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Why Does my Lathe Tool Think it's Inside the Work?
« on: July 01, 2016, 08:24:56 PM »
I gave up on my CNC mini-lathe a long while back, and today I am trying to resurrect it. Sorry to say, I have forgotten a lot.

I was trying to do a simple OD arc (like the round end of a broomstick). The code works fine, except for one thing. It thinks it's starting in the center of the broomstick. Not at the end...inside. It tries to back out before it starts cutting, even though it's already at the outside diameter of the work. Obviously, I can't start it in the center of the work.

Why does my tool think it's in the center of the sphere when I start the program?

I will post the code. It's supposed to make a round end 1" in diameter.

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Re: Why Does my Lathe Tool Think it's Inside the Work?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2016, 04:58:35 AM »
Looks fine when I try it here.
If you attach your xml I can load it and possibly find out where your issue is.
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Re: Why Does my Lathe Tool Think it's Inside the Work?
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2016, 11:19:40 AM »
I must have the KFlop set up wrong, or something needs to be adjusted in Mach3. Thanks for the reply. Before I can post anything else, I have to find out what my xml is. That should show you how little I know about what I'm doing!

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Re: Why Does my Lathe Tool Think it's Inside the Work?
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2016, 01:46:08 PM »
the xml is the file that holds all your settings, it will be in the main Mach3 folder and will have the name of the profile you are using followed by a file extension of .xml.
If you did not make a custom profile then it will be Mach3Turn.xml, if you made a custom profile it will have the name of the custom profile followed by .xml.
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Re: Why Does my Lathe Tool Think it's Inside the Work?
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2016, 03:59:30 PM »
Again, thanks.

My error was pretty basic. I didn't tell the tool where it was at the start of the routine, so it tried to move to where it was supposed to be. When I did that, it was happy to start where it was instead of moving through the work to look for a starting point.