Category: CNC

Haas Machine Tool Coolant Video Series 0

Haas Machine Tool Coolant Video Series

Here is a great series of videos from Haas. (link to the complete playlist) Machine Tool Coolant: Tools of Coolant Haas Automation, Inc. 13:51 Machine Tool Coolant: Making a New Batch Haas Automation, Inc....

Piccolo’s Tiny “$70” CNC Plotter 1

Piccolo’s Tiny “$70” CNC Plotter

It doesn’t look like these are for sale yet, but you can register you email on their mailing list to find out when you can get one. Piccolo the tiny CNC-bot from diatom studio...

CNC G Code: G04 0

CNC G Code: G04

Dwell Takes the argument P, which is the dwell time in seconds or milliseconds. If a decimal point is used, the time will be seconds; if it is omitted, the time will be in...

CNC G Code: G02 and G03 6

CNC G Code: G02 and G03

Circular interpolation at a given feedrate. G02 Clockwise arc motion at feedrate. G03 Counterclockwise arc motion at feedrate. The clockwise direction is determined by viewing the arc from the positive side of a vector...

CNC G Code G17, G18, and G19 3

CNC G Code G17, G18, and G19

Plane Selection Circular milling operations (such as G02 and G03) must be aligned on a plane defined by two axes of motion.  This plane is selected by calling one of these functions. G17 aligns...

CNC G Code: G1 or G01 1

CNC G Code: G1 or G01

Linear move at a specified feed rate.  It can cut in a single axis, or using multiple axes. It is a modal command, so any coordinates that follow it will be treated as liner...

CNC G Code: G0 or G00 1

CNC G Code: G0 or G00

Rapid move to a point. (Not necessarily in a straight line!) G0 (G zero) tells the machine to move as quickly as possible to a given point (absolute or relative, depending on the setting...