On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 07:38, R C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fusion is a little bit like Freecad but ...
> I have heard about that one. does it run on Linux too? No. Which looks like a deliberate choice as it _does_ run natively (and nicely) on OSX. It makes decent G-code, but I rarely bother. For almost everything I make on the lathe I work _at_ the lathe and use: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/41-guis/26550-lathe-macros?start=0 Which is a lot like using a manual lathe, but with a hyper-capable power feed. For example, making an ER20 collet last night. I used "face" on the end of the bar. Drilled a hole with the tailstock, then used a "bore" cycle to make a counterbore for the (special) nut, then another boring cycle with an 8 degree taper for the collet socket, followed by a threading cycle to finish it off. Also, the master branch contains the G70 / 71 / 72 lathe cycles: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gcode/g-code.html#gcode:g70 Basically you define the profile with G1, G2, G3 lines and arcs in a subroutine and LinuxCNC makes that shape. The documentation for the actual implementation is rather poor. There is better documentation for a _different_ implementation with many of the letters allocated to different functions here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/andypugh/g71type2remap/docs/src/gcode/g-code.txt#g71-lathe-roughing-cycle-turning -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
