On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:06:45 -0300, you wrote: >Steve, > >The direction is irrelevant. Feed is defined with F, not K. It's a lathe >> not a mill, even if EMC is confused between a lathe and a mill, the G18 >> in the file header should have given it a clue ;) >> > >I don't know if only a G18 in the header will give a clue to EMC that it's a >lathe... > >Probably you must use "K" for that move because G33 expects a "K" value (for >the Z axis) and as I understand, "Z" represents the longitudinal axis and >the feed in this case is very different because it's a thread you want to do >with G33.
G33 (or G32 as it should be these days) in this context is a single point threading move for a lathe, I don't know of any that use K as the distance per rev. They all use F. However, If you do know otherwise please tell me, then I can get that post processor. >There is a lot of difference between G01 and G33 for me... Read my previous reply to you carefully. If you doubt me read Peter Smid's CNC Programming Handbook, it's rightly considered the definitive work on the subject. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
