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Cheers! 🍻 Thanks for watching!

Well done Adam. If you have the KP-3 or similar tool touch probe, do a video on it, showing its benefits

@@martyscncgarage5275 Hi Marty - I don’t have a centroid probe… yet. Have been talking with Keith and should be getting my hands on one soon 👍

@@mrraimundo130 Nice 👍 Here’s another video you might find helpful. I walk through the process of machining a part with a CNC program: Making Parts With Centroid Acorn czcams.com/video/bvAuZfgSsnE/video.html

@@adamdebowski2037 already seen it 😉

Let us know what kind of machine you have and what sorts of help you need or want to see. Remember, there is always the Centroid CNC Users Forum where you can feel free to ask you questions!

@@adamscott217 Cheers! 🍻

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING! Your Resolute is and always will be the best money can buy!

I was thought that you post a new video but no ..........

Thanks Aaron! I tell you, I tried and tried to come up with a design that didn’t look like yours, and kept tweaking it back to the point where it did again. There’s something about your Resolute that is really appealing. Like this cool mix of ergonomics/utility and beauty. Thanks for everything you do for the community and it’s great to see your first program’s running in the new shop! Cheers 🍻

@@Browningmotorsports Glad to hear you found the video helpful, Mark. The value would be negative if we selected “wear” cutter comp in CAM, but we selected “inverse wear,” so it’s a positive value in this case.

@@kzaeytzev4810 I believe it. I hope to one day have a much more capable machine.

@@Rakeshkumar-ot2by this is not my spindle motor - but this motor is a 2hp AC motor. The motor on my spindle is a 2hp brushless DC.

Not really. But the probing functions that are part of the "pro" license (one step less expensive than the digitizing license) sort of can. You can accurately find the location and size of features like circular bores and bosses, edges, corners etc. with the pro license. Dedicated CMMs have all kinds of advanced automated reporting/programming functions that you won't get with acorn. But if you're willing to put in the extra time of running probing cycles manually, you can get much of the same information (absolutely dependent on the accuracy of your machine) a CMM would put out. I use my little machine to measure parts all the time as a sort of CMM and am always blow away with the accuracy. Hope that makes sense!

I have not, but it looks really cool… and complicated…. I’ve been meaning to play around with it but have not gotten around to it yet.

Arizona's cnc conversion kit. He does a great job shimming the double ball nuts to get the backlash out. Highly recommend. www.arizonacnckits.com/

@@adamdebowski2037 pitty no kit for the 0704

@@Hexenmiester Try emailing Arizonacnckits, he used to sell kits for the G0704. He may still make you a set.

@@raindeergames6104 here’s something to be aware of - steep surfaces will be offset by up to a full radius of your probe tip. I haven’t found a great way to deal with this. Let me know if you do! czcams.com/video/GezEigQ7o-4/video.htmlsi=fkpoOplh_kTwBLEf

​@adamdebowski2037 thank for the heads up. This should not be a issue for me to much. As long as I can do all the different flat surfaces and bores it should be great. I can match this up with my 3d scan and should be perfect

Glad you liked it!

I'm glad you found it helpful! I've programmed some robotic PLCs in the past. I think one of my very first videos on CZcams is balancing a beam with quadcopter propellors/motors. I don't know anything about 5 axis robot arm programming, but my instincts tell me there should be some reverse kinematics libraries you could take advantage of if you wanted to do it yourself, and I've definitely seen 5axis motor controllers you can buy, but that's the extent of my knowledge. Would you buy the robot arm or make it yourself? Cheers - Adam

@@adamdebowski2037 I’m looking to make a smaller arm for my independent study class in CNC programming. Initially was planning to make parts for my 3d printer and call it a day. Since it’s still summer time I’m thinking of laying out all of my skills acquired over the years into one project. That goes without saying I’m still a noob when it comes to scaled up machines or even just understanding how the electronics scale up compared to diy 3d printers. Will check out your videos 100%.

