Re: ACE Converter anomaly, REDWOOD

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:

> 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

Hi Alan,

Sorry 'bout the slow response, had to go to Dallas (Whew, was it hot!)
for seminar, hotel food etc., etc. for a couple days.


Hey, no problem, I'm flattered that anyone would want to see my
machine. I have some pics I can email you off forum. I have no idea
how to manipulate the magic that puts pictures up for all to
see....I'd prob'ly let all of the smoke out of the whole system!

Will send a few pics shortly.

Milton

>
>
> mdickey@b... 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