Troy, You are right, I found an error on the preview screen that was not setting the depth per pass correctly. I have fixed it, Ill put up a new version soon.

I see the circular pocket working correctly on CW vs CCW. Has anyone else tried this?

Tool change has a couple strange issues. The wizards are setup so you can build a complex part by adding individual operations. There is code to check if the tool has changed and only issues a tool change if needed. The problem occurs with when you use the same tool number as the last use of a wizard. Ive looked a fixing this but it gets very messy, and effect every screen. Ill see what I can do with it.

Im not sure how that can happen. I just went to my shop and downloaded the version from the web and it works fine. All I can guess is that your download or unzip got corrupted. Please try it again and let me know

[Edited Dec 9 to remove V2.81. See new topic for V2.82]

I have fixed the Cut rectangle problems, including the preview code. This time I ran tests of each case and actually measured all the rectangles. I really think I have it right this time.

I also fixed the circular pocket routine- it was doing the wrong directions- if you requested CW it actually went CCW

Let me know of any errors.

Edited Dec 9 to remove V2.81. See new topic for V2.82

Yep, you are right. I have fixed it in V2.81 See new topic for it.

The big lathe only has a 5hp motor on the spindle, so that really limits our cuts. The tool is actually on 2 compound slides we stacked up. It only covers about 6" is either axis, but for railroad wheels thats all we need. A wheel has a rather complicated profile of tapers and filets, so the cnc really helps, doing them manually was a real pain.

Ive done a lathe that will turn 40" dia railroad wheels, and about 10 feet between centers. I also claim its the oldest lathe to be converted- built about 1892

see http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,5654.0.html

Yes, I did put a 2.80 on the forum for test. Its in the topic reporting a bug in 2.79 rectangle. There are reports the code works OK,but I forgot to update the preview button code. I will be fixing that soon and will post a new version here.

You are right, I forgot to fix the preview code. One of the problems with the way VB works in Mach is that you cant share code, so the preview button is exactly the same code, without the spindle controls.

Ill fix that later today.

I dont understand the wacky comp move, maybe some mode you have set before it runs? Ill see if I can find anything, Im going to run a complete set of test cases later today.

[I deleted V2.80 and posted 2.81 to a new topic.]

Did you have trouble with the Inner option actually cutting OUTSIDE the line?

I have fixed the code to add F words, and I have fixed it to really do inner and outer, climb and conventional correctly-at least I think they are correct, Ive tried each option.

Attached is a zip file with these fixes. Ill leave it here a while as a test, then Ill make it the release version if there ar eno problems.

Just unzip the file in the Addons folder. You might leave it as Newfangled280, that way it wont overwrite your current version. Just be sure when you select it form the list you select the right one.

I deleted V2.80 and posted 2.81 to a new topic.

Looks like a real bug. I see it also outputs an F word on a G00 line, which is wrong.

I have another report of a problem with the cut rectangle not getting depth right, so Im going to work on both problems.

Mach assume all screens are 1024x768 including the wizards. It is supposed to scale the screens if oyuuse a different screen size, but In not sure it always works. What screen resolution do you use?