Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Help with Visual Mill 3.0 and Sherline

Bruce,

As a quick fix to get going you can just change the sense of the Z-axis
movement within the setup file of TurboCNC. I know this is not what you
were looking for, but it is a 10 second fix.

Daniel J. Statman, Statman Designs
www.statmandesigns.com
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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Help with Visual Mill 3.0 and Sherline


> Since it is a free download I am attempting to use Visual Mill 3.0 to
> generate G-code for my Sherline CNC Mill. I am using TurboCNC to run
> the G-code. The Turbo CNC is working just fine and seems to be
> interpreting code perfectly. The problem I am having is with the post
> processor for Visual Mill. It seems to think I have a mill where the
> table rises to present the work to the tool and generates positive Z
> values to bring the tool to the work. I can manually go in and search
> and replace the +Zs with -Zs but would like to identify a post
> processer that will drive the mill properly. Before I went throuh all
> 50 or 60 files one by one to try them I wanted to see if anyone else
> had solved a similar problem.
> Thanks in advance,
> Bruce Buchner
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