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by oldmachine
Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:53 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's
Replies: 11
Views: 2455

Re: Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's

Speed... When machining starts, it bores a hole at 0,0,0 before profiling the first path, regardless of my settings. The hole is inside my part on the corner. After a good bit of testing, I discovered the Speed (of the tool spindle) has decimals that cause my interpreter to use the Zero's as either ...
by oldmachine
Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:48 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's
Replies: 11
Views: 2455

Re: Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's

Thank you! I will post a bug report. I made the change to the linuxnc_post.py, exported using that processor and it worked. Then, I made the change to smoothie_post.py and had interesting experience, as follows: After the change, no gcode/file was exported using smoothie. I repeated it with same res...
by oldmachine
Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:00 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's
Replies: 11
Views: 2455

Tool Number - Machine doesn't like Decimal's

Mac OSX Serria Freecad 17 pre Mill Machine: 15 yr old Taig running old controller via DOS (remember DOS ? :lol: ) Only problem so far (for me) is the Tool Number. Doesn't matter which processor I use, they all use Decimal's for the tool number and my cnc controller crashes. If I manually edit the gc...