Thanks, Andy, Kirk, John, and Steve, for the input on lathe taper attachments. It took me a minute to realize what I was looking at but then the light bulb turned on. Obviously, I never made it past the row of entry-level South Bend lathes in my own work, although I was acutely aware of the toolroom lathes in the back.
I'm trying to decide if my mentor of long ago told me to make the trigonometric correction when using an offset tailstock and I subsequently forgot (always a possibility, Lyndon Johnson was president at the time, but I remember other technical details he taught me just fine). He might not have known himself (unlikely given his general level of skill), knew but didn't believe it mattered practically, knew but thought it was too complicated for a punter like me, you name it. Andy's last point about using the new remapping capability is intriguing. It helps me understand better why remapping G-codes might be a *good thing* (and a tip of the hat to Michael for working the issue). Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
