Re: Machine fully running!!! now programming problems :(

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "mueller914" <mmueller@n...> wrote:

> I finally got all 3 axis of my Shoptask servo motor CNC conversion
> finished and running properly.
>
> I tried to make a NC file using Vector to create the G codes...it
> sorta works. Basicly I want 5 holes .215 diameter and two holes .50
> square. My bit is 3/16's and using cutter comp(or trying), the

small

> holes still come out to about .320 and the large square holes

are .6+

> and one side of the square holes is not being cut, I get an upside

U.

>
> Also with Vector, do I have to manually enter my Z values? When I

ran

> the program, it was only one plane and I don't remember gettign
> propted to enter a depth.
>
> Does cutter comp get entered into the code or the machine?
> I see a prompt in TCNC, but I've never seen the format it is asking
> for.
>
> turbocnc is my nc driver
>
> mueller914@y...

I don't know about vector cutter comp, but most cam just offses the
cutter radius on the toolpath itself without calling g42's or g41's
it makes easyer to avoid mistakes and works ok.