Jogging The Cutting Truck; Auto Jigging Function - Craftsman CompuCarve 183.217540 Operator's Manual

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Jogging the Cutting Truck
As described
above, the machine offers several options for positioning
the
carving on the workpiece,
one of which is "Jog to Position."
This is
accomplished
using the up and down
arrows
on the keypad to move the
cutting truck across the width of the workpiece
(near to far), and the left
and right
arrows
will move the workpiece
along its length (left or right).
This option allows the user to place a carving at some location on a
workpiece
other than center or left corner.
This is especially
useful if one
wishes to avoid a blemish
in the wood or to incorporate
some feature like
a knot into the carving.
Figure 14 illustrates
the directional
conventions
used with CompuCarve.
Holding an arrow key down results in a fast movement.
Precise
final positioning
is accomplished
using short bumps on the key.
In addition
to jogging
to position with the arrow keys, if any number key is
pressed while in jog mode, the machine will enter coordinate
mode.
In
coordinate
mode, there will be a prompt for the X and Y coordinate
destination.
The machine coordinates
will be the distances
from the near-
left hand corner of the workpiece
(when facing the keypad).
Auto Jigging Function
Occasionally
a project will contain carvings or routs that can interfere with
the mechanical
operation
of the machine.
Types of interference
fall into
the following
categories:
1. Wide vertical cuts across the top surface if the workpiece
can
cause the compression
rollers to fall during a project, affecting
the
machine's
ability to move the workpiece.
,
Cuts through the board along the top edge of the workpiece
(as
viewed in the software)
can interfere with the Board Tracking
Sensor and affect the machine's
ability to track the position of the
workpiece.
3. Carvings
on the rear face of the workpiece
and near the bottom of
the workpiece
(as viewed in the software)
can also interfere with
the Board Tracking
Sensor when the workpiece
is flipped over.
,
Cuts with the Cut Tool along the right side of the workpiece
can
potentially
break the cutting bit if the workpiece
leaves the Board
Tracking
Sensor and the machine
loses high-precision
tracking of
the workpiece.
In the event that the CarveWright
TM
designer
software
recognizes
that any
of these conditions
are met within a project, the software will display a
warning
when the project is uploaded
to the memory
card.
The specific
conditions
will be listed, and the user may choose to ignore the warning
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
CompuCarve
TM
System (Rev 1.6) 09/27/06
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