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Works in progress / Re: 3 PAGE LATHE SCREEN - WIZARD ADDITIONS

« on: November 28, 2010, 01:14:48 AM »

Here are the correct size images.

Dan

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Works in progress / Re: 3 PAGE LATHE SCREEN - WIZARD ADDITIONS

« on: November 27, 2010, 02:29:09 PM »

Wes,

A quick image. See attached.

Dan

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Works in progress / Re: 3 PAGE LATHE SCREEN - WIZARD ADDITIONS

« on: November 27, 2010, 01:21:43 PM »

Dan,

Here is what I got so far on the wizard you have requested. I am still finishing up on the code. Let me know what you think.


Wes

Hi Wes,

Looks great! Exactly what I was meaning. Just a minor display note - the workpiece image is not symmetrical about the centre line.

Dan

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Works in progress / Re: 3 PAGE LATHE SCREEN - WIZARD ADDITIONS

« on: November 27, 2010, 11:40:03 AM »

Hi Rich,

Use the simple threading wizard for internal threads all the time. Define the start and end diameters correspondingly and it will do internal or external.

Dan

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Works in progress / Re: Three Page Lathe Screen

« on: November 27, 2010, 01:19:30 AM »

Hi Wes,

OK, so where do I get the latest screen set and wizards from? If you can do the wizard I would be glad to test it.

Since you're working on this, can you please start a topic for suggestions and new wizards development?

Dan

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Works in progress / Re: Three Page Lathe Screen

« on: November 27, 2010, 01:03:50 AM »

Hi Wes, Rich,

Thank you for your work on the lathe wizards. Much appreciated!

Would you please direct me where do I download the additional wizards from and how do I install them? Are they tied to the above particular screen set?


And if I may ask for something (don't know if it's the right place), I would like to have a wizard that does concave OD arc. It is the opposite of the wizard called "OD Arc 3".

Thanks,
Dan

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Complex Turning Wizard..... Possible re-do/upgrade.... anyone?

« on: November 25, 2010, 01:34:31 AM »

Hi Scott,

Sorry to miss this thread. I would be very much interested in adding more useful wizards to lathe. Sorry I don't know what exactly you're talking about... what is the "Complex Turning Wizard" and what is the "Quick Threads" one?

Where do I get them?

Dan

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: AL54b (lathe) project from New Zealand

« on: November 24, 2010, 02:41:00 AM »

The lathe is starting to shape up really nice. I like it a lot!

Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging to work piece

« on: November 23, 2010, 07:02:50 AM »

Hi Rick,

Telling Mach the tool diameter won't help. It is only used for G41/G42 cutter compensation.

You need to define the tool centreline regarding the work piece. If you touch off the work piece and zero the axis, the centreline would be away from the work piece edge by the tool radius. So instead of zeroing it enter in the DRO the cutter radius. Account for the side you're approaching the work piece from to decide if the offset is positive or negative.

Dan

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FAQs / Re: Losing steps or something?

« on: November 22, 2010, 02:21:53 AM »

I got a chance to look at the outputs of the parallel port after untangling the redundant ports and pins situation that the Smoothstepper was warning me about.  The Direction signal is now a steady state.

I would have never guessed this could be causing the problem. Thanks for the update, Don.

Dan