View Full Version : Need Help! EXTrak SX CNC Programming


khfarms@earthli
09-20-2008, 07:12 PM
I have been working on an EZTrak 2 axis machine and trying to learn programming on my own by reading the manual and trial and error.
I am very close to the drawing that I am working on but cannot seem to get past one area and do not know why.
I have a CAD drawing that I am working from and thought that I had all things considered but continue to fail.
Could anyone help me to understand what I am doing wrong?

NC Cams
09-21-2008, 12:36 AM
Your post fails to state what SPECIFICALLY you're having a problem with. Please be more specific.

khfarms@earthli
09-21-2008, 09:11 PM
This is my part and the program that I am working on. The problem seems that the part is to remain a consistant .062 but every time I try a test piece, the part is thin at the opening of the two large arcs. I can get the .312 opening and the wall thickness is good at the RH Y0 position. I can only get
.040 wall at both small arcs, the one into and the one out of my center opening.
I am compensating with a 1/4" cutter for the LH edge and a 1/8" cutter for the other.
Does this make sense?

NC Cams
09-21-2008, 10:45 PM
Check your math first.

You have your ID's dimensioned but the OD's at the various radii points are not dinensioned and therefore not calculable nor checkable. IF You're routing a groove/slot, the cutter diameter should handle the width automatically, If your are milling the ID and OD to form a raised surface, you have to make sure you program the width you need ALL THE WAY around the feature. ALso make sure your ID and OD radii share the same origin - again this can not be determined from your drawing.

This can not be determined with the dimensions you've provided. REcall the that CNC will only cut the path you tell it, tell it wrong and it will cut it that way,

That is, right the way you program it, wrong the way you want it.

Again, check your math. I say this cuz I made the same mistakes myseff.