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Is there a way in PartWorks 3.5 I can stop the tool returning to home between operations? I have to manually edit the part files now to delete the move back to home and it has become...
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Hi Everyone
Is there a way in PartWorks 3.5 I can stop the tool returning to home between operations? I have to manually edit the part files now to delete the move back to home and it has become...
I bought one this Friday and it works great. Thank you!
Hello
Is there anyway to jog the cutter up or down during a cut? I know you can change the speed of the cutter with the Shift <> keys. Is there something similar for cut depth?
I am doing so...
I figured it out Jerry. Thanks for your help!
That worked! Thank you. Only 1 issue. The offset values for the XY limit switches are wrong and now my machines Zero is not where it used to be. I know there is a way to edit the offset for the...
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I am having issues with my Estop and XY Limit switches that are preventing my computer from communicating with my control box. When I start up the control soft ware ( I am still using 3.6.44)...
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Does anyone know if there is a way you can change the feed speed of a cutter while the part is running? A dynamic speed control if you will.
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Ben
Hey everyone,
Does anyone have any data (speeds and feeds) on cutting fiberglass? I plan on using a 67-101 diamond pattern bit.
The fiberglass is .125 inch thick. MCmaster-Carr structural...
Hi Steve
I will check to see what the gap distance is between the bolt and the prox switch. I have the prox switches sold by ShopBot.
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Ben
Hi Brad,
Actually it was an accident. I hit C3 instead of C2 and the machine went through the XY program. I have learned that if you try to stop it mid program it will generally crash and make you...
Hi,
I recently ran a 3D file with very tight tolerances and had to re-zero the XY location between tool changes. Sadly the next cut was noticeably off (roughly .040) which led me to question what...
Hi Scott,
Thanks for your reply and help. My packet ET is around 35. Frank and I are still trying to figure out why it is so high.
Hi everyone,
I was hoping to get the help of the forum. I am having issues running the latest update of the control software (3.8.4) and with the help of Frank (of Shopbot technical support fame) I...
Thanks Jerry,
Ben
Thanks Brady,
I uninstalled 3.8 and put back my tried and trusted version 3.6.44. Now I am have a false E switch signal which is preventing my machine from moving. I have a connection but when I...
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I just upgraded my control software to 3.8.02, updated my firmware and everything seemed to install fine. However, when I went to run the machine, the jog was all choppy and jumpy.
I have...
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I am running Partworks 1.102 which I just downloaded from the Drivers/Patches portion of the Shopbot site. I want to jump to version 3.5 but I don't see a download to get from 1.102 to 3.0...
Hi David,
I have the same error message on about metric conversion. What solution did Dana suggest? Can you please let me know?
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Ben
Problem solved by resetting ramp values. Not sure how they changed but things seem back to normal.
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Ben
Thanks Scott,
I will try checking the ramp values. I have a PRS Standard.
Some more evidence is that when I ran the leveling file at .5 I didn't lose any Y at all. At 2 I lost about .25 of an...
Hey everyone,
I am consistently losing the position of the cutter in the Y axis. Even just running at 2 IPS. I have checked the Z carriage and it slides smoothly when not under power. The...
Thanks for the ideas. I will noodle around with the texture feature to see if I can get the result I want. I will also look into Aspire.
Thanks
Ben
Nope,
I just want the cutter to follow the line of the drawing. Just like it would if it were a 2D circle except in this case it goes into 3D.
Thanks
Ben
Hi Steve,
Think of it as trying to cut a regular circle profile except that instead of it being a flat circle with one level of Z, it is a bent 3D circle with changing levels of Z. If you look at...
Hello,
Does anyone know a way to get ShopBot to cut a 3D profile in either Partworks or Partworks 3D. I have an application where I need to cut a profile but the catch is that it is 3 dimensional. ...