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Pro tip: I saw a guy at the IMTS show in Chicago run a job with the spindle off.
He was setting up a complex fixture on a 5-axis mill and needed to verify the tool paths wouldn't crash. Instead of dry-running with the spindle on and air-cutting, he just ran the program with the spindle stopped. It let him watch the whole motion clearly without the noise or risk. I've been doing it for my own setups for about three months now and it saves a ton of time. Anyone else have a simple trick for verifying programs before the first cut?
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zara_hunt6d agoMost Upvoted
Actually thought that was a bad idea until I tried it.
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thomas_roberts6d ago
We do that at our shop too. I mean, it's not exactly new, but it works. I like to run it at 200% rapid just to speed up the check.
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