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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Turn Spindle direction issue

« on: March 22, 2015, 02:55:14 PM »

Outstanding, after playing with it I've now got both buttons.

Many thanks again for your help.

8ace

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach Turn Spindle direction issue

« on: March 22, 2015, 05:46:43 AM »

Many thanks Hood for the reply.

I’ve been messing around with the VB editor and the 173 code does turn the spindle in a CCW direction but I’ve been unable to integrate it with the MachTurn screen (due to my lack of programming skills and understanding of the editing side)

I’ve got a work around by creating 2 lathe profiles, one for manual/wizard turning using M3 CCW and another for running programs from my CAM program using M4 CCW. Just got to remember to use the correct one.

Thanks again for your assistance.

8ace

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General Mach Discussion / Mach Turn Spindle direction issue

« on: March 21, 2015, 07:42:45 AM »

Hi,

I’ve just finished my custom CNC lathe build and I have an issue with the spindle direction.

Everything is working ok as far as the spindle running in both directions (and variable speed control is working). But I would like to machine with a default CCW spindle direction.

Using it manually when I press the spindle start/stop button it runs CW. I can use the M4 command to change direction but I have to use it every time I press the spindle button which is a pain.

Is there a way to change the start/stop spindle screen button to an M4 CCW default setting? As my CAM software outputs an M4 CCW G-code.

Cheers

8ace