Arch Commands Boss 10 Please help.

[wcarrothers1]

I'll for sure try it. Thanks.

I did look at where my orignal gcodes were placing the arc centers and like some have said they don't look like their placement makes any sense to me. So probably fooling the heck out of the bridgeport to.

Thanks.

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[wcarrothers1]

Also Vetric got back with me on how to update the post processor to do absoloute output for arc centers (which is why the code was not working most likely as some noticed the arc centers are not right)..

Anyway hopefully that is now all figured out. But I'll keep you posted once I try it to be sure.

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[wcarrothers1]

Just to give us all an idea where the old and new arch centers were loacated with the post processor change see the 2 pics..

The colored circles mark the arc end location and the center.

I'm sure all can see why the bridgeport was so confused.

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[wcarrothers1]

That did it.. Thanks to all that helped..

Now I have the bridgeport busy kicking out these little things.

Although I need to figure a better way to hold them down..

but anyway.

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Bob,
Glad you got the Bport figured out.

On how to hold those parts, I use vacuum on some of the jobs I do. You just make a fixture that has a channel (made with a ball nose) a tiny bit inside the part. Place a rubber gasket in the channel. A couple of channels in between the gasket, and connect a refrigeration vacuum pump and you would be amazed at how much hold down you have!
It is nice for repetitious parts cause you can put locating pins or even mill a pocket the part fits in.

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[wcarrothers1]

Ya I have to get on the vac hold down bandwagon. Sooner or later I'll have to get me a vacume setup.

Actually this piece has a bolt hole in the middle so if I locate that first I can bolt it down and that might also work well.

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