Re: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 July 2012 01:49, k...@gmail.com wrote: > Searched Youtube and Google for any info or examples of > the use of C axis in Lathe but found nothing. After looking in the right place, I found: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/orient.9.html I think that netting the orient.0.angle pin to

Re: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread k...@gmail.com
Wow, that's cool.but all I wanna do is index to drill and chamfer a cross hole in a small 'hitch pin'. Simple stuff comparatively, but a lot less work in the lathe instead of a second operation in a mill w/ indexer dk Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Years

Re: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread Jack Coats
Years ago I read an article on a guy that used a small lathe to make the hundreds of 'pull stop handles' they needed for rebuilding large pipe organs. ... A great use of CNC work! A simple thing, but they needed so many that doing them by hand was problematic. ---

Re: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread Brian May
I use it and it works good. It is much easier to generate the g code in cam, there are not a lot of lathe specific canned cycles yet. I have not done anything too complicate, just machined flats on the od. Sent from my iPod On Jul 4, 2012, at 6:49 PM, "k...@gmail.com" wrote: > Searched You

Re: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread Ralph Stirling
work (rotation about X). -- Ralph From: k...@gmail.com [kliegelmach...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 5:52 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe Ah! I should have read the latest posts! Guess it's r

[Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread k...@gmail.com
Ah! I should have read the latest posts! Guess it's referred to as A axis not C ?? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how

[Emc-users] C Axis in Lathe

2012-07-04 Thread k...@gmail.com
Searched Youtube and Google for any info or examples of the use of C axis in Lathe but found nothing. Any one using it and how well does it work? Thanks! dan k -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will