Hey all, New to the group. Just recently had my new machine delivered to me. I went with the Milright Power Route XL.I have a plethora of questions...although I am not new to the cnc world. Running a black box which was built by Millright along with the machine When running the program my machine connects no issues. For design software im using CarveCo to create my files. When i select my post processor I use Milrights post processor but for some reason every single time I pop a error T1M6 to be exact. How do I prevent that because i always have to go in and delete that line. Once deleted it loads fine. Second problem...once file is loaded and I click run the machine starts to do its thing, but only wants to carve in a small area and my machine moves SUPER slow even though my feedrate is set a 100. I even have bumped it all the way up just to see if it would go faster. What am I doing wrong?? Next issue....Machine homes to the far right corner. No big deal it homes fine, but my x/y is inverted aka if im looking at the controls and select Y+ to move the machine to the rear it moves the opposite direction. If i invert the axis it moves how I want (I like to be able to push down foor example Y- and have the gantry move towards me and not away from me like its doing. When I do invert them in GRBL settings and try to home my machine it wants to try and home to the front left corner which is no bueno... SORRY for the long post.. Even though my machine homes to the far right corner I set my workpieces to the front left corner where I always have. Here is a pic of "said" error i popped the T1M6 and a video of the machine running and moving very slowly and only carving in a specific area and not the full material size. Banging my head here folks but its prob something minimal. If anyone has CarveCo knowledge please chime in!! Thank you in advance! Couldnt get video to upload due to size constraints but can be emailed if needed
Your black metal box is not the same BlackBox as OpenBuilds sells. You may be better off seeking help in MillRight's forum. There may be other requirements for a postprocessor than what is required for the OpenBuilds machines and if there is a problem with theirs, they may want to know about it so they can fix it for their customers.
post processors usually have some options, see if you can turn off tool change output. set to 100 what units? if you are thinking inches, then the top of the gcode must contain a G20 to tell the controller to use inches. Every gcode file must have a header that sets all the modes it needs, inch/metric (G20/21), plane selector (G17/18/19), absolute/incremental (G90/91) and maybe also a cancel tool offset. first, set your jog directions correct, X+ is right, Y+ is away, Z+ is up then,read the GRBL wiki, knowledge is power! (-:
If i set my directions the opposite way when I try to home my machine instead of homing to the rear right corner it trys to home to the left front corner where there are no homing switches and we all know how thats gonna work out lol.
First get your jog directions going in the right direction ($3) then set your homing direction ($23). gnea/grbl Alex.
I am running Lead 1010 with X32. Utilizing Carveco to write gcode. Gcode uploads fine, however, carveco says the run time is less than 10 minutes and the openbuilds control says 11 hours and 45 minutes. feedrate is set to 40 inches and plunge to 20 inches to a 90 degree v-bit. There is a G20 code at the beginning. Any ideas on why this is happening and how to solve?
CAM based estimates are always more accurate. Ultimately both are Estimates, the real runtime will be something different too It is quite a large difference, so please do post a) the file b) and actual runtime (time the job, or Job Log in Control > Wizards and Tools after its done)
I noticed that my feedrate is not being saved correctly. I am new to Gcode, but from what I understand, the first G1 code specifies what my feedrate is. So after the "F" in the first G1 is reading 40 then that means my feedrate is set to 40 inches for that specific path. However, all of my feedrates are set to 1.6 even though in Carveco they are set to 40 inches.
Indeed does look suspect. For Carvoco assistance though, you'd have to refer to Support - they would be better able to assist with product specific questions
