Long (time-wise) carving jobs.

[nlalston]

Hello all.

I just read where someone had done a 24hr carving job on his CNC, which has led me to think about something.  I wonder how people - who are doing lengthy carving jobs - are managing the operations.  The only way that I can imagine it being done is by pausing the job, and leaving the controller powered ON until such time as the job could be returned to.  I, for one, don't like leaving things ON, unless they are put to task.  Is that the only way? Or, is there some type of 'memory retention' feature which would allow the user to pause the job, shut the machine down, with the ability to resume the job upon next startup?  I have not gotten to such jobs, yet, but know that I will.  

[Kristy]

Dec 13, 2020 13:53:21 GMT -5 nlalston said:

Hello all.

I just read where someone had done a 24hr carving job on his CNC, which has led me to think about something.  I wonder how people - who are doing lengthy carving jobs - are managing the operations.  The only way that I can imagine it being done is by pausing the job, and leaving the controller powered ON until such time as the job could be returned to.  I, for one, don't like leaving things ON, unless they are put to task.  Is that the only way? Or, is there some type of 'memory retention' feature which would allow the user to pause the job, shut the machine down, with the ability to resume the job upon next startup?  I have not gotten to such jobs, yet, but know that I will.  

All origins are stored in reference to home, so the machine can be shut down and the origins would remain at the proper location once the machine has been re-homed. 
In addition, your manual will discuss creating break points in a job which can be returned to at a later date once the machine is powered back on. 

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[nlalston]

Kristy, thanks.

Some time ago, I had read a little bit about the Break Point. However, I guess that I should have delved a bit deeper into it. I had assumed that it had to do with very temporary pauses, as opposed to being able to resume a project anytime AFTER a shutdown, and powering back on. I WILL get back to more frequent perusings of the manual.