Fusion 360 post for mill-turning on PCNC 1100?

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Hi Sam. I am using just the PathPilot post for the mill.

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I got it to work yesterday by making some modifications to the stock Pathpilot post:

  • Added CAPABILITY_TURNING flag to capabilities in the post
  • When doing a tool change, replace the actual tool number with a fixed value (I’m using 98) corresponding to my stock blank mounted in a TTS holder
  • On each operation, retract to safe height, change the WCS to that set for the appropriate tool, and rapid to X0 Y0 (so I descend from above)

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This might not be the best way but it seems to work. Tomorrow I’m going to start looking at the actual tool choice, cutting feeds and speed, etc. At the moment I’m getting a birds nest and a horrible surface finish.

Then on to making a generic fixture plate that can accommodate a number of tools for the specific project I’m working on.