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Post by dadealeus on Aug 11, 2018 22:10:51 GMT -5
Hi,
I'm a new owner here an Axiom AR8 Pro+. Very impressed with the quality of the machine so far and I'd love to contribute to the community, but I'm just getting started, so I don't have much to offer at the moment! To that end, I did have a question and would be grateful if anyone knows the answer.
The RS274 post processor in Fusion 360 seems to work well with the machine with everything except spindle speed.
I'd like to know if other software is able to control the spindle speed (vcarve, etc.)? -or is this a limitation of the machine?
Thank you in advance!
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Post by gerry on Aug 11, 2018 23:50:34 GMT -5
I also have the Axiom AR8 Pro+. No, you cannot control the spindle speed from the software. But you can use the Y+ and Y- keys to increase, decrease the feed rate by 10% increments. Very handy when you are using a new material feed and speed. You can lower it to 60%-70%, then slowly increase to 100%. Your ears will tell you when it's correct.
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Post by arsystems on Aug 12, 2018 13:32:26 GMT -5
I also have the Axiom AR8 Pro+. No, you cannot control the spindle speed from the software. But you can use the Y+ and Y- keys to increase, decrease the feed rate by 10% increments. Very handy when you are using a new material feed and speed. You can lower it to 60%-70%, then slowly increase to 100%. Your ears will tell you when it's correct. is that true? I didn't know that... interesting....... |
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Post by stevem on Aug 12, 2018 18:08:12 GMT -5
I found out how to raise and lower feed rate from the Laguna cnc tips on youtube. Then when Axiom came up with the new manual, I found that tip as well.
If you set your feed rate at 150 ipm in the software, you can't speed up the feed rate on the pendant to go faster.
I tried 200 ipm and then slowed it down with the pendant and it works just fine.
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Post by dadealeus on Aug 12, 2018 21:31:08 GMT -5
Thank you guys for your helpful replies; the manual spindle increments definitely sound useful!
I'm going to open a thread in the "constructive criticism" forum regarding a Fusion 360 Post Processor.
Thanks, again!
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Post by gerry on Aug 13, 2018 2:23:52 GMT -5
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Post by arsystems on Aug 14, 2018 7:01:07 GMT -5
Right.. we have been over this several times.
RS 274 works.. that's probably as good as it's going to get.
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Post by dadealeus on Aug 18, 2018 20:31:43 GMT -5
Yeah, you're right... the horse and carriage works fine, too; who needs an automobile!? Amirite??? This is a product improvement discussion. While I appreciate the time you took to reply, I'd rather hear from those users that would like to see continued improvements of the platform. |
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Post by gerry on Aug 19, 2018 1:09:25 GMT -5
They won't write it either....
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Post by Gary Campbell on Aug 19, 2018 6:54:57 GMT -5
Spindle Speed control is a function of the controller. I have not looked at all of the Rich Auto controllers, but the ones I have seen do not support spindle speed via software. There are no terminals for VFD control. It wouldn't matter what the post processor does, if the controller doesn't have the hardware to output the 0-10v for speed control.
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Post by dadealeus on Aug 22, 2018 21:55:44 GMT -5
Thanks for your response, Gary; that's a vote for a limitation of the machine.
I've read another post where someone stated that they thought the controller was capable of it after they had looked at the schematics, but I don't have the electronics knowledge to verify this.
Do you know if there's a way to automatically pause between paths for a tool change? I'd love to be able to export my different paths as a single file, but I can't seem to get Fusion 360 / the Axiom machine to pause between operations for a manual tool change. So, I end up having to post-process each of my paths independently and load each file separately.
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Post by Gary Campbell on Aug 23, 2018 6:42:21 GMT -5
Manual tool change and the macros that support those actions are also a product of the controller. Again, this is not something I have researched, but my guess is that only the higher end, if any, of the Rich Auto controllers would support this feature. They do have models that support speed control.
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Post by dadealeus on Aug 24, 2018 1:26:47 GMT -5
Thanks, again, for your response, Gary.
Much obliged.
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Post by ronm on Aug 24, 2018 19:52:18 GMT -5
I recently upgraded from a RichAuto B51E DSP to WinCnc on a 5x10 machine. I previously owned a Axiom AR8 Pro which wasa great machine just not big enough for my needs. I am selling the RichAuto B51E for $500. This contoller has a color screen, supports 4 axis, and has spindle speed contol, displays project and spindle location on the screen.  |
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