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How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizontall
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Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:57 pmby Mark Kraus
can someone tell me how to change the axes to axis to work with a horizontal router using joint Cam?
I want cut tenons on long beams laying on the bed
Re: How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizon
Posted:
Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:09 pmby dezsoe
Do you have a spindle parallel to the X or Y axis? If it's a horizontal router then is it in Y? Maybe, G18 is what you need.
Re: How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizon
Posted:
Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:34 pmby ger21
You basically need to swap the Z axis with the axis the gantry moves along.
The X and Y axis would be the axes that move the spindle left and right and up and down, and the Z axis is the axis that the spindle plunges along.
Re: How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizon
Posted:
Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:23 pmby Mark Kraus
Axis set up for joint cam with horizontal router in y direction
Re: How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizon
Posted:
Wed Nov 03, 2021 3:03 pmby dezsoe
Yes, it's G18, the X-Z plane. If you switch to G18 then you can use canned cycles to work in Y. You set the coords in X and Z, the depth in Y. With G2/G3 you can move in arcs, but instead of X-Y-I-J you have to use X-Z-I-K. Here are 2 test codes for all three planes:
Re: How to change axis to cut tenons on long boards horizon
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Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:05 pmby ger21
Mark Kraus wrote:Axis set up for joint cam with horizontal router in y direction
You need to make the Z axis the Y axis, and the Y axis the Z axis.
JointCAM can only output code for a standard 3 axis router configuration, so you'll need to configure it in UCCNC as if that's what it is.