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General Mach Discussion / OD Taper Wizard Help Needed
« on: June 28, 2011, 12:41:21 PM »
Hi Guys,
I recently got my lathe set up, but am having problems using the OD Taper Wizard. I'm trying to put a 45 deg taper (90 degree included point angle) on a 1" diameter rod. The wizard seems to want to make a taper with the wrong angle. It's making the angle very blunt, or flat. The odd thing is that the display of the toolpath looks right.
What I'm looking for is a point on the end of the bar, that goes from a point all the way to the outer diameter (no step).
The specifics:
I am a licensed user.
I am using Diameter mode.
OD Taper settings are as follows:
X End: 0.0
Angle: +45.
X Start: .5
Z End: -.5
Z Start: 0.0
Clearance: .1
I have no idea what I'm missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Mr. Technical
I recently got my lathe set up, but am having problems using the OD Taper Wizard. I'm trying to put a 45 deg taper (90 degree included point angle) on a 1" diameter rod. The wizard seems to want to make a taper with the wrong angle. It's making the angle very blunt, or flat. The odd thing is that the display of the toolpath looks right.
What I'm looking for is a point on the end of the bar, that goes from a point all the way to the outer diameter (no step).
The specifics:
I am a licensed user.
I am using Diameter mode.
OD Taper settings are as follows:
X End: 0.0
Angle: +45.
X Start: .5
Z End: -.5
Z Start: 0.0
Clearance: .1
I have no idea what I'm missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Mr. Technical