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General Mach Discussion / Turn Screens
« on: January 23, 2009, 10:21:26 AM »
I have an X/Y plotter which works identically to a CNC Lathe which belongs to my employer. The plotter is used to view cutting paths that the lathe performs... to scale on paper. I am using this plotter to learn to set up Mach3 (see my earlier post "getting started" a few lines down the list) I can successfully plot drawings using X/Y axis, running simple G-Godes, drawing lines & arcs. I can operate the spindle motor relay On/Off using M3 and M5 and I can control the speed of the stepper motors just fine... but I'm using a "Mill" setup.
Now, I am looking at the Turn Screen 1024.lset which appears to be intended for a CNC lathe... but this screen uses X and Z axis. A sketch comes up as the program loads which appears to look like a vertical lathe. Is this the intended purpose of this screen... Vertical Lathes? Our lathe is Horizontal
I want to traverse the tool post left/right using the X-Axis and In/Out using the Y-Axis. Do I simply need to stick with the Mill configuration and not use the Lathe files? The Lathe files have no X-Axis and I don't see an easy way to change that in the setup.
I am open for suggestions
Now, I am looking at the Turn Screen 1024.lset which appears to be intended for a CNC lathe... but this screen uses X and Z axis. A sketch comes up as the program loads which appears to look like a vertical lathe. Is this the intended purpose of this screen... Vertical Lathes? Our lathe is Horizontal
I want to traverse the tool post left/right using the X-Axis and In/Out using the Y-Axis. Do I simply need to stick with the Mill configuration and not use the Lathe files? The Lathe files have no X-Axis and I don't see an easy way to change that in the setup.
I am open for suggestions