More fun today, now it’s software!
Anyway, I’ve been playing around obviously with estlecam V12 and have been doing fine with the 2D shapes and designs I normally work with. I’m still working on tuning the physical machine so I’m still in the playing stage. I’m cutting a lot of air.
So I decided to try a 3D carving using an STL on a guitar neck. Estcam pulls in the stl fine, allows the basic set up, generates etc. But when it generates the code it apparently ignores the origin completely and wants to work a few inches away from it. I’ve re-done the file many times and the 1st move is always to move off the piece entirely. And I can’t figure out why.
I’m setting origin in the middle of the piece, the gcode is moving to origin and then immediately far from it which in this case is further away than the material is wide and is off the machine. I can’t find any settings I can adjust What am I doing wrong here?
Gcode:
(Project Telecas Neck)
(Created with Estlcam 12.039)
(Machining time about 00:12:28 hours)
(Required tools:)
(endmill .25)
(ball nose .25)
G21
G90
G94
M7
G00 X0.0000 Y0.0000 Z5.0000
(No. 1 3D machining roughing: )
G00 X-275.0474 Y191.8662
G01 Z-6.0000 F1000.000 S0
G01 Y151.8662
G00 Z5.0000
G00 X-269.8474 Y118.0662
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y225.6662
G01 Z-5.5000
G01 X-265.0474 Y243.6662
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y100.2662
G00 Z5.0000
G00 X-259.8474 Y260.4662
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y-378.1338
G01 Z-5.5000
G01 X-255.0474 Y-394.7338
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y276.0662
G01 Z-5.5000
G01 X-249.8474 Y293.0662
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y-408.9338
G01 Z-5.5000
G01 X-245.0474 Y-419.9338
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y308.6662
G01 Z-5.5000
G01 X-239.8474 Y326.0662
G01 Z-6.0000
G01 Y-430.5338
G01 X-235.0474 Y-439.3338
G01 Y341.8662
G01 Z-5.5000