Greetings all; I would like to be able to shut off the spindle prior to moving it to the tool change height.
I have even gone so far as to place a G4 P2.5 after the M5, and before the move in my code. But it persists in leaving the spindle on for the duration of the run up. This means I am standing there for several seconds waiting for it to wind down before I can start the tool change. The code as it exists now, with better comments: ======================== o<ifrndover3> IF [#<_rndover> lt 0.50000000] ( tool is straight mill ) ( buttons cut, now carve clean end so it can be unclamped and pushed in ) ( to the tool parked at 1 thou behind Y=0.0000000 ) #<_z_tmp> = -0.10000000 G0 z.05 X-0.05 G1 F3 Y-[#<_button_y> + #<_tool_dia> + 0.001000] ( shave 1 thou off end ) o300 while [#<_z_tmp> gt #<_z_end>] #<_z_tmp> = [#<_z_tmp> + #<_z_step>] G1 F20 Z#<_z_tmp> G1 F12 X[#<_x_tmp> - #<_button_x>] (calculate this, or use leftover #<_x_tmp> ) ( retrace ) G1 F24 X-0.0312500000 o300 endwhile ( all done, park for hand safety ) M5 ( stop spindle ) G4 P2.5 ( this pause worked, but spindle was left running ) G0 Z-0.1750000 X[#<_x_tmp> * 0.50000000] Y0.00000000 ( Park z at Y ) ( to serve as step & repeat stop, loosen clamp, push workpiece back to ) ( bit contact, and its all set to cut the next runs worth of buttons :) o<ifrndover3> ELSE M5 ( FOUND IT I think, this was not in the ELSE path in my code! ) G1 F43 z6 (to change tools) o<ifrndover3> ENDIF M2 % =================================== Is this PEBKAC? I sure hope it is. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
