NibblerBOT

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NibblerBOT Capabilities

  • 5 x 8’ working table area + 16” non tabled space
  • 14.5” of total Z travel, 12” of gantry clearance
  • 4 hp spindle
  • 12 station tool rack
  • Air blast
  • Dust collection
  • 1,000 ipm X and Y
  • 400 ipm Z
  • Wired control pendant
  • 18K is the sweet spot for max torque, 24K is the max speed
  • Woods of all types, non-ferrous is also possible (ASK FIRST)

Machine and Work Axes

All XYZ Coordinates are in Inches

  • X axis 0-60
  • Y axis 0-114.5
    • 0-18 is pocket area
  • Workspace Axes are oriented in the same fashion
  • Red star denotes Machine 0,0,0 and Gold star denotes the HOME position.

Interface M, G-Codes, Miscellaneous

  • M6 G43 – Tool Change, Enable Tool Length Offset
    • Stores current tool if it was pulled from the rack, loads requested tool
  • G43 – Enables Tool Length Offset, should be ON
  • G49 – Cancels tool length compensation, DON’T do this!
  • GO TO ZERO – moves to working X/Y zero
  • GO TO G30 – Go To Predefined Position (in this case, Tool Setter)
  • GO TO HOME – Returns spindle to back right
  • All pre-programmed movements above are ‘Z First’ meaning they will raise the spindle to max height before moving on the X or Y axes.

Control Pendant Functions