I have sent this to support and am awaiting a response. Not sure at all what is going on. Posting here in case anyone has any ideas.
Summary - Today I was going to cut off that part of the inlay that was proud of the surface using a pocket toolpath. There was an unexpected anomaly where the machine did not follow the calculated toolpath but went to the wrong side of the image and drilled an approx 1/4 " deep hole. It then did a sudden stop and there was some smoke. I’m not sure if it came from the toolhead or from the wood. I may need to disassemble the toolhead to be sure. This was the second time in 3 days there was an anomaly but I did not document the first one and after doing a couple of restarts and resetting the cables it behaved normally then. I used Vectric Aspire v12 to create the toolpath.
Attachments -
- SubwarriorPg1 shows the 2d image and what the approximate toolpath looked like
- AspireSettingsPg2 shows the settings from Aspire for the toolpath
- SubvectorPg3 shows the Vector that was used to calculate the toolpath
- CalculatedToolPathPg4 shows the calculated toolpath
- Photo1 shows the item
- Photo2 shows the hole that was drilled
- cnc file is also attached
3 SubPockClear1.4em-v2.cnc (14.7 KB)
No Aspire user here but your gcode looks correctly, i have also tested and it worked flawless.
Hard to say anything at this point…- Are you sure it behaved like this in the gcode part you shared?- Or could it be problematic in the full toolpath with more than one pocket?
Thanks for verifying. I heard from Support this morning and they can’t replicate the issue either. They asked for additional log files and a video of what it is doing. Here’s a link to the - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrSNHR06Hh4
Given that the gcode certainly appears to be correct I’m assuming that this is not an aspire issue.
Thanks,
Fred
Hi Fred, I just looked at the code you posted and it’s in millimetres but the snapshot of your software is displaying inches as the settings. I’ve never used that software so not sure if thats ok or not.
Thanks for your response - that is a really good observation. However I don’t think it is the issue. A gcode reader shows that it should be working properly. Also if this was the case the toolhead should at least go to approximately where the cut should be and not the other side of the board. The post processor must be doing a conversion since the controller works in mm. I’ll dig into this a little more though.
Thanks,
Fred
I might be viewing your video all wrong here but it looks like you have the board clamped with the TEXT running in the Y axis but your pocket path has the Text running in the X axis. Or am I totally not seeing this correctly?
Yep that is right - it looks odd but it is correct with respect to the software. Bear in mind that both pockets and the submariner insignia were carved out from this same file with the board just this way. (plugs also but that’s not pertinent). Actually when I started the “Submarine” plug I put the Wenge board the other way out of habit and had to reset things - that’s why you can see a little deformation in the center top of the plug.
Thanks for responding!
Fred
I’ve ran your code through an NC Viewer and it machines the pocket across the X Axis and Not the Y Axis though.
So That code is incorrect for your Board Orientation.
Regards
Neal
Do this Neal. Understanding that the pocket cut properly and in the right place - here are the other two associated files (that cut the pocket). Run all three of these and see if the orientation on the one in question is different from the first two. I think they will all be the same.
1 SubPockVCarve Inlay 3.275em 1 [Clear 1].cnc (40.0 KB)
2 SubPockVCarve Inlay 1 3.275_30vbit.cnc (907.1 KB)
Thanks
I’ve just back plotted the two files you sent me and here are the results…
As you can see they are orientated so the text is in the Y Axis.
You need to rotate your facing path 90 degrees and it will work.
Regards
Neal
A simple check to prove it is do a search in your carving cnc code for a Y- value, you will find numerous as half the path is below the Y Datum. Now search your facing cnc code and you will not find any as all the movements are in the Y+ relative to your datum.
Regards
Neal
Wow - Great job. I stand totally corrected and appreciate your assistance. Now however I think I have an issue I need to refer to Vectric and close the ticket with Snapmaker. If you look at the image (Plug) it was done in the same orientation. I took the cut line vector from the Plug and mirrored it, moved it up around the Pocket and then did an offset for the clearing. No idea why it would have changed the orientation - hopefully Vectric can identify what I’ve done wrong here.
Thanks again!
Fred
Glad to help Fred. Hopefully you can figure out what happened in Vectric. I really want to do some inlay carving at some point so maybe I’ll take a look at Vectric sometime, I’m still getting to grips with Fusion 360 at the moment.
Regards
Neal
I have Fusion 360 but the new version 12 of VCarve and Aspire from Vectric have a vcarve inlay toolpath that creates the pocket and the plug automatically at the same time. It’s a real time saver over Fusion and simpler. I’m still very much a novice though and this is only my second inlay.
All the best.
fred
