I have noticed that when starting a program and leaving the spindle controls on automatic, not enough time is given for the spindle to get up to speed before cutting begins. Essentially, you hit run, the spindle begins to ramp up, and while its still ramping up the machine plunges into the work piec…

I’m pretty sure that the community maintained fusion360 postprocessors here have a spindle pause option to address that issue. You should see the option during the post process step in fusion once you have the right postprocessor selected.

Time to ramp to cutting speed

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avacado (Scott) March 26, 2025, 2:00am 2

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Time to ramp to cutting speed

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