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CamBam help (General usage) / Pocketing solution neede

« on: July 22, 2022, 14:00:28 pm »

I've got some pockets that are half lap joints I need to mill. Problem is is it is leaving these pesky rounded corners which does not allow the joints to fit together properly. What is the best method of cleaning up these round corners. Sure i can do some hand editing and get the results that I need but this does take a little extra time . Gotta be a quick a dirty for this. Thanks for any and all help on this matter.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Bit pulling out arggg!

« on: July 22, 2022, 11:59:39 am »

I gave a close look yesterday and cleaned the collet and bits also.Checked for run out on the Musclechuck and found that it was misaligned so I corrected that. It's amazing what the results are. Problem solved. I do like the quick change setup and would recommend it. Thanks for all of the input from everyone. Ran it all day long with no problems!

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Bit pulling out arggg!

« on: July 21, 2022, 10:24:14 am »

I failed to mention that the collet i am using is a Muscle chuck and most of the bits I use are Amana from Toolstoday. Is anybody else using the Musclechuck collet and are you having good results. Thanks for any input!!

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Generating code for bed levelling

« on: June 24, 2022, 20:44:06 pm »

I gotta ask why not use a pocketing MOP? Perplexed.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Stepper motor wiring?

« on: June 22, 2022, 15:56:09 pm »

Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated. I have been using cheap Shielded security wiring for years and no problems as far as flexibility. The problem is  when you put heat while soldering to the pins the jacket on the wire will melt. Arrrg. Found some 20mm aviation style connectors which enable 18 gauge wire to be used. I am using 22 gauge. Gonna give this a try and see what happens.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Anybody have knowledge about Amphenol connectors?

« on: June 19, 2022, 10:46:17 am »

Same here it came up as obselete for me. Looks like the hunt is on. Thanks for the reply though.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Anybody have knowledge about Amphenol connectors?

« on: June 18, 2022, 19:44:32 pm »

I purchased a used Hoffman cabinet and it came with a 19 pin Amphenol connector, I did manage finding out that the mate to the mounted connector is a 211722. I have 22 gauge wire running to my motors and plan on using 18 gauge inside the the cabinet all shielded of course. Question is I need to come up with crimp style pins and sockets. What do I order for these fine connectors?.I  know info is skechy at best just not familiar with the product. And ah yes how to dress up the end coming from the motors.  Thanks for any help on this matter I really need to get this monster up and running again.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Clamp style Soldering iron?

« on: June 17, 2022, 22:42:15 pm »

Who makes such a device, just watched a video on you tube and the guy was using a clamp style soldering device on amphenol connectors. Yes the pins were already mounted in the connector and this device allowed him to solder wire into the connector without heating unwanted pins First time for everything. I have since found out that this is referred to as resistance soldering.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Stepper motor wiring?

« on: June 17, 2022, 11:25:15 am »

Had a look at Igus chainflex, ouch almost $4.00 a foot.Iwill have a look at CY cable instead. Thanks for the input. so is alarm and securty cable a choice that I can use?

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CamBam help (General usage) / Stepper motor wiring?

« on: June 16, 2022, 12:15:00 pm »

Is there a particular brand of shielded wiring that is desirable for wiring steppers. Nema 23 18.8 watt motors is what i am using. Thanks for any input.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: What is the procedure for joining these polylines?

« on: May 31, 2022, 11:03:07 am »

Thanks David. I guess that I need to add a couple of additional steps to examining cb files especially when a problem exists. Short and sweet video.

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CamBam help (General usage) / What is the procedure for joining these polylines?

« on: May 30, 2022, 12:54:21 pm »

I need to run a rabbit for the seat planks using layer 2 polylines and I attempted a few different things to get them joined,but alas no luck . Can someone explain to me how to go about joining them. Thanks for any input. See attached file.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: vfd question

« on: May 17, 2022, 12:09:12 pm »

OUCH that has gotta sting. I am going to give Mototronics a call today and see what I can work out. Thanks for the info and I hope things go your way on your rebuild.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: vfd question

« on: May 17, 2022, 00:56:27 am »

Is it allowable to put a vfd inside the same enclosure as BOB and gecko drives. Just bought a 30x24x12m big enclosure right. Everything will fit but what noise. Thanks for the input.

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CamBam help (General usage) / Re: Smooth stepper install with no motor movement.

« on: May 15, 2022, 11:43:26 am »

I need to look at the cable a little closer but keep in mind that the red led is responding when E stop is activated on the smooth stepper but not the pmdx126.  A little more info on the pmdx, when i hit the arrow buttons for jogging the steps led on the pmdx will flicker. I am starting to think that this maybe port and pin assignment in mach 3, an example is x axis step pin 2 and direction pin 3 and port 1 for step port and direction port 1. Question is does the step and direction port stay the same for LPT on ethnet. Thanks  for the input.The purchase was made thru Automation Direct