What are you doing with the Lathe that you need CNC? The answer to this will determine what software you need.
As soon as you get into operations that are synchronized to the spindle rotation, like threading you are in need of specialized lathe-specif CAM software. On the other hand, if you are making a one-off bushing why use CNC? One good reason to use CNC on the lathe is for repeatability. Hand made parts are only as good as the skill of the operator. If I needed to make a few of dozen parts (for maybe an MIT "mini cheetah" robot) I'd go for CNC so I could be certain the parts would interchange. On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 5:53 PM R C <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > I was away for a while, I saw a lot of replies/suggestions on the > "subject". I am going to try and see if I can make the part (a shaft) > in freecad, and see what I can do with it. > > > As for the other software, well I won't be making money of it, It's > just a hobby, BUT I don't really want to set up another machine or so > just for running something else. > > > I was thinking, that since a lathe (well my lathe) has a X and Z > axis, if I'd make a part in 'that plane" in freecad, that it might be > possible to use that? I saw a suggestion that there might a a > part/plugin in the path workbench. > > > thanks, > > > Ron > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
