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Offline DaOne

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Drill Wizard for Turn
« on: November 17, 2010, 05:58:55 AM »
I do quite a bit of quick one off stuff on the lathe that wizards work great for. Drilling stock is one of them. Since there was no wizard that I was aware of I decided to create one so I didn't have to use MDI or create a program. I have a quick change tool post so I can hold drills with that so I can drill using the z axis for advanced things such as peck drilling, chip break or feed in/ out (reamer). Its not quite finished yet but hopefully soon. Here is a screen shot...

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 11:30:00 AM »
Nice, I'm sure many of the folks here could use that.

Thanks for posting-
Dave
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Offline RICH

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 12:16:29 PM »
Looks good and please post when your done.
See attached link for lathe driling macros

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,15205.msg101682.html#msg101682

RICH

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2010, 04:40:57 AM »
Here you guys go...

Please use with caution!

If you find bugs please report them here.

Know issues...
Chip break doesn't work with Mach 3 due to unsupported G74 Cycle. I might do it long hand if I get time. If you have a better way. Please let me know.

Wes

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2010, 04:56:42 AM »
Looks like G85 (Feed In/ Feed Out) don't work as well. Looks like I will have to do that one long hand as well. :(

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2010, 03:21:24 PM »
Everything should be working other than the chip break cycle. Please use this version as a few bugs were corrected with clearance.

If you download it please let me know if you find any issues or see a need for something added.

Thanks,
Wes

Offline RICH

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2010, 06:06:04 PM »
I'll give the thread some time and if all works well I will put the files in the download section
Mach Tool Box.
Thanks,
RICH
« Last Edit: November 18, 2010, 06:08:41 PM by RICH »

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2010, 08:52:15 PM »
I'll give the thread some time and if all works well I will put the files in the download section
Mach Tool Box.
Thanks,
RICH

Still needs the chip break working. Since Mach doesn't support it. The only way i know to do it is long hand. Feed, dwell, feed.... rapid out.

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2010, 08:54:56 AM »
Ok Rich... This one should be ready to go. Unfortunately I wont be able to test in on my lathe for a few days. Hoping some of you guys can give it a workout for me. Everything should be working correctly however use with caution until its fully tested.

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Re: Drill Wizard for Turn
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2010, 05:01:48 PM »
Wes,
If I  get some free time this weekend I'll try it out and give you feed back.
Hopefully there will some others folks who will try it.

RICH