For sure,
Lets consider not just a Hybrid Lathe screen, but an "Update" or extension to the current lathe wizards.
The heavy hitters (or at least prolific posters on lathe issues), seem to be:
Rich
Phil
Graham
Hood
(I am sure others but cant think of them off top of head).
I would be more than glad to contribut to the screen build, Wizard(s) build, what ever, and would be glad to incorportate:
a "Hybrid" Threading Wizard, in where, this ONE wizard would have a initial page in where the user could pick, simple or complex threading.
it would then jump him to that page, then the user could make choices from those pages. We could put together "ALL THE BEST" parts of the various
simple and complex threading stuff into the threading Wizard, that might include "Accurate" threading charts as HTML info screens, etc.....
Further, there are several guys like Graham who are walking "Yoda's" of G Code, that could probably submit VB code to do "Smart" Wizards for various operations.
So, if you or others have "Formula's" and/or fancy G code stuff that they would like to happen behind the seens, then submit it.
NOTE:
It would be good if one of the "Admins" could make a temporary thread called "The Lathe Project" with Special account priveleges.... in such anyone could edit a single post, i.e. I put a list of stuff and ideas up, then the next guy could EDIT my post to add more to it....... that way, you would have ONE single post that all who are interested could talk about this, and when all is said and done, then, lets make the screen and wizards........
Purhaps have another sub-thread for "The Screen" where we could put up a lathe screen, then some one else could take it down, and modify it, and repost it back up, in the SAME post, it would be like a community project file........ Same for the "Lathe Wizard Suite".
If this is NOT do-able due to the constraints of this, site, them if someone has some vacant website space or what ever, that we could put that "Link" in a post, then you could goto that site, pull down the current screen, wizards what ever...... work on them (anyone could who wanted to) Some kind of CVS system like Steve Murphy did for the Galil plugin..... as people add stuff, or fix stuff, it tracks the changes......
That way, the burden would not be on ONE or TWO guys....... there are MANY, MANY, MANY talented people on this site, that have made GREAT screens, and Wizards, or G code or Graphics(bit maps)........ etc........ everyone brings something to the table...
scott