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bpastor
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4th axis rotation

Post by bpastor »

Greetings All,

This may be something very simple, but I can't seem to figure it out. I am using VCarve Pro 9 on a CNC Shark HD4 with a rotary axis. I have to do some machining on a piece of round stock. I've created the rounding toolpath, and toolpaths for the 4 remaining operations. One of them is drilling a series of holes on one side of the piece then machining the whole length on the other side. What I need to do is to rotate the piece 180 degrees, drill my holes, then rotate back to the starting point to finish the machining. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bob Pastor

bpastor
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Re: 4th axis rotation

Post by bpastor »

Hi All,

Don't bother posting. My question was a result of a major brain fart. I don't need to run any G code. All I need to do is jog the 4th axis 180 degrees using the pendant, prior to my last toolpath execution.

Thanks,
Bob

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