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A second attempt at the tutorial from Penta was reasonably successful.

The first attempt was most definitely not: the collet I used didn’t tighten up on the workpiece enough and the workpiece moved towards the mill during the operation. As I looked on in awe at the increasing size of the chips without thinking to intervene, the mill eventually plunged into the workpiece which then moved and snapped the mill. I have video but won’t publish that… As I said: not successful, beginner chips 🥹

This second attempt was reasonably successful excepting a G-code error near the end of the run. I believe it was because the tool length did not provide enough clearance for parting off, although I am sure I ran the simulation first… Hence a third attempt is in order to double check that everything works as expected and I am doing what is expected of me!

Here is a video showing some of the key action:

At some point I will need to upgrade from the old iPhone in use for filming as I’m not happy with the quality of the video.

Next steps:

  • third attempt at the tutorial
  • probably a second run at the sample cube piece tutorial now that I am setup in the enclosure with video recording
  • integration of the Vers Wireless Touch Probe which seems to have had some further activity.*
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