Thanks for the program Jon. I will try to understand it and maybe use as a basis for a G code sub.
I will try to do it so that I could make ball ends spanning more than 180 degrees. One more question: when making a part without a tailstock, I have to be double sure that the part is as rigid at any moment as possible. So, it would make sense to program things to use something like a cutoff bit to rough out the part by removing as much material on the farthest end as possible, and then moving slightly close to the chuck and repeating. As opposed to roughing by running along Z many times. Is that making any sense? i On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > Igor Chudov wrote: >> >> Andy and Kirk, thanks a lot. >> >> How is Z set up on lathe: does Z increase as I get closer to the lathe >> chuck? >> > > No, the RS274-D definition is the same, moving the tool toward the chuck is > -Z. >> >> Is there a canned cycle or some available subroutine to do so? >> > > I have attached a C program that I used for my ball turning. I see some > comments that indicate it > was adapted from a different program, and these comments probably no longer > make sense. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
