Hey all,
I am planning to do a 3D carve with Carbide Create Pro. Several toolpaths that must run for over an hour each, the last one will be well over two hours. Is there a way to pause a job overnight? Every time I turn the Shapeoko back on, it needs to initialize and I lose my O. How do I get back to where I was if I pause a job overnight and shut the machine down?
Thank you!
The zero should be consistent (within the precision limits of the homing switches).
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Are you using a BitSetter? Which version of Carbide Motion?
Sorry for late reply!
The issue I am having is that when I have had to stop a job due to time restrictions, I have to go back and “jog” the machine after initializing and relocate the zero on the work. I have the latest carbide motion and create pro and I have the bitsetter that the machine reaches down and touches between bit changes.
What I would like to know is if there is a way to be doing a long project, stop the project, turn the machine off for the night, take my computer inside for the night and then restart where I left off the day before, without having to use the “jog” feature, find the corner and hope that I am not off by half a milimeter. Please let me know if I am missing a step here in long projects!
Thank you!
Zero should be persistent unless changed (within the precision limits of the homing switches)
When I turn the machine on, it asks me to initialize machine. After that, I have to tell it where it is by using the “jog” function, bringing to bit to the left front corner and hitting “set zero”. The issue I am having is that during a long job, I have to do this whenever I stop the machine for the day. Is there a way to stop the machine, turn it off and have it remember that it’s still in the middle of a job? I haven’t moved the stock, or adjusted that in any way. But the machine does not remember what it was doing if it was shut down. It asks for initialization and then honing in that zero at the corner again using the “jog” and “set zero” commands, can render an imperfect result. Is there a workaround for this? Perhaps if we speak on the phone, I could explain it?
Thank you so much for your time and effort on this, I really appreciate it! You guys are great at helping us rookies out.
Unfortunately there isnt. Ive had citting jobs with long run times, and i know your frustration.
What i do is I’ve downloaded team viewer to my pc, tablet and cell phone. It allows me to work remotely from any device to any device. I leave the pc in the shop and machine running. Then monitor remotely where the machine is at as far as cutting. I have plans on adding a camera to live stream the operation, in case of a bit failure. So far i have gotten lucky and haven’t had 1 crash. TeamViewer is free as well.
As said earlier, when removing power from the machine and then applying power again (power cycle), the machine will need to home first (back right corner on Pro5). If you were to go under the Run button and select the quick moves button you can tell the machine to go to X&Y part zero. It will go to the same point set prior to the power cycle. The X&Y part zero positions are retained through a power circle. Unfortunately it has been my experience thay the Z zero is not retained through the power cycle and you will need to set this. Also stated earlier, no- the machine does not permit continuing a cut from the point left prior to the power cycle. This can be a big issue if cutting a 7 hour 3D cut and the power drops out during the cut.
fwiw,
If you pause for a length of time during the finish pass, you will see a definite line where you restart. This is caused by the wood expanding or contracting during the long pause.
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