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by moose4621
Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:04 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: edge starting a part.
Replies: 4
Views: 1548

Re: edge starting a part.

OK Thanks Les.
by moose4621
Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: edge starting a part.
Replies: 4
Views: 1548

Re: edge starting a part.

Thanks for the response but not quite what I had in mind. I take your point though. I'll try again. Lets say I have a piece of 200mm wide flat bar which is coincidentally the same width of the part I wish to cut. So all I need to do is cut the ends. How can I remove the 2 sides from the cut list wit...
by moose4621
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:21 am
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: edge starting a part.
Replies: 4
Views: 1548

edge starting a part.

I am sure this has been covered somewhere but the answer eludes me. If I want to plasma cut a square for example from material that is too thick to pierce but not too thick to edge start, how can I configure sheetcam to not cut the edges which align with the edge of the material? Thanks in advance, ...
by moose4621
Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:04 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: GRBL Post processor for Sheetcam
Replies: 17
Views: 12327

That did the trick, thank you Les.

Much appreciated. :D
by moose4621
Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: GRBL Post processor for Sheetcam
Replies: 17
Views: 12327

It looks like somehow you are missing a chunk of the post code. That should be line 204. Try downloading and installing it again. Thanks for your response Les. It is line 204 in the GRBL THC with scriber.scpost but it shows up as line 84 in the plain GRBL plasma.scpost Using the same tool and opera...
by moose4621
Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:07 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: GRBL Post processor for Sheetcam
Replies: 17
Views: 12327

Trying to run the post without the touch and I get this error. This post has thrown an error: ...home/chris/.SheetCamTNG-dev/posts/GRBL plasma.scpost:84: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'firstPierce' (a nil value) Do you want to edit the post? Line 84 ...
by moose4621
Sat Dec 09, 2017 9:00 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: GRBL Post processor for Sheetcam
Replies: 17
Views: 12327

Les Newell wrote:Here are a couple of grbl posts I have. One uses a touch-off switch and the other not.
Awesome, thanks Les. Very much appreciated.
:D
by moose4621
Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:44 pm
Forum: Problems and questions
Topic: GRBL Post processor for Sheetcam
Replies: 17
Views: 12327

Nice build. :D
I am at the same stage as you and thought I would add weight to your question in the hope that someone has already written a post processor for GRBL.

I have used a CNC shield on an arduino uno controlled from a headless Raspberry Pi which seems to work well.