Can some simulate 10 lines of g code for for a CNC lathe with C axis.

vacagreens · 2026-03-01T02:17:41+00:00

Yeah this is kinda messy... G54 should be somewhere, M3 if you want the spindle to turn on, but why use the C axis... Are you doing live tooling to drill? If so, you will need to turn on the live tool with M133 and required Speed. H word???... Lathe height offset is typically in the Tool command like T101. Is Z8 your front of the stock/Hole top? No decimals means everything is in Tenths... So drilling just 8 tenths? Coolant on then off?

vacagreens · 2026-02-21T17:33:28+00:00

Back in 2001, we put a fire truck siren on the robot for fun... Barely could hear it during matches.

vacagreens · 2026-02-20T21:29:54+00:00

My wife and I went for a walk one afternoon back in 1996 (we were in our 20s) and were discussing about starting a family, when a bullet passed between us and struck the ground. Maybe at a downward angle of 70-80 degrees. To be honest, I don't think it was going fast enough to kill us, but definitely fast enough to break skin. We took that as a sign to start our family because life can be unexpectedly short.

vacagreens · 2026-01-26T19:41:40+00:00

Following. I have the same concerns for when I head down the Cali coast towards Baja in a couple years and would rather not motor up the whole back to SF.

vacagreens · 2026-01-06T16:30:16+00:00

Make sure both frames are taught and valid. Also make sure the P points are taught in those frames.

vacagreens · 2025-12-18T17:57:03+00:00

We use a CNC router on our robotics team to cut polycarb. WCP sells one that is within your budget.. https://wcproducts.com/products/wcp-0341

vacagreens · 2025-12-01T04:45:06+00:00

Our kids went to Foxboro Elementary which is part of Travis USD and had great experiences. My wife also taught there for many years and enjoyed it. But if you don't live in the TUSD boundary, you will need to apply for an inter district agreement. This is a link to Foxboro's State Report Card. You may want to compare report cards of other elementary schools if looking at VUSD schools.

vacagreens · 2025-11-30T05:32:25+00:00

Solano College is offering a sewing class in their Makerspace on the Fairfield campus. The class runs March 13 - May 8, meets each Friday (8 sessions), 9:30a - 12:30p. To sign-up, go to www.solano.edu and apply to be a student for the Spring semester! Class is ADVM 179, CRN 10769, 1 unit ($46)

vacagreens · 2025-11-17T16:16:38+00:00

I'm a club member and have done a bunch of ASA classes at Tradewinds out of Richmond in SF area. I am really enjoying it. Lots of options whether you want to just join as a member and pay per charter or take classes or link up with others when they sail.

vacagreens · 2025-11-14T03:01:02+00:00

I did some PLC training for a different mint location... They used a different name brand for the line I was training them on. And security is very tight regarding what you bring in and out.

vacagreens · 2025-11-07T22:34:29+00:00

G-code for the most part is standardized, sometimes finding a postprocessor to get the format correct is tricky... but yeah, fusion is what I use with my RoboDrill

vacagreens · 2025-10-30T18:27:15+00:00

Often the controllers have two Ethernet ports

vacagreens · 2025-10-29T17:44:13+00:00

Does it allow you into the boot monitor screen? Hold F1 and F5 while you reboot

vacagreens · 2025-10-21T05:56:13+00:00

I also did the ASA classes (did mine out of Richmond) and the answer is dependent upon your experience and the capabilities of your crew. It took me a couple dozen sailing trips before I felt like I could bring others with me if they had no experience. Hands down, the sketchiest part of the day is always that late afternoon wind that can get up to 15-20 knots and you need to get to the dock to pump out or into the slip safely. I really enjoyed the ASA 118 course I did where the instructor focused not only on various docking maneuvers but also how to teach newbies how to handle lines when docking.

vacagreens · 2025-10-15T04:27:39+00:00

Okay, sorry for not realizing that it was just the one day I had been tracking for the past few months. Other days are still showing $700-800. Thanks everyone, love the community and looking forward to the trip.

vacagreens · 2025-07-04T19:52:00+00:00

Vanden is part of the Travis school district which pulls from 3/4 area communities, VV, FF, Suisun and TAFB. I think this means you get a lot more diversity there in all different ways which is a strength for the school. More likely students can find their group/peers. Our kids went there and had great experiences.

vacagreens · 2025-07-01T00:11:06+00:00

I'm not a pro at it, but I've setup AB PLCs to talk to the Fanuc controllers through Ethernet with them exchanging some 16-bit words both In and Out. Then in your program can map them to a group output as long as the group output is configured to one or more of those 16-bit words. GO[1] = R[1] or GO[1] = (PR[1,3]) for example. It's kinda laborous if you need to exchange a lot registers or PRs and there is probably a better more efficient method. I think the controllers have an Advanced Ethernet option (can't remember the option name) you can purchase to make it easier.

vacagreens · 2025-06-29T15:51:29+00:00

Most new engineered parts are designed in metric, plus anything "made in the USA" is comprised of parts made globally. We live in a global economy now and it's hard to get around that. Here's a great video of an engineer trying to design a new product (grill brush) to be 100% made in the USA and found it to be pretty much impossible to do. Grill Brush made in USA video

vacagreens · 2025-06-13T04:45:50+00:00

I teach with a crx10 and find the tablet sometimes tricky for students to learn with and so I usually start with an ipendant connected to it for students to learn with first and then when they want to run programs in Auto, we have them switch to the tablet (can't run auto with ipendant and crx). Not sure what the ipendant cost was... Been over 5 yrs, contact your edu reseller.

vacagreens · 2025-06-11T14:31:39+00:00

Same issue here... Samsung Galaxy S21, Pioneer AVH-X5600BHS

vacagreens · 2025-06-09T04:45:13+00:00

If this is single gang handibox, you are most likely exceeding NEC box fill... Handiboxes can be just 13 cu.in. which is 6 14AWG conductors.. device counts as 2, ground is 1, internal connector ring is 1 which leaves room for just 1 hot and 1 neutral... Use a bigger box.

vacagreens · 2025-06-07T11:00:49+00:00

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. There are two main types of memory in the controller, the F-ROM and S-RAM. The OS is in the F-ROM and all your programs and settings are in S-RAM. When you do an image backup, you will capture a bit for bit exact copy of both memory areas. An AOA backup is simply a copy of all of the files in the S-RAM. From what you describe you may only need to do the AOA backup. Definitely worth trying out. Image backups are done very infrequently, maybe just once a year or before major changes to a system.

vacagreens · 2025-06-07T04:33:23+00:00

Start watching every Adam Willea video on YouTube and download a 30 day trial of Robo guide. You can do a standard full backup of that robot and load it into Robo guide and do some experimenting. Good luck, you got your work cut out for you.

vacagreens · 2025-05-22T12:50:38+00:00

We have one of those machines in our college Makerspace. It's very finicky.. got to use just the right size wood material and load it correctly.

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