Scott,
I have no intention of selling anything. I would just like to further the conversational side of programming on the lathe side since there seams to be very little change. I have several ideas on wizards as well as making the ones available better. I am just trying to share. I have already started a thread here...
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,16533.0.htmlI saw you were asking for interest on making the threading wizard better and more complete. I figured that was great. Then you said there was no interest. I have interest and am more than willing to help any way I can. I own a machine shop myself so I use these things every day. I normally just program things in cad/cam however after buying a new Haas machine with conversational programming. I was amazed how little I use cad/cam on lathe anymore. To me the closer I (we) can get this to the hobbyist the better.
Now for for helping... I have no idea if this will be of use but here are the calculations I use on cam...
Thread Depth Calculation
This is for a 60 deg point tool. Depths calculated are Per Side depths to be used when determining the diameter to be programmed in the thread commands.
* External Thread Depth = .61343 x ( 1 / # of threads per inch)
* Internal Thread Depth = .54127 x ( 1 / # of threads per inch)
This will allow you to calculate just about any thread.
Hope this helps. Your work is always appreciated.