by Wade Wendorf | Blog, CNC Manufacturing & Job Shops, CNC Projects, GCode, Guest-Post, Tools and Techniques
Now you have your lathe setup, and all the tooling to get started. What’s next? Getting it going and doing something with it! I take a very slow cautious approach with any new machine tool. It’s just who I am. I’m usually super...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Basics, GCode
CNCCookbook’s G-Code Tutorial G98 G-Code and G99 G-Code: Lathe or Mill? The meaning of G98 and G99 g-codes can change depending on whether we’re on a lathe or mill. Not all g-code dialects behave this way, but Fanuc and Haas certainly do. G98 and G99...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
Have you ever checked out Macro Programming for CNC? For many CNC’ers, their first reaction is going to be that macro programming for cnc is all about hand coding CNC programs instead of using CAM Software. While that is one possible use, it’s definitely...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, Feeds and Speeds, GCode, Tools and Techniques
One of the great advantages of CNC over manual machining is the ability to create holes of almost arbitrary size using an end mill that follows a helical path: You have not provided any text for me to rephrase. Please, provide the specific text you need revised. Why...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
I was recently contacted by a customer who needed to solve a problem their shop had: We have been tasked with standardizing our programs in many ways and one concerns was that we need to supply the shop with programs that include decimals. Currently many of the...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Tools and Techniques
CNCCookbook’s G-Code Tutorial Introduction Remember the Coordinate Transformation Pipeline, which transforms coordinates in g-code into the active coordinate system utilized by the CNC machine for movement: The 5 Step G-Code Coordinate Pipeline… This...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CADCAM, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
I was recently reading a post on one of the boards and came across a fellow who was having a problem with Fusion 360: Control view on the left, CAM on the right: see the problem? The controller view of the toolpath is on the left and the CAM view is on the right....
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, GCode, Tools and Techniques
You did not provide any text to rewrite. Please include the text you would like rephrased. A CNC Toolsetter in action… This is the second set of results from our 2016 CNC Probe and Toolsetter Survey. In Part 1, we focused on CNC Probes. In this...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, CNC Projects, GCode, Software, Tools and Techniques
We had a couple hundred participate in our 2016 Probe and Toolsetter survey, which is great–it shows there is quite a lot of interest in the topic . Let’s go over the results! Do you use a CNC Probe? Please provide the text that needs to be...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Tools and Techniques
Your CNC machine needs some stretching and warmup before running hard just like any athlete… Do you run a warm up program on your CNC machine at the beginning of your work day? Why you need a Warm Up Program If not, you should. Here’s why:...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, GCode, Software
Here’s the second installment of our 2016 CNC Control Survey Results. In this article, I want to explore Customer Satisfaction. Respondents were asked to report their Customer Satisfaction towards their control with the following respones: It Rocks! (Scored as...
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by Bob Warfield | Blog, DIY CNC, GCode, Software
We last surveyed CNC Control market share back in 2012, so it’s been 4 years. We got over 250 survey responses, so let’s take a look at the results. For those who are wondering, recall that the CNC Control is the hardware and software that...
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