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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: pbreed on June 19, 2006, 01:56:09 PM

Title: Thread Milling...
Post by: pbreed on June 19, 2006, 01:56:09 PM

Can Mach 3 do Thread milling?

If so what hardware support is required from the spindle?
An index pulse, a series of pulses like the lathe?

Anyone have any Guidance on setting this up?

Title: Re: Thread Milling...
Post by: Deon Gerber on June 19, 2006, 03:37:12 PM

Hi

No special hardware support is needed. The pitch on thread milling is not dependent on the spindle revolution's like on a lathe.  The pitch in thread milling is normally measured on  the Z axis and this is done internally in Mach3,through the interpolation between the different axis involved.

Hope this helps

Deon

Title: Re: Thread Milling...
Post by: Deon Gerber on June 19, 2006, 03:42:24 PM

Hi

Forgot to mention that the Newfangled Wizards has  fabulous Thread milling capability's.
Have a look at the demo conversational Wizard in Mach 3...

Cheers