I go over everything here: Convert a Bench Mill to CNC - Everything You Need to Know czcams.com/video/bN_D3NWwdu4/video.html

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Objectively, both the 440 and 770 are better machines than my setup, but they sure come at a premium. All in, the setup I have is under well under 10K USD, and that includes the Mill, CNC conversion, air compressor, tooling, everything. The main benefits of the Tormachs: Tool Changers (this is huge), way higher 10,000 rpm (great for small tools) compared to my 3000 rpm, enclosure & cooling (lets you get into fancier materials easily), BT30 spindle is more rigid than the R8 spindle. The main benefits of my setup: a fraction of the cost, somewhat easily (and economically) upgradeable spindle that will out perform the Tormachs, and PM30 has larger machine travels. If I had to choose between my setup and the 440 or 770, I would probably still chose my setup. If I had to choose between my setup and the 1100M, I'd choose the 1100M if money was no object. I'd say it really depends on what you want to use it for (hobby, or business/making money?) and the materials you want to machine... and most of all; budget.

More than likely you should be at 6400 pulses per rev. Try that out. If you're wrong, it'll be obvious in the machine travels.

I’ll give it a try. Thanks!

⁠@@adamdebowski2037Adam, the driver is set to 6400ppr. I’m tuning the motor to move 1” but it is really inconsistent.. average around .001 off give or take when I rerun 1” movements. I take it from the backlash?

@@TheAnt0906 yup - sounds like backlash. You can compensate for backlash in the control. Try passing one inch on the way back, and then changing directions to get back to 1 inch…. Something like: G0X0, G0X1, G0X-0.125, G0X0

It can - but takes some advanced knowledge in 3D modelling. It is not like 3D printing. Scanning and 3D printing is relatively easy.

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you found it helpful 👍 cheers - Adam

Hey Blackbird - thanks for checking back in with an update! Let me know how you make out when connecting the acorn. I’ll be happy to share all my settings. So long as your step and direction connections into the motor drives are good, you shouldn’t have too many problems but I’m curious to see how it goes. Thanks for the kind words! - Adam

@@adamdebowski2037 Thanks bud. I will ping you when I get there! Take care! -Aj

Thanks Mark! Which tool touch off are you using? I’ve been thinking about getting one for a while now…. Maybe it’s time! For your fixed Z home method - are you using one of those standard mechanical limit switches? I always thought they weren’t accurate enough, but I haven’t actually experimented. Do you find any variability in your Z positions?

Hi Ralph - thanks for the kind words! I have no previous experience as a machinist, and extensive experience with the Solidworks CAD software. Designing parts in 3D was no problem, but learning how to apply toolpaths to the parts was all new to me. I’d say it took me a couple months of using the machine a few times a week to get comfortable with it

Thanks Luke! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🍻

Thanks for the kind words and for watching, Ron. Very glad you found it useful!

It is belt driven, but unfortunately my spindle bearings are currently no good beyond around 3,500. I plan to change that!

@@adamdebowski2037Can’t wait! Thanks for the info about the bearing.

Highly recommend! It’s a fun journey

These are the TTS tool holders by tormach. I’ve got an entire video on R8 tool holding where I talk about them 👍

@@adamdebowski2037 Thanks!!

@@RickMurray-md1gg On top of Solidworks, though, I'm also running HSMWorks, which you get through a Subscription to Fusion360. So what you can do is not get solidworks at all, and only use Fusion360 for both CAD and CAM. I use Solidworks because I have been using for over 15 years, and switching to something else is just painful.

@@adamdebowski2037 Hi Adam, thanks for the additional info. I have Fusion 360, V-Carve and FreeCad. Playing with each to see which I like the best.

@@RickMurray-md1gg how do you like v carve compared to fusion. I’ve never used it. Is it better for routers?

I am not. I start the spindle motor manually.

@@adamdebowski2037 which solidworks version are you running? There are to many different versions to choose from

@@TheAnt0906 I’m running premium but you can run standard, it doesn’t really matter

Thanks for watching! Which cam software are you using for the router? Are you thinking about another router for your next machine, or a mill? Cheers! Adam

Great! It’s a fun journey. Enjoy the process!!

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