On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:34:48 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there a G code to break the mile long Slinky produced while >turning a part on the lathe; similar to G73 for drilling? Hi Don - you shouldn't be making long ribbons, but with some materials it's hard to avoid. Increase Feed, depth of cut or speed or a combination of those that suit. If your lathe cant handle more depth of cut, just increase feed. Use a chip breaker tool. If it's a home ground tool, grind a groove behind and parallel to the cutting edge. If inserts, read the manufacturers specification and try and cut as recommended. On small lathes it's often impossible to attain suggested feeds and speeds, if that's the case use finishing inserts with a tight chip breaker groove and up the feed rate for roughing. Use a negative rake tool - only problem is they generally need more depth of cut and feed. Sadly, the lack of jog in feed hold doesn't make it easy to remove them! Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users