Maybe drill your hole oversize for the first test run so it doesn't have to cut much.
John Figie On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 5:09 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > As I get closer to being able to try power tapping I'm wondering if this > sort of tap is suitable? > https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00F8T55GC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3 > > Or is it garbage that will break in aluminium castings or mild steel on > the first try? > > I'm at the point with encoder feedback that the spindle is at the desired > speed and with > setp spindle-near-speed.difference 0.1 > > and some PID tuning it's up to speed pretty quickly and seems reasonably > stable. > > Running a simple dry run tapping test it appears to behave. I'm tempted > to try it in a piece of soft wood. > > g20 g64 g90 > (Speed and feedrate ) > s100 m3 > F5 > (Tapping) > G0 X1 Y1 z1 > G0 Z0.1 > G33.1 Z-0.5 K0.05 > G0 Z1 > G0 X1.25 Y1.25 > M5 > M2 > % > > > "ELS! Nothing else works as well for your Lathe" > Automation Artisans Inc. > www dot autoartisans dot com > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
