Ghost lines? Not following gcode
Hey guys,
Let me start off by saying I am extremely new to all of this. We bought a CNC plasma table on a whim and I know nothing of technology. After drawing our part, loading in Sheetcam to write the gcode, everything looks good until we open Repetier host and it does one of two things. It either:
a. does not attempt to cut and ignores our code, travels in a diagonal line and stops, or,
b. starts to cut the part, but gets to the first cut line, turns on, stays in the same place, and cuts off (safety feature).
I ran a simulation of the cut and it shows the machine running the entire code, however it is pausing for a full minute at each cut point. Is this a gcode error or a repetier problem? Or both? I'm so lost at this point. Any help is appreciated but please break it down Barney style.
Let me start off by saying I am extremely new to all of this. We bought a CNC plasma table on a whim and I know nothing of technology. After drawing our part, loading in Sheetcam to write the gcode, everything looks good until we open Repetier host and it does one of two things. It either:
a. does not attempt to cut and ignores our code, travels in a diagonal line and stops, or,
b. starts to cut the part, but gets to the first cut line, turns on, stays in the same place, and cuts off (safety feature).
I ran a simulation of the cut and it shows the machine running the entire code, however it is pausing for a full minute at each cut point. Is this a gcode error or a repetier problem? Or both? I'm so lost at this point. Any help is appreciated but please break it down Barney style.
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