Re: ACE Converter anomaly

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Carol & Jerry Jankura"
<jerry.jankura@s...> wrote:

>
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: mdickey@b... [mailto:mdickey@b...]
> | Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:04 AM
> | To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...
> | Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: ACE Converter anomaly
> |
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> | --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Carol & Jerry Jankura"
> |
> | I just changed over from the MaxNC "Mill" CAM program to Ace
> | Converter for my CNC router using TurboCAD v3.01 (my workshop PC

is a

> | 486 and doesn't like newer CAD programs that eat memory) and

wasn't

> | getting anywhere until I started creating a separate layer for

each

> | individual part on a "cutsheet." I cut out around 10 - 15 parts
> | (model aircraft stuff) at a time and assign each one a separate

layer

> | starting at "0".
>
> One other question - Would I assume that you mount one piece of

metal to

> your mill and then just have your machine cut one part after

another, or do

> you mount each piece of metal one at a time, with a machine "pause"

between

> parts?
>
> -- Jerry

Hi Jerry,

Sorry for the slow reply, I only have internet access at work.

I'm using the MaxNC program that came with my hardware kit to
actually run the G-Code. I guess I didn't make that clear. My
machine is a homebuilt router table, 12" X 12" vacuum workspace,
23,000 rpm Porter Cable trim router, 1/16 & 1/8" carbide 2 flute
router bits. I cut balsa, ply and plastic model aircraft parts. I
have a 12" X 12" "virtual worktable" saved in T/CAD, with the 0/0
origin in the bottom left corner, on which I position as many CAD
drawn parts as I can cram onto it. I then make a layer for each part
and decide the most efficient order to cut the parts since my
machine has very limited speed. Once Ace has the code completed, I
place my 12" X 12" sheet stock on the table, crank up the vacuum and
the router, then let the machine cut out the whole set of parts as
one sequence. I cannot begin to tell you the amount of time that Ace
is saving me compared to the MaxNC "Mill" program.

Milton