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I am in the process of creating a guitar fret board for a Telecaster style guitar. I have come across a problem whereby the tool oscillates backwards and forwards for several dozen cycles before continuing a little further and then repeating and repeating. The fret board has a curved top surface and the nut end is finished with a concave cut. It is in creating the tool path for this concave cut using 3d surface that the problem arises. I have generated a model of just the end portion of the fret board to demonstrate the problem. Examining the generated g-code or running the simulator reveals the problem.
I should add that problem has not stopped me successfully machining a fret board but, whilst performing this cut, the behavior of the CNC router is somewhat alarming. Also, my computer takes 40 minutes to calculate this path.
I include the FreeCAD file. I would have added the g-code file but the .ngc file is not accepted by the attachment editor.
Toolpath oscillates
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Toolpath oscillates
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Re: Toolpath oscillates
I played with this for a while. It seems the problem is related to the use of "offset" as the pattern strategy. If I switch to "line" the process is almost instant, and the resulting path looks good.
I do not know why, but the meshing algorithm seems to choke when using "offset". I use offset frequently, so it is not some fundamental problem, just difficulty with this particular shape.
You can easily attach a g-code file by changing the extension to ".txt".
Gene
Re: Toolpath oscillates
Thank you GeneFC for your speedy reply. I have used the zigzag pattern with complete success.
I should like to add how impressed I am by FreeCAD's capabilities. As my first proper project, I have drawn, generated the gcode and machined all the wooden parts of a Telecaster style Guitar. Fabulous!
I should like to add how impressed I am by FreeCAD's capabilities. As my first proper project, I have drawn, generated the gcode and machined all the wooden parts of a Telecaster style Guitar. Fabulous!