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Selling my Tormach in the PNW.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/tls/d/silver-creek-tormach-pcnc-1100-cnc-mill/7429453083.html

Dave

Here's my little M8x1.25 utility file. I based it, in part, from the annotated images in this post, I think: http://www.tormach.com/blog/?p=963. There was a PDF of the various formulas as well. I...

Any thoughts on USB interrupts versus ethernet? I read somewhere that ethernet, with a configured, set speed might be more stable from the controller/interrupt standpoint.

So, to get wireless,...

Yup, this plus slow plunge feed was my workaround. It has the secondary benefit of allowing chips to flush out down through the hole.



Thanks for confirming that. I had tried this before...

Thank you Gerry. I do see that yours works. I tried to break it and I can't. I'd start comparing it to mine and see where the difference lies.

Thanks again,
Dave

This is not really an answer to my problem, but I did just find that I can individually speeds and feeds for work, plunge, finish, etc. That's an acceptable workaround.

And of course I can...

Hi,

I am using a roughing waterline to get down to the level shown in the attachment. It makes several passes to get down that far, between .050 and .100 depth steps are acceptable. However, a...

Hi,

I'm trying to do drilling and counterbores for socket head cap screws. My *desired* procedure is to:

1) spot drill the center of the hole to some shallow depth
2) thru drill the clearance...

Hi all,

Like many, I found it frustrating that Mach stores tool table table data in a non-human-readable binary format. And I can't believe that I couldn't find it documented anywhere. So, I spent...

Frederic,

When you found my other problem (thanks! and I actually posted that one to SprutCAM forum), I upgraded from 7 build 1.2 to build 1.6 (the current as of that day). That did fix the...

OK, I spoke too soon. I think I totally understand the setup of the tool and holder. And Sprut does give me a "contact with holder" warning on the toolpaths.

However, I just created a tool with...

Thanks TXFred. I get it now.

Dave

Hi,

I'm trying to better detect tool holder collision and exceeding the length of my flutes on some tools. I think Sprut could alert me to any oversights if I put more info into the SprutCAM tool...

Upgraded to latest and it's working. thanks!

Dave

Thanks. Attached!

Hi,

Attached is a crude wheel hub. I was using it to experiment with SprutCAM 4th axis. I managed to get all the spoke holes drilled easily enough using transformations. But I have two problems.
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2011 version, installed mid-year. Can't tell you precisely the build since my trial license has expired for that and I'm using Solidworks now.

I have used Alibre on this Mac via VMWare. It worked fine.

Dave

I run it on a 15" MacBook Pro with quad-core i7, 8GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6490M. I run Windows 7 (64-bit) using VMWare 3.x.

Runs Solidworks 2011 and my CAM package, at the same time, using VMWare,...

MeshCAM? http://www.grzsoftware.com/

Affordable and oriented to 3D and art, not machinists.

Dave

OK, roughing waterline is what I wanted. Thanks for that.

As for creating a section, I understand the concept, but can't find any buttons, menus, or information in the help file for that...

Aha!

I figured out the beauty of the "2d geometry" tab. It lets one arbitrarily add geometry to the model. That enabled me to solve both of my problems.

For the first, I just created a line...

Hi,

I'm pretty new to SprutCAM. I have a model I made in Solidworks. Two part question:

Part A:
I'm having trouble contouring a part's overall outline when the outline is formed by many...

I just moved my new-to-me mill this week. I used the smaller of my rental place's tow-behind engine hoists. I'm pretty sure the tip of the crane was above the height of my 7' garage door when putting...

Thanks Scott. That's what I needed.

Dave

Hi,

I'm picking up my new (to me) PCNC 1100 this weekend. The mill is 1100 miles from my home, so I can't measure it myself, and I don't see this dimension in any of Tormach's literature. I'm...

Hi,

Anyone have thoughts on moving an assembled PCNC 1100? If I put it on a flatbed trailer, would it survive an 1100 miles journey? Can it be secured enough without the straps putting too much...

Thanks for the votes and responses.

Guys,

I really appreciate the responses, but I don't want this thread to be a recap of the problems you've already posted about. Hence the poll, which only one has entered a vote on ;-)

I am...

Swath,

Thanks for the reply. I've followed your tale. What I'm wondering is if there is 1 SWATH for 100 happy silent owners, or 1 happy per 100 SWATH's.

Happy owners--let me see you are there!...