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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Probe on a cnc lathe running mach 3
« on: August 08, 2012, 03:42:42 PM »
Hi,
I am Carl , I'm in the wheel business. We re manufacture automotive alloy wheels
Got my Pratt and Whitney lathe retrofitted with a logitrol system , using Mach 3. Only down side was i had to change the Axis stepper to a 3256 oz/in model( turned out it was my z axis ballscrew, after trying to put oversize balls and failing , I bought a new one on eBay).
My Lathe can cut or polish(5 hp buffer attached) up to a 20 inch diameter automotive wheel . Now i believe competition is good, but i got three guys in New York that bought $65,000.00 lathes. . I know i can compete with my $8,000.00 lathe.
The only difference in the finish is $57,000 lol and they can program and cut a wheel in 20 seconds. it takes my longer, because my way of measuring the wheels are quit crude.
The way i take measurements of the wheels is buy putting a short finder on my tool post , grounding the wheel and manually righting my x and z coordinates than throwing them into bobcad.
I bought a probe on ebay Item number: 150864179227 , hooked it up ,it did not work i also substitute a limit switch, that did not work either however, when i toggled the probe or the switch i could hear something tripping
What i want to do with this probe is , using my pendant move it till it hits the wheel (mark my coordinates) move on to the next point.
Any suggestions?
I am Carl , I'm in the wheel business. We re manufacture automotive alloy wheels
Got my Pratt and Whitney lathe retrofitted with a logitrol system , using Mach 3. Only down side was i had to change the Axis stepper to a 3256 oz/in model( turned out it was my z axis ballscrew, after trying to put oversize balls and failing , I bought a new one on eBay).
My Lathe can cut or polish(5 hp buffer attached) up to a 20 inch diameter automotive wheel . Now i believe competition is good, but i got three guys in New York that bought $65,000.00 lathes. . I know i can compete with my $8,000.00 lathe.
The only difference in the finish is $57,000 lol and they can program and cut a wheel in 20 seconds. it takes my longer, because my way of measuring the wheels are quit crude.
The way i take measurements of the wheels is buy putting a short finder on my tool post , grounding the wheel and manually righting my x and z coordinates than throwing them into bobcad.
I bought a probe on ebay Item number: 150864179227 , hooked it up ,it did not work i also substitute a limit switch, that did not work either however, when i toggled the probe or the switch i could hear something tripping
What i want to do with this probe is , using my pendant move it till it hits the wheel (mark my coordinates) move on to the next point.
Any suggestions?