NibblerBOT

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