On Friday 03 September 2021 11:29:55 andy pugh wrote: > I have just advised someone on the forum that he needs a 1ppr index to > rigid tap, as his encoder is mounted to the motor, not to the spindle. > > But then I started wondering if this is technically correct. I have a > feeling that single=pass rigid tapping will be fine, but mutli-pass > won't work? > > Has anyone tried this?
I am doing it on the G0704, encoder is on the spindle motor but I do use multipass for threading on 1/4" and bigger taps, so my index IS from the spindle. This does result in some huge scale settings, wnich I switch with a gear shift tally switches but that doesn't seem to bother LinuxCNC. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
