tangental knife
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:52 amdoes uccnc support tangental knife?
if so in arcs?
had a query from uk potential customer
if so in arcs?
had a query from uk potential customer
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:52 amRe: tangental knife
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:05 pmIMHO, it depend on only the CAM postprocessor. You may assign it to a free axis (e.g. A). It can use the Z axis to go up and down, or if it has a solenoid to push down (or lift up) the blade, it can be driven by the laser output pin. (No PWM, just M10/M11.) It's only my private opinion: in fact, I don't know if the control software has to turn the blade or the CAM will do it.
Re: tangental knife
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:47 pmIt does not support automatic tangential knife control like in Mach3 if the question was about that.
However the tangential knife control in Mach3 is pretty buggy, so I think it is still much better if you get a post processor in a CAM software which supports tangential knife control and then output the code like that.
I mean that the CAM software could put the knife control as e.g. 4th axis.
I think SheetCAM for example has a tangential knife module....
However the tangential knife control in Mach3 is pretty buggy, so I think it is still much better if you get a post processor in a CAM software which supports tangential knife control and then output the code like that.
I mean that the CAM software could put the knife control as e.g. 4th axis.
I think SheetCAM for example has a tangential knife module....
Re: tangental knife
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:50 pmthanks for the explanation
when is the analogue servo capable board going to be ready for me to test
when is the analogue servo capable board going to be ready for me to test