That ending ouch hahaha. I have done worse. When I first started I drove a 3 inch face mill straight down into the vice 100% rapid with a haas. I will never live that one down and will always remember to set my z.
Unless I missed it on another video, does this method of engraving your logo cover your DIY engraver issues? Have you made any ground with that? Replacing the air piston or getting consistent pressure on uneven surfaces. On another note, thanks for including the crash. Brutal as it was, it's cool to see.
A couple of things... Is the Tormach capable of stopping on the crash due to high drive current or did you hit the e-stop? Regarding trace, I have been using trace, but my lines were on the surface. I used a minus axial offset for cut depth and 2 passes. You may find that useful on future projects. I also used large lead in and lead out so the cutter enters smoothly (.25" lead in on .125" ball end mill). Keep up the great videos!
I was having a difficult time rotating the WCS so the X-axis was on the centerline of my cylindrical cut. I created a separate blank component, dragged the part to be machined into the component file, corrected the rotation with the move command. Once complete, I broke the link and saved the part. Note that the X-axis has to be correct in Design mode which is on the centerline of the part. The WCS rotation in mfg mode will not help you.
I’m a noob hobby machinist. What is simultaneous 4th? I just bought a G0704 that I’m going to convert to cnc someday. I can’t wait to get chips hitting the floor.
hey, great video as always. one thing though: I dont think you need the music in the background when showing the cnc process. I would like it better if there was just the sound of the machine. but thats just my opinion. I learn a lot from your videos! keep them up.
On the Trace with the ball mill, can you change the point on the tool to say at a 45 deg. angle from the bottom and then use that to deburr cross holes? Or use a lollpop tool and deburr cross internal holes?
Peace to you! Sorry for the bad English =) The postprocessor has a checking collisions? I mean it is a mistake writing postprocessor or an error Fusion360 or incorrectly been is fixed tool? Thanks =)
+BikiniDuckCreations If you're doing precision work you definately want to validate the machine, but in general a crash usually won't move! Repeated crashes will add though and through the years the machine will be slowly whacked out. The mill I work on has the head slightly bent backwards(not vertical to Y axis) from repeated crashes,the table got a slant X axis due to using the table only on one side and using the other as a bench(BAD) and the Z axis is not worth measuring if I don't get the other 2 set first!
Well my machine have never ever survived a crash without being so unaligned that drills would just snap if they tried to enter a 10mm deep hole.. but i have never had* a small crash either. usually something like g0z-100 with a boring bar into the chuck at 2500 rpm...
Hello NYC CNC, I have two questions for you and I hope that you can help answer them for me. Please... So, question one: -> Can I use Fusion 360 to directly pass the G-Code to the CNC or do I need another program for that? Question two: -> Why do you think the crash happened?
Owh... thank you so much NYC CNC. I don't know what people call sending the g-code thing. Isn't Fusion 360 a post processor as well? Is the problem caused by Fusion 360?
Oh man. You know what? Something we don't often see is what should be done after a crash. After the cursing, tears and hail Mary's that is. Do you reindicate spindle/vise/4th for runout? Stethoscope them for surprises?
+Christian Lewis no it won't be unfortunately. They are working on refining the new multi-axis morph, then true simultaneous 4th & 5 will all start to trickle out.
***** Here's the MASSIVE difference between what Autodesk is doing with CAM and all the other vendors. The overwhelming majority of the other CAM vendors license the vast majority of their code base from non public facing 3rd parties. So they don't have control over it. Delcam always developed their own stuff, Autodesk now owns them. HSMWorks wrote all their own code, the only stuff they licensed was the Stock simulation. The development of HSM in all three products is continuing along that path. So while it takes them longer to develop some of the stuff, it means they have total control over its stability, development path and user experience. I think what they have delivered in Fusion 360 so far shows the results of that effort.
+Scott Moyse I remember John talking about how they're writing the CAM in-house. So as you say, it should be an amazing product, a revolution in value for price. I've just been hoping since October last year that 5 axis would be ready around April this year.
jamesparker308 as in threading on the 4th axis? With a tool ground to the thread profile? Not on this one, as he said, there's no simultaneous 4th axis cutting. If there was, sure you could, just extremely inefficient .. IMO.
I'm looking at getting my own lathe. can anyone recommend one for me. I'm looking for a manual lathe under $700, bore of at least 0.75, length of at least 10 in, can cut titanium, and is fairly accurate. thx
You know it's coming, but there's still something horrible about watching video of machine crashes! I just sit there thinking stop ... STOP ... STOOOOOPPPP!!! As the hairs go up on my arms and I watch the inevitable carnage!!! It looked like the feature prior was giving a warning all was not well in the land of Oz.
Awesome Video! Just curious, do you have any plans to do a comparison video of the 440 vs the bigger machines? I know you had a decent number of vids with the 440 when you first got it, but I would be curious to hear your thoughts on it now that you have a few of them and have used them more. I'm hoping that the 440 could be my starter machine!! Thanks again for all your hard work. How did the online training class go and do you plan on doing any more? Cheers from Canada!
