That is some interesting code for sure and I can understand why it takes so long making one pass over the whole thing with a tiny bit and lots of rapid moves. It would be better from a machining view to do the OD and ID with a larger endmill and drill the mounting holes then switch to the tiny one to make the slots.
It appears the slot sides are perpendicular to the center of the disk. If your A and B sensors are mounted in a straight line the off and on times will be a bit different between A and B if I'm understanding this correctly. Of course Z won't matter. I still think the slots could be done with less than 30 lines of code and using rotate. One bad thing I noticed is the arcs are using radius which is known to not be perfect in some cases. On 5/31/2012 10:43 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:29:49 PM John Thornton did opine: > >> Are you tapering the slots so the edges are perpendicular to the center? > That was I believe the general idea, John. > > I have the next one about 1/3rd done, but the run time is nearly 4 hours as > I had to slow it because I could see the bit flexing a few thou. When my > back gave out just now I hit the pause button while the bit was at SafeZ, > put the spindle controller in manual at zero speed, blew that last passes > oil& debris off it, its looking great, and turned off the lights for the > night. > >> BTW, 60 slots with the subroutine is a piece of cake. If you can come up >> with the code to do one slot I can paste it in my subroutine and send it >> back. >> >> John > There's stuff in it that isn't now used, but I just put a copy of whats > running right now on my web page, under Genes-os9-stf/eagle/genes- > encoder.ngc > > Part of the run time is the sheet is warping when I cut off a piece, so I > have to use a total cut depth that is about 2.5x as thick as the alu, and > let it nibble on the oil soaked oak sacrificial pad under it. > > Thanks John. > > Cheers, Gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
