On 7/11/23 09:31, Matthew Herd wrote:
At one time, Fusion360's hobby user license limited rapids to the max feed
speed, but that may have changed. The biggest issue I discovered was the
one tool per program limitation. Even with a manual tool change, I prefer
to have one program per setup rather than multiple programs.
That is a limitatiom I can't live with. The mst tool complex thing I
wrote was the 4 tool thing that I setup as stations on the mills
table.But I've never had the luxury of a toolholder system that made a
properly configured tooltable a reality. So as it changes tools, I also
measure for tlo after the tool change, and once fine tuned, tha tworked
quit well. I chose a taller part of one on the jigs and put a piece of
double sided pcb material connected to the probe input, made sure the
tool turning slowly backwards for less wear on the pcb's copper had a
good ground as it approached the pcb, probed for the pcb, grabbing the Z
data from that, and calculated the z offet to apply to the next
operation. Once fine tuned, I made about 150 of the brass tap hats for
every tap small enough I could turn it in my souped up g0704. I have a
psu that can hit that 1hp rated motor for nearly 4hp surge.
I also have a problem with the $1000 limit, even if my total intake in
the last 2 decades is under 50 bucks for stuff I've done for OP. With
today's prices, 10 G's would be a limit I might tolerate, but really, I
have no intentions of putting up a shingle. That shop is my play toy,
not ever to be a slave to someone else's wishes. At the instant, I've
enough resources I don't have to make an income from it.
That, at 88 yo, seems to be the ideal situation.
On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:55 AM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 20:11, Dave Matthews <n36...@gmail.com> wrote:
Fusion 360 is still free for personal use. The limit is $1000 in sales.
The do defeature some parts like rapids in tool paths.
I have read that, but the G-code it produces for me still contains G0
moves.
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