Do you know How to sort this. I need to get the wood that is left carved out.
Have you ever experienced this?
Do you know How to sort this. I need to get the wood that is left carved out.
Have you ever experienced this?
@DU913OZ Welcome to the group, Steven.
You will need to post more information if you want good advice.
Hi Guys,
I have a YoraHome silverback. I am running Vetric Aspire with Gsender to communicate with my controller. I can’t get the Z sorted correctly and it is not cutting properly. It’s always cutting above my work piece. I am lowering the spindle by hand to let it engage with the work piece. When it cuts it leaves a section of wood. (See pictures). I have applied the correct tabs but it still won’t take the wood away. My question is. How do I get my Z correct and how can I make sure it is a complete rotary cut. Hope this is enough information. Thanks in advance. Steven.
@DU913OZ We’re getting there.
What rotary fixture are you using and what post processor are you using in aspire to create the gcode?
In aspire, you can set Z0 to either the centre of rotation or the surface of the material. Generally, I find that using the centre of rotation works better, but that’s personal preference.
Hi Gwilki,
I downloaded a wrap rotary post processer that was downloaded in the software.
G-Code Wrap Y2A(mm) (*.tap)
I am using the Yorahome 4th Axis
I am using the centre of the rotation.
@DU913OZ I can’t help with your file as I am running VCarvePro not Aspire.
I would strongly recommend that you post your file on the Vectric forum. There are a couple of guys there that wrote the book on rotary.
@DU913OZ What is your $100 value set to? Did you confirm with Yorahome that this is the correct value?
Thanks so much for getting back to me. Sorry for being thick but what is the $100 setting and where do I find it. Sozz
@DU913OZ Within the context of rotary $100 is the number that regulates how far the X axis rotates with each step of the motor. I watched a very bad video of a guy setting up your rotary. It really was bad, but part of it was determining what $100 needed to be set to. (I am assuming that you have mounted your rotary parallel to the X axis.) If not, you need to change the Y value.
For the Vortex, for example, Sienci provides the value. From what I saw in that video, the Vortex value will not work for your rotary.
I suggest that you start by searching for your rotary on Youtube. I would give you the link, but I did not save it. I think the guy ends up with a value of 105 +/-, but I gave up watching before the end. If nothing else, he does show how to determine the best value.
The consequences of the value being wrong are that the axis does not rotate a full 360° on each turn. The software does not “know” this. So, you end up with uncut areas.
Keep in mind that, if you change $100 for rotary, you will need to change it back to its default when you do flat work. So, don’t lose the default value.
@DU913OZ Did you get things running properly, Steven?
Hi Grant,
I haven’t had time to go back to my workshop since we spoke. As soon as I do I will let you know.
Sorry for the late reply.
Hi Grant, It’s not good news. I found out where the GCodes live and I made the necessary changes. No sucess at all. It’s still leaving the wood on and this afternoon it was just doing what it wanted. It had a mind of it’s own.
@DU913OZ What is your $100 setting?
I headed home early today. It was getting me really frustrated. This was the piece that was doing a freestyle carve.
Hi there, My $100=160.
@DU913OZ I’m surprised that no one on the vectric forum replied. There is one guy there, Milo, who is something of a rotary expert.
Where did you get that $100 value? As I said before the bad video guy seemed to be settling at somewhere around 100.
I can’t think of anything else. If it looks good in preview, then it is definitely related to your hardware or firmware settings. I had this happen to me early on and it was caused by a bad firmware setting. Vectric says that the rotary is turning a full turn, but it is not.
When I asked about $100, I assumed that you have no A axis firmware setting. Maybe we should back up until you confirm that.
If you do have and A axis firmware setting, that is what needs to be changed. I assumed $100 because of the bad video guy.
ps I’ve sent you a DM.
Hi Grant, Thanks so much for the fantastic support. You were an absolute diamond and you have the patience of a saint to put up with my unending questions.
Rotary now working. Thanks.
@DU913OZ It’s good to hear that your rotary is behaving. I’ll close the thread. Be sure to post your successful project.