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y-axis rapid...

Discussion in 'General Phlatprinter 3 Chat' started by rjarois, Dec 20, 2010.

  1. rjarois

    rjarois Moderator Staff Member

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    i am still in the testing phase and final set-up of my mk-3 build, but i found the rapid of the printer went up to 3500ipm as thats as fast as mach-3 seems to allow. this y-axis almost whistles, lols. i settled back to 3000ipm rapid for my final setting. next i will tweak the z-axis. i will make a program for tweaking that as the travel is rather short....well actually the y-axis seems short, lols. randy.
     
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    Very impressive!
     
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    Wow! Randy I need to get some of those steppers! What are they 280oz?
    Way to go :D
    Mark and Trish
     
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    Holy Moly does that thing move.. :shock: surprised the whole thing doesn't rock as the gantry stops. :D :D
     
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    Dang
     
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    Very impressive Randy.

    rcav8r, take a look at the acceleration curve in Mach3 at about 26sec in the video. The slope is pretty shallow (although it has to go up a long way).
     
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    Yea, I saw that, but still...watching it, I thought for 1/10th of a second it was gonna go crashing through the end :)
     
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    WOW! Have you tried cutting anything at those speeds?
     
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    heck no buc....its just the rapid, i set to 75ipm for my depron cut feeds. randy.
     
    rjarois, Dec 21, 2010
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    With the Planet-CNC controller you can exceed the 3000 ipm limit and break the sound barrier if you like, however, even though I can move both my X and Y axis over 3500 IPM, I do not plan to do so.

    I am not interested in speed as much as I am in being able to cut precision parts that fit like a glove.

    Looking forward to see how you fare with your machine once it is all together.
     
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    this is my second foam test cut....this machine cuts so well i cant believe it....i am testing some files for a hextacopter i may build from wood or g10 fiberglass using multi-pass. like i said before the fast feeds are set for rapids. this depron foam was cut at 50ipm. also i had all the rapids turned back to 300ipm wile i test the maching out. now that i know the program is tight, i will re test with high rapid values...not cutting feeds to see how much cycle time is wasted cuttin air. randy.
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    Nice job Randy these look perfect! I can't wait to see these high speed rapids!
    Thanks for sharing this
    Mark and Trish
     
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