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Support => Downloads => MACH TOOL BOX => Topic started by: BR549 on June 20, 2012, 01:07:05 PM
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Here is a Conversational Drilling Wizard. It does several functions including Manual , Gcode creation AND reverse Engineering.
It supports all the major drilling cycles AND Bolt circle drilling as well.
It supports FILENAME creation and on the fly Code editing as you go.
The Basic Manual is in the on screen button.
Hope you find it usefull, (;-)TP
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Russ Found a Bug here is the corrected version.
(;-) TP
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Hey TP, looks like a winner and thanks for posting. :)
How about one for the lathe? You remarked that you were looking for some work..... ;) >:D
Maybe take a look at the the Drilling lathe macro in here which also provides for offsetting the X axis and drilling additional holes on the lathe other than just on center. I better explain some...one configures the lathe head as a rotary ( or manualy index the head to an angle of rotation) and then using a drill mounted on the carriage the different dilling cycles are done. So the wizard could be both conventional along with a specialty function.
RICH
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So you want a drillmaster for a LATHE ? To do center and OFF center drilling with a live axis (X)
(;-) TP
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You got it right TP. Z axis provides the depth moves and X axis provides for on or offset drilling.
RICH
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Do you want it all in Machturn ? Or can I use MachMill (;-) Do you want a wizard or added to the turn screenset.
You do know that LES has that working in Scam (;-).
How about a Turn version of Copy Cat ? I call it SpinCopy . I worked on it for doing Spin forming and it is used to COPY the object to be spin formed.
(;-) TP
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Here is the screen from SpinCopy.
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Do you want it all in Machturn ? Or can I use MachMill (;-) Do you want a wizard or added to the turn screenset.
Machturn would be first choice and as a wizard.
You do know that LES has that working in Scam
Not aware of Scam..... can you provide a link or some info?
SpinCopy sounds interesting. I use CopyCat (not a lot but it is slick) and there is a manual for the mill version in Member's Docs.
So it only generates the profile and dosen't provide pathing for machining?
RICH
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Scam = SheetCam
(;-) TP
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Rich would something like this do ?
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TP,
Looks good. Why not just have the three drill cylces like the mill one has?
Can you add Dwell under safe Z.?
With real small drills ( #80 to #90) I feed the drill just a few thou at a very slow feedrate and then let it "dwell" on the surface for a time period, maybe as long as 5 or 10 seconds. Once the drill has cut into the material , similar to spot drilling it, your ready to do a drill cycle. Example, Z=.003,Q=.003,R=0,F=.02 but the drill dwells at the surface for a time period "before" the Z move. Normaly I do this using my MPG and watching the drill under a microscope and then use a peck drilling cycle.
RICH
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That's pretty neat. Thanks TP!
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Rich THAT is the reason I asked about doing it in Mill mode rather than Turn. In Mill mode you have the full DEPENDABLE USE of ALL the drill cycles NO so much in turn. (;-)
Piece of cake in MIll mode.
(;-)TP
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Rich do the Normal drill cycles even work in TURN or do I not understand the Canned cycle FUnctions in turn??
I don't use turn much(;-), (;-) TP
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RIch here is the new screen . IF is is usefully I can recode the buttons to work correctly. IF I can figure out the TURN canned drill cycles (;-) (they do not work here for me)
I can tell you for sure IF you are not spot drilling the small holes your machine may eat the bits in auto mode AS there is no provision for a top spotting dwell (;-) and your tiny bits will either brake or start off center.
Been there as well, (;-) TP
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Terry,
I need to do some testing,hopefully it will be this week ( time has not been my owne for a couple of months ) and will get back to you with answers.
Till then and thanks,
RICH