Re: Lathe Software.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, wanliker@a... wrote:

> I wrote to Kelly at: www.kellyware.com , and asked him if there was

any

> possibility that his KCAM software would be, or could be modified

for lathe

> operation. I received the following answer, and with his

permission I

> include it here.
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> I hope that some of the list members will outline what it would

take to

> modify a mill program to handle lathe work, or what is needed in a

new

> program.
>
> What features are needed, and how do they differ from mill programs?
> What features are the minimum required, and what luxury features

are needed.

>
>

Bill--

Let me start the ball rolling. A major requirement, in my opinion,
is to be able to synchronize the spindle rotational position with
both the Z-axis and the X-axis in order to permit threading without
the use of change gears. MicroKinetics -
http://www.microkinetics.com - appears to use a controllable variable
speed spindle drive with computer feedback provided by a timing belt
linked to a rotary encoder. A good proportion of a lathe's cost is
in change gearing, whether of the purely manual or QC type.

Art