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I’ll show you how to do that in the macro section later in this article. If your machine does not have them you can set up a macro to home your machine. Your cnc machine needs to be equipped with limit/homing switches and have them correctly set up in the firmware settings. This button activates the homing command. This will zero your Z ‘work position’ reading. Use this when you have your spindle/tool positioned at the Z zero datum position on your workpiece. This will zero your Y ‘work position’ reading. Use this when you have your spindle/tool positioned at the Y zero datum position on your workpiece. This will zero your X ‘work position’ reading. Use this when you have your spindle/tool positioned at the X zero datum position on your workpiece. The wording of this is slightly confusing, but it means ‘zero your X axis’. Press this button after cancelling a program and before you want re-start. It resets all the main modal Gcode commands. This command will run what is commonly known as a safety line. Use this to move your machine to its datum position. Position the tool at the datum point of your stock and press it. This button will set the datums (Zero) of all three axes at once. Once your program is loaded simply click Send and the machine will run the program. When the datums are set, press ‘ safe position’ and if you set it up as shown previously in this article, your machine will move back to its home position. When in position press the Zero XY and Zero Z buttons. Use the Jog functions to position your tool where you need your three axis datums to be. The 3018 cnc engraver came bundled with Candle software so if you are considering buying one of these machines I suggest you check out my review.
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I’m demonstrating this tutorial with my 3018 machine that I bought for my full review and setup tutorial. Running an imperial G code program will produce a correctly sized project as long as the G20 code (inches) is specified in your program. There does not appear to be any way of changing this. You can run a G code program in either metric or imperial but Candle will only show millimeters in the ‘state’ readouts. The first few lines of the program should be visible in the bottom section of the screen. This will put your program in the ‘ queue’ ready to be sent to your machine when you press ‘ send’. Once you have your program, you can click ‘open’ or ‘file’ > ‘open’. ConsoleĪ program needs to be created first, you can check out my JScut tutorial for help on this.
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Make sure you don’t check the box by mistake, having it checked will prevent you from using the console. The controls to move your axes are as follows, (Thanks to Giulio for the information)
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The final option is a checkbox for enabling keyboard control.
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The next choice is the feed, select your feedrate, for example a slower feed, allowing for finer manual control. There is a stop button in the center of the X Y direction buttons if you need to prevent a crash. The other options are all incremental movements, all shown in millimeters.Ĭhoose a distance you want to move and pressing a direction button will move the axis the chosen distance. The movement will stop when the button is released. Selecting ‘ Continuously’ will move the axes continuously while the direction button is pressed. The ‘ step’ drop down menu gives you the option of controlling the axis movements in different ways.