Hi All
It looks like I’m getting a handle on all this cnc stuff. I’ve made some 3d parts and now I am engraving. Love it. The former with Meshcam and the latter with Carbide Create.
One thing I would like both CAM packages to do before cutting is to spin up the spindle to its full set speed before cutting. I am actually surprised that that’s not by default. So is there some setting I need to toggle in both packages that will add my above request into the compiled g-code?
If I use the MDI tab and manually do it via M3 S18000, then it spins up but as soon as I tap on run for the g-code program it first spins the spindle back down. Annoying.
I figured it out.
FYI for anybody that’s Mac based and interested, download the free version of Visual Studio for editing g-code. Works great and adds no hidden code.
After creating my g-code file in Carbide Create I opened the file in Visual Studio and added this line after the M3 S18000 line, G04 P12. So that pauses the machine and has it wait 12 seconds before moving on to the next code. It’s enough time for my spindle to spin up to speed.
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