This is an introductory tutorial on how to setup pocket milling and hole drilling CAM operations with initial feeds and speeds for a simple part to be made on a HASS Mini Mill 2 CNC.
Thank you so much for the tutorial Jeff. Is there a way to have the path generated with the F/S settings to 'Tool' by default ? I currently have to edit each F/S operation from library to Tool.
Great question, I'm not 100% sure how to do this as I haven't done much SW CAM recently. There should definitely be a setting for this, I'm guessing it might be doable with the "Default Feature Strategies" tab?
hey Jeffrey I wanted to ask, if i use a simple cnc machine with no tool changer which mean i can do only one tool path at a time how do i load it to my machine? or how do i split the Gcode to individual files
Hi, in your CNC machine's software, you should be able to define multiple tools that can you manually change in between operations. For instance, when using my CNC without a tool changer, my CNC gcode software interpreter pauses when a tool change is indicated in my gcode so I can manually change the tools when the tool changes. It will depend on your CNC gcode software interpreter.
I haven’t done this myself using SolidWorks CAM, but usually the gcode interpreter for your machine itself will prompt you to change tools if you don’t have an automatic tool changer setup. You can specify tool numbers in SW CAM.
