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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: magic1 on June 26, 2013, 08:42:05 AM

Title: tapping
Post by: magic1 on June 26, 2013, 08:42:05 AM

can u tap ? thier is no g84
how about to convert inch per min to inch per rev
they sound like stupid questions but i just dont know
thanks

Title: Re: tapping
Post by: Hood on June 26, 2013, 01:50:49 PM

It will depend on your machine whether or not you can tap.
There is a G84 but it is not true rigid tapping when using the parallel port but it will work if you have spindle control and use a floating holder.
If you have an external motion controller such as CSMIO/IP-A or S or a Kflop, possibly also DSPMC and Galil, then you can do rigid tapping but you have to use a macro to do it.

G94 if feed per min, G95 is feed per rev.
Hood