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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3Turn Offsets?

« on: October 20, 2014, 08:40:51 PM »

It is set for auto tool change, which it does.


Here are the macro contents.
m6start =

 tool = GetSelectedTool()
  SetCurrentTool( tool )


m6end =

REM nothing here in lathe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3Turn Offsets?

« on: October 20, 2014, 07:37:03 PM »

Here it is.

http://thesharkguard.com/T_Mach%203%20Leeway%201%20test.txt

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3Turn Offsets?

« on: October 20, 2014, 05:37:11 PM »

Thanks, Hood. I don't have an M05 there. Here is that section of the post.

:SELCTL = {
      set $CYCLETIME = $CYCLETIME + 0.5 ; 30 seconds for a tool change
         #N (M09_) EOB
              #N "G0"" "  $XTLOAD2:XAXIS EOB
         #N (G49_) EOB
         #N " ( " $JOBTEXT " )" EOB
         #N (M06_) $TOOLNO:TOOL  $TLCNO:TLC EOB
      }

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3Turn Offsets?

« on: October 20, 2014, 05:57:17 AM »

Thanks, Hood.
I have modified posts for mill before, but there seems to be more canned cycles or subroutines in turn that I am not familiar with.

Also it seems I was able to update the PP file by adding that it was version 11. . Surely it can't be that simple.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3Turn Offsets?

« on: October 19, 2014, 08:21:10 PM »

Old thread I know.
I am trying to learn how to modify my posts in Dolphin Cam for Turn.

One thing I need to do is to keep the spindle running during tool changes. It is gang tooling on there and someone might think the program is over. I want to eliminate that threat. There is no need to stop it until the program ends. I know Hood has helped me tremendously earlier in this thread.
I would like to do it myself. I am considering an updated version of Dcam and it says my older posts the Hood modified will not work without some modification to update it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Lee

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Works in progress / Re: THE LATHE PROJECT - 2011

« on: July 08, 2013, 01:43:46 PM »

I never have any trouble with it.

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CS-Lab / Re: Rigid tapping with IP-A

« on: May 27, 2013, 08:15:23 AM »

Here is the full tool change code where the tool number is 11. Most of you guys know this.
T11 M06 G43 H11

Here is the video I promised as well. All setting are very conservative.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQJhLSyJkYM&list=HL1369656394

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CS-Lab / Re: Rigid tapping with IP-A

« on: May 25, 2013, 08:02:01 PM »

The M01 wasn't what was missing.
It was the actual M06 with the tool number in front of it.
The tool number in the parentheses is what was throwing me. That don't count. At least not as Gcode. 

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CS-Lab / Re: Rigid tapping with IP-A

« on: May 25, 2013, 11:25:12 AM »

I have found some documentation on some of the control parts like Drives on the Novakon site, but haven't even searched for the BOB yet.

I did manage to figure out how to get it to stop for tool change though. A simple M01 command after the move to tool change position is all that was needed. That is provided that is checked in the General config screen.

So all that is working and I am just filling in my offsets now, so I should be able to run a few parts fully on the machine later today.
I have been manually drilling and tapping these parts for years now. It will be nice to finally let a machine do it.

Novakon is coming out with a PDB and an ATC that I will need to save some pennies for. That would be a very nice upgrade.
Thanks, Hood.
I'll post a video when I have something.

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CS-Lab / Re: Rigid tapping with IP-A

« on: May 25, 2013, 07:37:58 AM »

I'm not sure what it is.
The manuals are not ready for these machines yet. I don't recall what the labeling on the BOB said if anything.
I do have a picture I think, but not that great.
The switch is the little black slider in the lower left.