Lathe roughing

[DAlgie]

I know that the turn wizards are Brian's baby from awhile ago, and they are very nice, I use them a lot. I've talked about this before, but really the one thing missing is a turn wizard that will rough to a non standard profile, that is a profile that isn't comprised of simple radius and chamfer toolpaths. The toolpath would be ideally calculated from a DXF profile, but it could also be generated from a G code text profile if that would make it easier to write. Those with a CNC turning background will recognise this as a G71 canned cycle, which is a non-reentrant cycle. Also of use is a pattern repeat cycle, this moves the profile in the X or Z axis, good for a reentrant type roughing profile. I'll gladly pay for this to be written, within a reasonable amount of course, and might hope that there are others on here that would like to share in costs as well. Any takers?

[Brian Barker]

We are looking to add lathe to Lcam (Art and I both could use it)

[DAlgie]

Thanks Brian, let us know when it is ready for testing and I'll do what I can.
Dave.

[SDConcepts]

i agree a roughing profile is really missing.  this should be part of the actual MACH3 install package and not an LCAM based setup.  ideally you want a single line G code that can rough a non standard profile, not a 1000 lines of code spit out of LCAM.

[DAlgie]

13 month bump.

[Brian Barker]

Lazy Turn is a project that Art has been playing with   I think there is a thread telling about it ..
Thanks
Brian