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Pause and Start
Hello,
I was wondering of there was a way to pause a project mid stream and begin a few hours later
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Sure it is, but what kind of Software are you using?
MfG
Roy
SC 600/2; SolidWorks; UCCnC und UC100; EstlCam und Arduino Steuerung; KRESS 800kfme;
UCCNC
Thanks
UCCNC
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Yes, just press the Feed Hold button (on the right hand side above Cycle Stop) and turn off your spindle.
No problem.
Doug
Stepcraft 2/840, StoneyCNC industrial HF spindle, 4th axis, TurboCAD 2016 Professional 64 bit, MeshCAM, GWizard feeds & speeds calculator, UCCNC
Hobby use: guitar building (luthiery), https://dsgb.net
I wondered what that button was for (ha-ha). Thanks a lot, Doug, can't wait to give it a try.
How do you turn off your spindle. When I unplug it and then replug in it won't start again.
Thanks
![Doug Doug](http://stepcraft-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars/Doug_33359.jpg)
How do you turn off your spindle. When I unplug it and then replug in it won't start again.
Thanks
I can tell you how to turn off my spindle but I suspect that you're asking how you turn off your spindle. 😉 You don't mention what type of spindle you have? Kress, Stepcraft HF?
Doug
Stepcraft 2/840, StoneyCNC industrial HF spindle, 4th axis, TurboCAD 2016 Professional 64 bit, MeshCAM, GWizard feeds & speeds calculator, UCCNC
Hobby use: guitar building (luthiery), https://dsgb.net
Stepcraft 2 840
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![Doug Doug](http://stepcraft-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/avatars/Doug_33359.jpg)
Stepcraft 2/840 is the machine, not the spindle.
Stepcraft 2/840, StoneyCNC industrial HF spindle, 4th axis, TurboCAD 2016 Professional 64 bit, MeshCAM, GWizard feeds & speeds calculator, UCCNC
Hobby use: guitar building (luthiery), https://dsgb.net
It seems you can do the same with the cycle stop and start buttons to. Least it's worked for me, just have to manually turn the spindle back on.
MWinn
I used a CNC mill at my school once, and it had a VERY nice pause feature that I'd like to get working in UCCNC.
Upon pressing pause, it automatically retracted to abs 0 on z axis (fully up) and stopped the spindle. And upon resuming, it remembered where it was when you hit pause, went to the XY coordinates first, then restored spindle state (usually on), then went down to its previous Z and resumed.
It was REALLY nice for re-tightening holders and mill bit and also for example to do a manual vacuum run when there was too much piled up chips.
It also allowed for some tweaking of conditions, like removing a "layer" when milling in a block of wooden boards.
Can this be done in UCCNC?
The way UCCNC does it now burns the wood around the mill-bit and its VERY easy to forget to manually start the spindle again.
//Kind regards.
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