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by Tommy Wieler
Wed, Aug 09 2023, 12:16PM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: How do you change the waste board thickness without flycutting?
Replies: 15
Views: 3291

Re: How do you change the waste board thickness without flycutting?

Mark, you've got me curious now. Sounds like I can learn something from you too. You mentioned adjusting for flip ops in Machine Variables. Could you explain that to me? I've been struggling with getting flip ops to align properly, and it sounds like you might have something to help me with that.
by Tommy Wieler
Wed, Aug 09 2023, 9:00AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: annoying CN bugs
Replies: 2
Views: 1461

annoying CN bugs

FYI, we still occasionally get completely random offal generation when we manually move parts around in the nest. Also, sheet diagrams go completely bonkers when we manually move parts that contain profiling. would be GREAT to get these resolved :)
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by Tommy Wieler
Mon, Aug 07 2023, 10:20AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: How do you change the waste board thickness without flycutting?
Replies: 15
Views: 3291

Re: How do you change the waste board thickness without flycutting?

Not sure if this helps. If not, just disregard. In Control Nesting, go to the CNC Settings dialog, and enable the "Ck Waste Board Every Sheet" checkbox. This will throw up a dialog before cutting every sheet, enabling you to enter a custom wasteboard thickness before cutting. just a though...
by Tommy Wieler
Fri, Jun 02 2023, 9:24AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Feature Request - Regarding Shared Bit Locations
Replies: 2
Views: 1719

Re: Feature Request - Regarding Shared Bit Locations

I understand the difficulty... Maybe it would involve something like adding a checkbox in Tool Setup, where a tool can be designated as being a "multi-use" tool...
It's not a terribly urgent issue... just trying to think of ways to make the machine more rookie-friendly :D
by Tommy Wieler
Tue, May 30 2023, 10:43AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Feature Request - Regarding Shared Bit Locations
Replies: 2
Views: 1719

Feature Request - Regarding Shared Bit Locations

Just me thinking out loud again... We have several bits that share the same location. Usually, proper bit locations are sorted out before the operator starts a job. However, for example, there are times when the previous job ended with using Bit #219 from location #9, and the next job starts with Bi...
by Tommy Wieler
Fri, Apr 14 2023, 8:29AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: CN Feature request
Replies: 10
Views: 2788

Re: CN Feature request

This feature already exists. It's called Roughing. If you turn Roughing on, it'll use whatever tool you specify to cut the first portion of the outline, then switch to your main outline tool to do the final pass. So in your situation, you could set up Roughing to use your current outline tool as the...
by Tommy Wieler
Thu, Feb 09 2023, 8:40AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Edit pocket depth
Replies: 3
Views: 2471

Re: Edit pocket depth

What I often do in this case is just manually change the daylight value of the pocketing tool at the machine. For example, to cut the pocket 1/2 inch deeper, add 1/2 inch to the daylight value of the pocketing tool. Just don't forget to change it back when you're done :D
by Tommy Wieler
Wed, Jan 25 2023, 11:27AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: CN Load Dialog Size
Replies: 0
Views: 3925

CN Load Dialog Size

Greetings! I was just curious if something could be done about the size of the load dialog in CN. It's kinda small by default. I usually resize it to almost fill my screen, and it stays that way just fine. But only until I've used the Quick Cut program. After I've used Quick Cut to nest something, t...
by Tommy Wieler
Wed, Jan 04 2023, 9:33AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: ***CRUCIAL BUG***
Replies: 2
Views: 2537

Re: ***CRUCIAL BUG***

Noticed that this issue has been addressed in 7.07. Thank you!
by Tommy Wieler
Fri, Dec 02 2022, 5:01PM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: ***CRUCIAL BUG***
Replies: 2
Views: 2537

***CRUCIAL BUG***

Since the last update, CN is no longer obeying Reverse Spindle. Double checked that Reverse Spindle is still enabled on the bit, slowed the spindle speed way down so I could do a visual check, and sure enough, the tool is spinning the wrong direction. Please fix asap. Will be rolling back to an olde...
by Tommy Wieler
Thu, Dec 01 2022, 10:00AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: control nesting 7.06 Bug
Replies: 2
Views: 2483

Re: control nesting 7.06 Bug

Seeing the same thing here.
by Tommy Wieler
Wed, Oct 12 2022, 9:04AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Rectangular Optimization bugs
Replies: 7
Views: 5196

Rectangular Optimization bugs

I'm really loving the new Rectangular Optimization feature in CN. Here are two bugs I've discovered so far. 1. Does not obey Priorities. When assigning different priority levels to different parts in the nest, the old Next X and Nest Y options both obey the assigned priority. The Rectangular mode do...
by Tommy Wieler
Fri, Sep 16 2022, 9:03AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: 7.04 extra edgebanding images
Replies: 5
Views: 4665

Re: 7.04 extra edgebanding images

Also, on a slightly related note, it would be neat if CN could have an option of prioritizing parts based on edgebanding. We always feed our parts through the edgebander as fast as they come off the CNC, and it saves the operator some frustration if he doesn't have to constantly be switching between...
by Tommy Wieler
Fri, Sep 16 2022, 7:49AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: 7.04 extra edgebanding images
Replies: 5
Views: 4665

7.04 extra edgebanding images

Extra edge banding images for multiple materials (requires custom rpt) (ADDED)
I'd be interested in obtaining this custom rpt.
I currently use the RPT attached below. Could it be modified to support these extra images?

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