I got a tip from Gene H. on a way to use HALScope to watch the spindle position, and trigger from the spindle stop. It has been a while, so I am not recalling all the details at the moment.
--J. Ray Mitchell Jr. [email protected] “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” THOMAS JEFFERSON On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 5:48 PM John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks > So how did you work out how far it overshoots? > John > > > From: jrmitchellj [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Spiral flute taps for blind holes. > > Spiral point taps for through holes. > > For aluminum, I use uncoated, or bright HSS taps. > > > > I have been doing alot of m2 & 4-40 holes with rigid mounted taps, none > > broken! All blind holes. > > The difficult part is figuring out how far the spindle overshoots > > (rotation) for reversal. On my milling machine, I have it down to half > of > > a rotation overshoot, using the braling on my Yaskawa VFD. > > > > > > --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
