Just checking, because that's how I understood it. Peck tapping does not need to fully retract, (as we understand peck tapping) it's closer related to a G73 than a G83. Full retract might have its uses too. It's just one of at least three ways to get a thread to depth :)
On Sep 5, 2010 8:15 AM, "Stuart Stevenson" <stus...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:46 PM, Daniel Goller <mor...@gmail.com> wrote: > How far does this revers... > G33.1 K.05 Z-.1 > G33.1 K.05 Z-.2 > G33.1 K.05 Z-.3 > Each line is a complete tapping cycle therefore the tap would return to the start position each time. With the spindle a true servo this may be the machine to try the hand wheel tapping. It should be very easy to drive ZC in a coordinated fashion. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev... -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev e... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users