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LazyTurn / Re: Is this a bug in LazyTurn?
« on: November 01, 2009, 05:13:09 PM »
Select all on the drawing, then,  do a right click with the mouse and you will get the flyout menu for command selection, follow the "MOVE" commands prompts, you snap to the point on the drawing and move it to coardinate by typing in "0,0,0".
RICH

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Hmm...tid bit for thought,
Flip the internal cutter upside down, thread to the back side of the bore ( you can see what is happening), use the code out of the threading wizard as if it was an external thread ( of course change for internal thread dimensions ).  ???
RICH

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LazyTurn / Re: Is this a bug in LazyTurn?
« on: November 01, 2009, 09:21:34 AM »
Dave,
I did write the manual from 400 pages of information and LT is still in development. The manual is not complete and will also change when we get into the finishing pass ( hopefully this fall / very soon ). The manual reflects were we left off in the developement.

So if you ask is this a bug? Maybe.....  during the testing i would would easily try something out against 20 files and see if i could duplicate it. Transparent to others, 2 to 4 hours were spent and who knows what other folks would put into it.

So will need to play around some.

There are free screen capture programs, if you could try a search and you should find a posting which gives you a link,
or maybe someone will post one here for you.

The screens required would be the the tool and it's parameters, and a shot of the generated pathing.

Sorry no imeadiate answer / bear with me, i'll take a look in the next few days.

RICH


 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe
« on: November 01, 2009, 08:25:20 AM »
Phil,
That was just for all to see what would be in the document. A few sections are done but it needs a lot of work.
A lot of material to go through. There are a few "hundred pages" of info that was been posted relative to threading over the last year or so. Many of the posts are not relative. Some of the info has to be tested. So more work than meets the eye. I hope to have a draft done by the end of next week to coincide with a new MACH version release.

Any section in particular that your interested in more so than others?
Anything that you would like to see in the manual?

RICH


  

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LazyTurn / Re: Is this a bug in LazyTurn?
« on: October 31, 2009, 10:21:08 PM »
Dave,
Been a while since i fooled with LT. Post the DXF. Can you post some screen shots?
RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe
« on: October 31, 2009, 03:57:34 PM »
What can i say....... ;D
RICH

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HMM...... just noticed.
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Come on out Brett wherever you are!
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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I haven't done much internal threading. Can get away with tapping most of the time......

M20 x15 long ( i am an imperialist ) is about equivilent of 3/4-24 x 5/8" long ( around a sharp v depth of 0.036 ).
Shouldn't have any problem. You may want to try just an external thread thread first to gain some experience and see how it goes. Don't know if your lathe is punney or robust.

The big difference to CNC, is that with a manual lathe, you can always adjust the depth cut , ie; some brass will work harden, to suite how things are going.
Let us know how you do,

BTW, why not hang on for say a week  if you can, and waite for the improved version of the threading to be posted.

RICH

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe
« on: October 31, 2009, 12:55:27 PM »
Phil,
"Let not your heart be troubled" and "you do not stand alone in the valley of darkenness"  :D  ;D ;D

But in the mean time.....

RICH

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Derek,
Use the calculation in the manual. The slot width can be bigger. You may find that you don't get a DRO indication of your rpm range. If so, make it wider to increase the signal time.  I widened one of mine from a calculated 1/8" to 1/4" wide to get full DRO readout.

BTW, there will be something posted in the Members Docs on threading using MACH3 Turn. It will cover a lot of territory and is in the making.

The threading looks to be better than ever ( we have been tweaking it for over a year now ). The latest changes may be incorporated into the next version of Mach in the near future.

Is there some kind of specific threading / cutting that you are interested in or have concerns about?

RICH


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