Turn on Spindle without a toolpath

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ffloyd
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Turn on Spindle without a toolpath

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I just spent most of the day trying to true up my y-axis fence. Essentially I want to skim off a small amount to be sure the fence is aligned with the spindle moving down the Y-axis. Nearly every posting on YouTube suggested to just turn on the spindle (or router) and then jog the spindle up the Y axis. This would be acceptable if it was possible to turn on the spindle without running a toolpath.

This seems like a simple task made more difficult in an effort to simplify normal processing. I have seen people doing this with Mach3/4 as well as G-Sender, neither of which are supported by NextWave.

Is there a way to send G-code to the controller without a toolpath (.tap) file?
Fred
Shark HD520, JTech Laser, 4thAxis
Aspire v11.5

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Kayvon
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Re: Turn on Spindle without a toolpath

Post by Kayvon »

Could you create a g-code file that just turns on the spindle without otherwise moving it, then send that? I don't have a spindle, but I would expect it to work. If the Shark controller insists on turning off the spindle after completing the g-code run, just include a long delay in the file.

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