Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 24 July 2016 05:40:53 John Thornton wrote: > Could I have a copy of that jpeg? > > JT I put them, there's two, one for external, one for internal, on my web page John, under "lathe-stf". Help yourself. > On 7/23/2016 9:50 PM, Cecil Thomas wrote: > > Gene, > > Check your in box. > > I

Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-24 Thread John Thornton
Could I have a copy of that jpeg? JT On 7/23/2016 9:50 PM, Cecil Thomas wrote: > Gene, > Check your in box. > I sent you the answer to your question in the form of a jpeg drawing > for both the internal thread and the external thread. > You can't just use the trig for an equilateral triangle bec

Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 23 July 2016 22:50:47 Cecil Thomas wrote: > Gene, > Check your in box. > I sent you the answer to your question in the form of a jpeg drawing > for both the internal thread and the external thread. > You can't just use the trig for an equilateral triangle because real > threads are not

Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-23 Thread Cecil Thomas
Gene, Check your in box. I sent you the answer to your question in the form of a jpeg drawing for both the internal thread and the external thread. You can't just use the trig for an equilateral triangle because real threads are not equilateral triangles but are really trapezoids with flattened

Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 23 July 2016 19:55:16 R.L. Wurdack wrote: > 60 degrees, square root of 3 divided by 2. > I know that angle, yes, but that does not give me the threads height, which is the minimum that I can advance the cutting tooth to achieve a thread of the correct depth from the point of first co

Re: [Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-23 Thread R.L. Wurdack
60 degrees, square root of 3 divided by 2. - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:43 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Math help plz > Greetings all; > > I know the tpi, starting OD, an

[Emc-users] Math help plz

2016-07-23 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I know the tpi, starting OD, and length of the z stroke, the taper angle of 7 degrees, and how many many passes thru the routine that I want to apply the x increment if I'm boring, or the x decrement if I am turning. But there is also the factor of the threads depth, which I beli