On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 13:49 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello. > Has anyone managed to set a screw cutting lathe up successfully with > EMC2? > Mine is a simple setup. The encoder has 1ppr and also a disk with 48 > slots. The problem is that the lathe carriage does not synchronise with > the spindle nicely - it overshoots and undershoots and by the time it > settles down the thread is half cut. This happens at any speed above > about 100rpm. Other movements are beautifully smooth. > > Thanks for looking, Martin. > > ______________________________________________________________________ I have the same issue with my Hardinge. I had to turn the axis acceleration settings in my .ini file up. Then allow some settling space (air threading) before the thread start.
-- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
