Re: Initial success and questions about EMC and lathes.

["Howard Bailey" <bogmstr-at-infomagic.net>]

Kurtis,

Thanks a lot for the link; it has come in very handy and answered several
questions.  I certainly don't mind working around issues, but I just need to
know which issues are already handled and which need workarounds.

Best regards,

Howard Bailey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurtis Martineau" <klmartineau-at-shaw.ca>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:39 AM
Subject: RE: Initial success and questions about EMC and lathes.


>
> Howard,
>
> Here is a link to Thomas Kramer's web site at NIST.  I found this manual
to
> be an excellent description of the EMC interpeter.
> http://www.isd.cme.nist.gov/personnel/kramer/publications.html#RS274NGC3
>
> Kurtis
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: emc-at-nist.gov [emc-at-nist.gov]On Behalf Of Howard Bailey
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:38 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Initial success and questions about EMC and lathes.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have gotten my Sherline lathe to run under EMC (BDI, RTlinux
> > 6.2, etc) and do
> > what I tell it to to a fair extent.  I am pleased so far and plan
> > to add a
> > driven axis to the cross slide for light duty tapping as well as
> > making some
> > quick change tooling blocks to enhance speed and accuracy.  The
> > CNC conversion
> > was done with stepper motors without encoders, Sherline motor
> > mounts, and a
> > stepper motor driver from Brewingtontech.com.
> >
> > >From what I have seen so far, EMC seems to be primarily designed
> > for use with
> > mills.  I set up the axes so the cross slide is X and the bed is
> > Z, as seems
> > standard for lathes.  G18 sets the workplane to X-Z and things
> > work fine.  When
> > I try to use a cutter radius compensation, however, I get the
> > message that it
> > can't be used in planes other than X-Y.  I can swap axes and do a
> > find and
> > replace on my G-code to account for the change easily enough, but
> > will this
> > allow me to use radius comp with my lathe?
> >
> > Does EMC have any provisions for canned roughing and finishing cycles as
> > offered on some lathes using G72, G73, and G74?  If so, could
> > someone refresh
> > my memory with the syntax of these commands?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Howard Bailey
> >
> >
> >
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