Uploading programs, what's the difference in save levels?

[Underdog]

What's the difference in save levels (normal, best, optimum etc.) when uploading programs to the card?

Feed speed?
Spindle Speed?
Stepover?

[fwharris]

You can look at it as the same with printing on your printer. Draft will give you the fastest but with lower quality and as each setting is used the longer it takes with better quality..

[Underdog]

I want specifics. I know the quality is different. That's pretty obvious.

I want to know specifically what CW does that makes the difference between those save levels. Is it the stepover? Is it the feedrate? What?

[Underdog]

OH come on! Nobody knows?

Surely someone has asked this question before....

I want to know what improves the quality from "draft, normal, best, and optimal".

Connie? Somebody? Anybody?

[mtylerfl]

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I want to know what improves the quality from "draft, normal, best, and optimal".

Connie? Somebody? Anybody?

I think this was already answered about a year or two ago, but didn't do a search.

The stepover of the bit is primarily what makes the quality differences...the larger the stepover, the worse the quality. The smaller the stepover, the better the quality. Feedrates can vary and there are other factors that determine quality as well. I've never asked what the feedrates are (nor bothered to measure/time them with any degree of accuracy myself) for each quality setting.

Here's the scoop...

Draft X (1/96") Y (1/100")
Normal X (1/128") Y (1/100")
Best X (1/192") Y (1/100")
Optimal X (1/256") Y (6/1000")

Z is always 1/128"

I did do a few carving tests between the CW and the ShopBot quite awhile ago to get an idea of comparible quality of the CarveWright settings vs percentage stepover settings for toolpathing on the Bot. This is not scientific by any means, but simply based upon crude and casual visual observation on my part.

CW Draft gives pretty much the same appearance of a 17% stepover on the Bot

CW Normal gives pretty much the same appearance of a 13% stepover on the Bot

CW Best gives pretty much the same appearance of a 8% stepover on the Bot

CW Optimal gives the same appearance of a 6% stepover on the Bot

[lynnfrwd]

I think the answer is yes to all three, but I don't know specific numbers.

Rawls could probably find the numbers, but I don't think he keeps that info fresh on his brain.

[lynnfrwd]

MT beat me. Good job.

[Digitalwoodshop]

I want specifics. I know the quality is different. That's pretty obvious.

I want to know specifically what CW does that makes the difference between those save levels. Is it the stepover? Is it the feedrate? What?

"You can't handle the Truth !!!".... Just kidding... What movie was that...

Honestly don't know.... Couldn't resist....

AL

[lynnfrwd]

Tom cruise jack nicholson Demi Moore.
Can't come up with the name either.

[55president]

This is in keeping with my measurements -- I counted the passes in a test carve of a 1" square -- the x stepover was 96 passes for draft,
128 passes for normal, 192 passes for best and 256 for optimal, I had no way of measuring the y axis travel except for time and
it seemed that reamained constant. But I will double check and see if my time ratings are different.....

Hope this helps...

FXP