I'm writing some gcode programs for my lathe and I have a couple of questions.
I'm doing a basic shoulder, turning along the length of the work piece in the -Z direction to a point, then moving in the +X direction to make the square shoulder. 1) Should I be using one of the exact modes, G61 or G61.1? What's the difference between Exact Path and Exact Stop mode? 2) When the tool reaches the corner, should I dwell to allow the work piece to spin so I can cut at this position around the entire circumference. I assume I do this as a side effect when manually turning because I am so slow. Thanks, Frank ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
