi...

Randall - really good video. Great information. All viewers should watch the Haas video. I have have had several Haas machines in my career. Very nice machines and I highly recommend Haas as the best USA made machine on a low to medium budget. At around $75,000 to $200,000 they may be outside of the...

The ER-11 will limit you to a 1/4 shank. The ER-20 will allow you to use a 1/2 shank ER-32 will get you up to a 3/4 shank The actual collet comes in many varieties of precision, sizes and quality It is BEST PRACTICE to use the correct collet for the cutter shank 6mm is .236 - Do NOT use a 1/4 collet...

wow - that is spectacular

Boston Ma. is a cool place as well

Looks great - I love Cherry

Isn't it fun to create cool stuff

Michael - that is seriously cool. I like dioramas. I watch vids on youtube about making them. It's on my bucket list.

Thank you for posting that.

That is jdt sooo cool. I like roosters.

Retired 1st Sgt wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:48 am

Thanks guys, I will check your suggestions. I don’t think I’ll ever learn everything in this program. It’s like drinking water from a fire hydrant!

Best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.

FabLab Wageningen wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:53 am

To verify whether the harder wood is the problem: just do a test run in plain MDF.

Fot the G-codes, here's a good list:
https://www.cnccookbook.com/g-code-m-co ... cnc-mills/

Marcel.

opps wrong post

Adrian wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:49 pm

Assuming it's the standard post processor shipped with the software there's nothing in there that would be doing that on it's own.

I use mach3 inch without issues

I use Mach 3 as well. I also post out several toolpaths into one file. I sometimes set different RPM for the toolpaths I have never had the problem that you describe. Even different RPM come across as expected. I don't think the issue is in Vectric. Possibly in Mach3 settings but I don't know where ...