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pre-pierce question

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:01 am
by tinman13
I posted this at the Yahoo site too, so just in case you it there :-)


Hi Les, I would like to modify the pre-pierce post for flame cutting, it would be ideal if it could preheat, pierce and ramp down to cut height then stop maybe 1/2" from the part edge, change the tip then re-post with the flame post with a 1/2" lead in to cut the part.

Thanks Steve

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 5:33 pm
by Les Newell
I could get it to cut for a certain distance at the start of the cut. For instance if your leadin is 3/4" long I could set it to cut for the frist 1/2" of that leadin. Would that work for you?

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:07 pm
by tinman13
That would be perfect!
Thank you Les

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 5:47 pm
by Les Newell
The more I look at this one the more issues I come across. For example what should happen if SheetCam has shortened the leadin or of it has removed the leadin completely?

Why exactly do you need the pierce plus a short cut?

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:30 am
by tinman13
The way it was explained to me was to pierce and have a short lead-in cut with a sacrificial tip, stop, put in a good tip and make the cut with a known clean one. If you foul a tip it's almost always done on the pierce, the heavier the plate the bigger the volcano!
I don't do enough heavy plate (over 1 1/2") to justify putting a lot of time into it so if it's too much trouble don't worry about it! :-)
I certainly appreciate all you do for us! Thanks again, Steve

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:21 pm
by Les Newell
I am not sure how much the bit of leadin would help. Having the pierce hole I can understand and that is what the current post does. Having said that I have no practical experience of cutting that thickness so I could be wrong. Any other opinions on this would be welcome.

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 8:01 pm
by tinman13
Thanks for considering it Les, I think I would be better to add a separate pre-pierce lead-in in my cad program on it's own layer, post that as one operation then post the profile cut as a second operation. It would then be an edge start with little preheat time... It just might work!
I'll do some experimenting and see how it goes!

Thanks, Steve

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:10 pm
by Les Newell
Let me know how you get on. If you find a significant improvement using a short lead rather than just piercing I'll take another look at it.

Re: pre-pierce question

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:29 pm
by ThorstenU
I am not sure how much the bit of leadin would help. Having the pierce hole I can understand and that is what the current post does. Having said that I have no practical experience of cutting that thickness so I could be wrong. Any other opinions on this would be welcome.
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