On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Andy Pugh <a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > On 16 November 2010 16:58, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > >> and I STILL have not gotten around to CNC-ing my lathe. > > It's very worthwhile. Apart from anything else you get accuracy in Z > as well as X. Even without writing G-code with a few macros defined > you can set it off to turn down the work by .5" in 20thou steps for a > 6" length and just leave it to it. Save a lot of time where the only > entertainment is picking hot swarf out of your collar. > > Also, threading suddenly becomes trivial. And you can do things like > to 15.75mm x 0.6mm thread that I used to hold parts of my drawbar > together, because CNC doesn't care what changewheels you have.
So, Andy, what is involved? Changing leadscrews to ball screws and adding servos etc? Are ball screws easy to find? Say, I have a 14x48" lathe. i ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
