On 3 September 2016 at 23:24, Kirk Wallace <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just finished a first pass at G76 tapered threading.
> My code is here:
> http://www.wallacecompany.com/tmp/G76/G76-7b.cc

Just so we don't tread on each-others's toes here.
You appear to be using D to define the taper?
I know why you chose this, it is because nothing else is available.
However it clashes with my (un-merged) multi-spindle patch:
https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/andypugh/JA14_multispindle/configs/sim/axis/lathe_multispindle/README

Ideally I would use E for spindle number, but E is taken. I suspect
that entry and exit tapers are very rarely used, and that E is
"wasted" but we probably shouldn't go breaking existing G-code.

Perhaps the Cabal needs to decide who gets to claim D in G76 :-)

Is your pitch defined along the Z axis, or along the surface? Is Steve
B still around?

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