G8KeaPoR
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2015
- Location
- Fredericksburg
Not trying to make a duplicate thread but the other was closed for the title. When I bought my machine I remember saying how I was going to be extra careful not to crash my machine. The guy setting it up laughed and assured me not to worry that I would eventually crash it. Well this is what happens when you fat finger the wrong tool height value in your g-code for a tool... You end up rapiding into some 6061 with a 3/8 carbide
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And that is why you check it once more before hitting go... Lesson learned.
So I checked the spindle for concentricity and swept the table it appears to be ok but I'm not positive. Anything else I can check? Going to order a new indicator cause the one I have is inconsistent.
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And that is why you check it once more before hitting go... Lesson learned.
So I checked the spindle for concentricity and swept the table it appears to be ok but I'm not positive. Anything else I can check? Going to order a new indicator cause the one I have is inconsistent.