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-====== Using the spindle pressure spring ======+==== Using the spindle pressure spring ====
  
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 {{:en:x300:pressure_nut.jpg?200|pressure_nut.jpg}} {{:en:x300:pressure_nut.jpg?200|pressure_nut.jpg}}
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-\\    \\  ==== Locking the pressure spring for engraving without depth regulator nose ====+==== Locking the pressure spring for engraving without depth regulator nose ====
  
-</code> +If you want to engrave without nosecone, e.g. after having performed a surface map, or when cutting a 3d relief, the spring pressure ring has to be locked. To lock the spring pressure ring, it has to be screwed down completely.\\ 
- +{{:en:x300:spindle_pressure_ring_up.jpg?300|spindle_pressure_ring_up.jpg}}This image shows the spindle pressure ring in the up position (unlocked).\\ 
-If you want to engrave without nosecone, e.g. after having performed a surface map, or when cutting a 3d relief, the spring pressure ring has to be locked. To lock the spring pressure ring, it has to be screwed down completely. {{:en:x300:spindle_pressure_ring_up.jpg?300|spindle_pressure_ring_up.jpg}}This image shows the spindle pressure ring in the up position (unlocked). {{:en:x300:spindle_pressure_ring_down.jpg?300|spindle_pressure_ring_down.jpg}}This image shows the spindle pressure ring in the down position (locked).+{{:en:x300:spindle_pressure_ring_down.jpg?300|spindle_pressure_ring_down.jpg}}This image shows the spindle pressure ring in the down position (locked).\\
  
 |**Note:** Be extremely careful never to use the nosecone on your spindle when the spring pressure lockring is down. You may harm your Z-axis motor, the Z-axis leadscrew and even the controller. In other words, always respect the following principle: Never launch an engraving cycle with both the nosecone on the spindle and the spring pressure lock ring screwed down.  | |**Note:** Be extremely careful never to use the nosecone on your spindle when the spring pressure lockring is down. You may harm your Z-axis motor, the Z-axis leadscrew and even the controller. In other words, always respect the following principle: Never launch an engraving cycle with both the nosecone on the spindle and the spring pressure lock ring screwed down.  |
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 === Notes: === === Notes: ===
  
-    {{:en:x300:schermafbeelding_2021-06-20_115217.png?300|}} \\+{{:en:x300:schermafbeelding_2021-06-20_115217.png?300|}} \\
   - When working without nosecone and with a locked floating mechanism, the machine will execute the depths which are in the engraving job. If your engraving job contains depths depends entirely on the software used. Some softwares use Z-depths and Z-up instructions, other softwares just use a “Cutter down” and a “Cutter up” instruction, without specifying a real value. In the latter cases, the engraving table will use a preprogrammed depth, which can be entered or modified through the “Job dialog window” on the virtual keypad.   - When working without nosecone and with a locked floating mechanism, the machine will execute the depths which are in the engraving job. If your engraving job contains depths depends entirely on the software used. Some softwares use Z-depths and Z-up instructions, other softwares just use a “Cutter down” and a “Cutter up” instruction, without specifying a real value. In the latter cases, the engraving table will use a preprogrammed depth, which can be entered or modified through the “Job dialog window” on the virtual keypad.
   - Whenever the controller contains values, which show up in the “job dialog window”, these values will only be used if the engraving or routing job in question does not contain values for these specific variables. This is valid on a variable per variable basis. E.g. if the engraving job does not contain depths, but does contain XY speeds, then the system will use the depth which is specified in the “job dialog window”, but the XY speed setting from the job will automatically overrule the XY speed setting which is visible in the “job dialog window”.   - Whenever the controller contains values, which show up in the “job dialog window”, these values will only be used if the engraving or routing job in question does not contain values for these specific variables. This is valid on a variable per variable basis. E.g. if the engraving job does not contain depths, but does contain XY speeds, then the system will use the depth which is specified in the “job dialog window”, but the XY speed setting from the job will automatically overrule the XY speed setting which is visible in the “job dialog window”.
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   - Make sure the spring pressure lock ring is in the max up position.   - Make sure the spring pressure lock ring is in the max up position.
   - Position your object to be mapped on the engraving table and secure it.   - Position your object to be mapped on the engraving table and secure it.
-  - Position your spindle in the upper left corner of an imaginary rectangle in which the engraving job has to be executed. This imaginary rectangle is not necessarily the same as the object’s surface, it can be smaller, and set home there. +  - Position your spindle in the upper left corner of an imaginary rectangle in which the engraving job has to be executed. This imaginary rectangle is not necessarily the same as the object’s surface, it can be smaller (but not bigger), and set home there. 
-  - Make sure the "plate surface" is set to "map". +  - Make sure the "plate surface" is set to {{:en:x300:plate_surface_map_v2.png?100|"map"}}. 
-  - Click the “set surface” key, which will make a small window pop up. In this window several variables have to be entered: \\ * **"X scan distance"**: the width of the imaginary rectangle you want to map. Entering values has to be done by typing the correct numbers on your computer’s keyboard.+  - Then click the “set surface” key {{:en:x300:key_surface.png?30|}}, which will make a small window pop up. In this window several variables have to be entered:\\ 
 +  - {{:en:x300:surface_map.jpg?300|}}\\ 
 +  -   * **"X scan distance"**: the width of the imaginary rectangle you want to map. Entering values has to be done by typing the correct numbers on your computer’s keyboard.
       * **"Y scan distance"**: the height of the same imaginary rectangle you want to map.       * **"Y scan distance"**: the height of the same imaginary rectangle you want to map.
       * **"Step size"**: the distance between each of the points to be digitized, both in X and in Y. If your plate is almost flat and has relatively unimportant height differences, you can use a relatively high value, e.g. 20 or even 30 mm. If your object has a more irregular relief, keep the step size small, e.g. 5 mm. Which value you have to choose with which kind of surface is a matter of trying and building some experience.       * **"Step size"**: the distance between each of the points to be digitized, both in X and in Y. If your plate is almost flat and has relatively unimportant height differences, you can use a relatively high value, e.g. 20 or even 30 mm. If your object has a more irregular relief, keep the step size small, e.g. 5 mm. Which value you have to choose with which kind of surface is a matter of trying and building some experience.
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   - Your 2D engraving job, with all of its speeds and depths, will be projected on the mapped surface. The mapped surface is a fluid interpolated cloud of points. Although the machine in reality performs a 3d job, for the user it is just a 2D application.   - Your 2D engraving job, with all of its speeds and depths, will be projected on the mapped surface. The mapped surface is a fluid interpolated cloud of points. Although the machine in reality performs a 3d job, for the user it is just a 2D application.
  
 +**Continue to [[materials_rpm_feed|speeds and feeds for different materials]].**\\
 **Continue to [[:en:x300:table_of_contents|the table of contents]].** **Continue to [[:en:x300:table_of_contents|the table of contents]].**
  
  
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