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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 05:00
rotorzoomer
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Chatter Marks on Cutting

Took the MM beast for a drive today and ran some cuts and noticed that i am experiencing chatter on the cutting of rounded edges on the board.

- I am using a Makita Router
- 6mm 2 Flute Straight Cutter
- 12mm MDF
- 2500mm per minute feed rate
- Using a 4:1 Gear Reduction Setup
- Straight cuts in both X + Y are perfect

Funny thing is that the board i am cutting is four sided and the chatter marks appears on only 3 of the 4 corners.

Is this a router issue or is the feed rate too high?
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 06:12
javeria
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May be - one or more of the V roller on your Z is loose
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 06:34
rotorzoomer
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It's all tight

I am suspecting that after inspecting the 4 corners, all have various levels of chatter from none to worse which leads me to believe my tabs came loose and where not thick enough.

Any are thoughts on the causes i can check?
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 06:51
normand blais
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montreal
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Hi maybe 3 corners are made of a bunch of small lines and one is an arc.
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 06:55
rotorzoomer
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I checked that also, that was one of the first things i learnt about CAM and vectors and always ensure i convert to ARC or BEZIER.
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 09:53
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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What is you micro stepping setup?
What is your Mach3 speed and acceleration?
What is the length of the cutter?
Did you cut in one pass ?
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 12:08
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Kobus, 3 passes . . . see the marks
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Old Sun 22 August 2010, 14:05
Kenrbass
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Richmond Tx
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Try the first two passes in climb mode and the final in conventional and it will help some.

If it is not segments in your design, it has to be a little slop in the machine somewhere.

Kenneth
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Old Mon 23 August 2010, 04:44
rotorzoomer
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Update...

After making some noise today and adjusting the thickness and quantity of tabs i concluded that the chatter marks are due to the parts vibrating while cutting and nothing attributed to issues of mechanical nature (Thank Goodness!)

I thickened the tabs to 5mm and she cuts like a laser on the corners now.

To paraphrase Gerald...."The MechMate build is a passing phase, you will have a life time of Toolpathes and CAD / CAM to deal with for the rest of your life"
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Old Mon 23 August 2010, 07:07
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Anyway, congrats on getting your machine to cut!
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Old Mon 23 August 2010, 18:15
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
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Congratulations. Wow...the machine builds just keep coming. Funny how that happens.
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