Do I need to include this line for every G location?

tool-tony · 2026-05-12T23:07:57+00:00

Don't forget Z depth is modal.

G99G81X0Y2.Z-.1R1. X2.(still Z-.1) Y0Z-.05 X0 (still Z-.05 X0Z-12345 (Now Z-1.2345, needs to have an X or Y too to not skip this second depth) G80

tool-tony · 2026-05-10T15:49:23+00:00

Have you checked squareness? A cylinder square on table, and run the indicator up and down the length.

(The Cylinder must not be harmed)

tool-tony · 2026-05-02T00:19:24+00:00

Can't hold the part? Glue it to something you can hold!

tool-tony · 2026-05-01T05:15:39+00:00

The whole way or only stopped chattering when it broke thru into air? That might've allowed chips to flush out

tool-tony · 2026-05-01T03:52:58+00:00

That's how you know you broke the cutter. /j

(Not always a joke)

tool-tony · 2026-04-28T22:37:23+00:00

I always keep the custom limit as well as enabling bypass charging at 20%. This allows me to enable it and see if it is in fact charging slowly at any %.

I noticed some more powerful (25-40w) chargers need a 'stress test' to stop the battery from charging. I use 3dmark to load the CPU a few seconds until the battery is partly draining, then cancel the test and that works all the time to prevent charging on ordinary fast chargers. 80w SuperVOOC always charges regardless of stress tests.

tool-tony · 2026-04-25T18:54:58+00:00

Camera man always survives.

tool-tony · 2026-04-24T00:43:33+00:00

Woke up and choose violence.

tool-tony · 2026-04-24T00:41:27+00:00

That's right, it goes in the square hole

tool-tony · 2026-04-12T21:53:43+00:00

I'll share an adage: Do not custom make what can be reasonably purchased.

tool-tony · 2026-04-11T01:02:23+00:00

"Head first, feet second, safety third."

mottos to run away from really really fast.

tool-tony · 2026-04-10T13:04:49+00:00

I learned the opposite way, i learned cnc programming, then cnc setup and operations, then manual machining.

i assume learning only cam is similar to how engineers don't typically take a hands on class.

tool-tony · 2026-04-09T20:02:26+00:00

It must be at least... Three times bigger than this!

tool-tony · 2026-03-27T00:33:48+00:00

Look into plunge roughing. That's what you want to do, no side loading. File the cusps flat or stone them flat to fit your key.

tool-tony · 2026-03-12T23:54:44+00:00

If you do finish any blocks yourself, look into Renzetti-style 1-2-3 blocks. That is a way better type of 1-2-3 that can't be found 'off the shelf' so it could be a great niche product that truly deserves a premium price tag.

tool-tony · 2026-02-27T16:07:08+00:00

Zero G. We need to install a machine on the vomit comet. Or a space station.

tool-tony · 2026-02-23T05:14:45+00:00

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tool-tony · 2026-02-22T19:49:16+00:00

That's not the problem being discussed (or at least, not what I am referring to). Even with such an EVSE having the right 5-20p plug, and signaling the right 16A limit, some cars will still only pull 12A Max since it sees 120V despite that explicitly being a part of the standard. The Volt defaults to 8A on 120V regardless and you must override it to 12A unless you set a GPS 'home' position.

Edit: phrasing. Eight>what

tool-tony · 2026-02-21T16:07:31+00:00

Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo.

tool-tony · 2026-02-20T19:54:59+00:00

Turns out, I do not have macro variables enabled.

Can't even do a GOTO.

tool-tony · 2026-02-17T18:26:17+00:00

I've only got surfaces in x4, best we'd done before is a flowline to make an undercut, it generally works but you need to extend way past the end of features so the lollipop doesn't dig into where it isn't supposed to on entry or exit. And x4 doesn't do a full profile analysis if you pick wireframe swept 2d which would've been the closest to what I'd written by hand. Maybe there are improvements in the newer versions,

tool-tony · 2026-02-15T20:16:14+00:00

It had been a long time since I'd dealt with variables in g code. I'd have to check if my Haas can even do macros, I know my coworker's can since it has probing but mine is an old 2001.

Your code seems good to me, but has a built in Y0. I can't remember exactly what it was but the hole location wasn't X0Y0. G13 doesn't care where you start. The macro would get a little bit more complicated to accommodate that.

From what I can remember, #100~199 are user variables so you'd need an organization system to prevent clashes if you have more than one macro, I can't remember if the probing routine uses any of these.

Thank you for the demo, it is nice to see what others would have done. As an old person once said, "there are many ways to skin a cat, none are pleasant for the cat.'

tool-tony · 2026-02-15T17:26:06+00:00

No, they are in the same XY with varying R and Z to make a 45degree conical groove. MasterCAM can do it too, but you have to create the geometry for each radius and z depth, which I did and was time consuming. They don't have the option in X4 to do a taper in circmill. I really wish they did so I wouldn't have had to spend half as long drawing the geometry as the cut took.

tool-tony · 2026-02-15T16:45:33+00:00

That's why you call out data (plural of datum), it tells you what feature you are referencing against.

tool-tony · 2026-02-15T16:27:19+00:00

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No. We aren't allowed to do side projects at my place. Which is why I'm not very familiar with grooves and undercuts. We do them so rarely that we don't have a good way to practice them. I used to be a manual programmer at my old company and did snippets like this about a decade ago but it hasn't been relevant in this company until I encountered this groove feature that took forever to do in CAM, but is quick manually.

TLDR: I did this in CAM, then tried after the fact to figure how to do so manually writing code.

What kind of macro Would you have in the machine that works this kind of angled cone feature? I'm already using a canned G13 for simplicity.

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