On Saturday, May 05, 2012 06:34:23 PM andy pugh did opine: > On 5 May 2012 18:06, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > And its long list of options is something that could be readily > > calculated from the thread pitch, clipping off the top and bottom 10% > > of to fit the usual USS and USF thread profile, s > > This would be less useful for those of us who only ever make metric or > Whitworth threads, though. > > However, it would be trivial to create a G-code sub to take only > thread diameter and finish Z and calculate the rest itself. > > I agree, though, that it is non-trivial to figure out which parameters > are in diameter mode and which are radial.
And it appears that I just found that the first cut depth apparently needs to be, oh wait, no - sign in front of it I'll wager. I'll fix that after dinner if I don't get side tracked putting a fuel pump on my tiller. It has some gardens to plow. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Pascal: A programming language named after a man who would turn over in his grave if he knew about it. -- Datamation, January 15, 1984 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
