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found a problem... Supertech mill

Posted by Lurch
on 2007-08-25 19:04:20 UTC
still fighting with my supertech mill. the .CAM file it creates, has
some odd code in it...I understand every line of the file except
one. Here's an excerpt:

line -3,0.15,3,0.15
line 3,0.1,-3,0.1
line -3,0.05,3,0.05
line 3,1.259e-006,-3,1.259e-006
line -3,-0.05,3,-0.05
line 3,-0.1,-3,-0.1
line -3,-0.15,3,-0.15
line 3,-0.2,-3,-0.2

when it gets to the line with the "e-006" part, it indexes the
spindkle to the retract height, resets the x-axis to whatever value
it would have been at the end of that cut, and carries on...with the
x-axis now out of calibration by whatever amount is the difference
between where it was at when it happened and where it would have been
at the end of the cut.

I don't even know what "e-006" IS...but at least now I know what's
happening. I'm going to manually edit the file to remove those
glitches and do a 'dry run' with no tool and see whre it finishes
up...
Lurch

Discussion Thread

Lurch 2007-08-25 19:04:20 UTC found a problem... Supertech mill Stephen Wille Padnos 2007-08-25 19:10:09 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-25 19:18:35 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Michael Fagan 2007-08-25 22:03:57 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] found a problem... Supertech mill Tony Smith 2007-08-25 23:24:11 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-26 05:46:57 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Tony Smith 2007-08-26 06:29:56 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-26 06:41:23 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill R Wink 2007-08-26 06:53:00 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-26 07:33:41 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-26 09:48:00 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Kevin Martin 2007-08-26 10:49:36 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: found a problem... Supertech mill Lurch 2007-08-26 19:06:07 UTC Re: found a problem... Supertech mill