Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread tom-emc
> On Jan 17, 2018, at 10:43 AM, Kirk Wallace > wrote: >> > I did a rewrite a while back: >> http://wallacecompany.com/tmp/G76/G76-7b.cc >> >> http://wallacecompany.com/tmp/G76/Screenshot-g76_kw-1a.png >>

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 01/17/2018 03:47 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 17 January 2018 at 01:16, wrote: It seems like the Drive Line is where the tool should come back to on every pass. If it did it would always have clearance (assuming it had clearance to get in the hole in the first place). But that

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 17 January 2018 09:56:39 andy pugh wrote: > On 17 January 2018 at 15:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Does this enco have enough -x room to cut the thread with the tool > > mounted as shown in the youtube video? > > > > If so, this can be done with the g33.1 if the

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 January 2018 at 15:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Does this enco have enough -x room to cut the thread with the tool > mounted as shown in the youtube video? > > If so, this can be done with the g33.1 if the enco can reverse its > spindle fast enough. > > No need for

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 17 January 2018 08:06:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 17 January 2018 02:42:51 Marcus Bowman wrote: > > On 16 Jan 2018, at 23:16, tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: > > > We are tying to cut some internal Acme threads on our lathe. We > > > have an internal Acme 8-pitch single point tool.

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 17 January 2018 02:42:51 Marcus Bowman wrote: > On 16 Jan 2018, at 23:16, tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: > > We are tying to cut some internal Acme threads on our lathe. We > > have an internal Acme 8-pitch single point tool. From the edge of > > the backside of tool to the tip of the

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread andy pugh
On 17 January 2018 at 01:16, wrote: > > It seems like the Drive Line is where the tool should come back to on > every pass. If it did it would always have clearance (assuming it had > clearance to get in the hole in the first place). But that is not what is > happening. From the

Re: [Emc-users] G76 tool path not behaving as expected (bad code or bad expectations?)

2018-01-17 Thread Stuart Stevenson
You could set the parameters of the G76 to cause it to do one pass. That would allow you to change the parameters for every pass until you reach your desired depth. On Jan 17, 2018 1:43 AM, "Marcus Bowman" < marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: On 16 Jan 2018, at 23:16, tom-...@bgp.nu