Simple bed leveling program
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I'm not much of a programmer. Electronics and music are my forte. Completed the rebuild of my bench-top cnc router, and need a simple X-Y program that I can run a fly-cutter up and down the bed, in order to level it out. I use LightBurn to draw my projects, then use it to send G-code to the DWC, which then controls my 6XD mainboard. Everything is working really well, but the removable wood base needs to be leveled with a cutter, before attempting any engraving.
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@Valveman Do you really want to use a fly-cutter for wood, not a planner?
I use such a cheap tool on my 710W Makita-clone router and it works really well on wood.
(I have a planer/thickener now, which can do the same in one go (upto 250mm width)Anyway, I think it's possible to write a macro with nested
for X/ for Yloops that will meander the tool across the surface. You have to calculate the turningpoints for the path's correctly to avoid crashing into the machine. But that can be done by setting the outlines of the board and the tool diameter. -
@o_lampe said in Simple bed leveling program:
nested for X/ for Y loops
You got me thinking. So I just made an additional 'layer' to my projects' file, and labeled it bed-leveling. I then exported that G-code file to my SD card, and viola, it works! first time ever making anything move from scratch. Thanks so much for your assistance.
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@Valveman I'm expecting a new cutter today. Plan to post my results asap.
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Having great success using LightBurn to create a path for fly-cutting a thin layer off the sacrificial table.
