Re: ACE Converter anomaly, REDWOOD

Hi Milton,

I'd love to see pix of the router table you built with the "motion
control kit". I have an extra one, and I think that's what I'm going to
do with it!
Also, I'm curious about cutting wood. This weekend, my youngest son set
out to cut redwood with my new RF-31 mill. New two-flue 3/8 endmill.
.20" cuts, it went fine, "normal milling", until he got to the end of
the board. He was making a 1/2" x 7/16" lap joint, and the "end" grain
of the board splintered when the cutter began to leave the stock. Any
suggestions?

Alan KM6VV


mdickey@... wrote:

>
> --- 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
> > |
> > |
> > | --- 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