On Saturday 21 March 2020 08:29:41 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 03:52, Leonardo Marsaglia <ldmarsag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like to hear your thoughts just to be relaxed, since a > > missing index pulse on this kind of processes is likely to break the > > tool and spoil the part. > > Missing an index isn't a problem, it just means that the threading > cycle will start next time the spindle comes round, or the time after > that. > From that point on the index isn't used. > > Getting an _extra_ index would be bad, but even then, only on > multi-pass tapping or threading processes.
I believe this may be why I'm getting sloppier threads when rigid tapping by pecking at the hole with an increasing depth. Are there any actions we can take in that scenario that will tighten that up? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users