Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: lathe control

John,

Thanks for your advice. I was afraid this is what I would find. I will
check with the user to see if the cutter comp issue was resolved.

Tom E.

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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: lathe control


> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tom Eldredge" <harmonyt@r...> wrote:
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > I have been asked to retrofit a Turn-X C super chucker lathe
> with a broken Dynapath 5 control and Getty Servos. The owner says
> that the servo motors have brushes and
> > I think the spindle is manufactured by Getty,driven by a type M350
> 3 ph half wave drive? Sounds like a DC spindle. I am going to go
> have a look at it on Monday to see for myself.
> >
> > I have lately been out doing building remodeling to feed the
> family, so am glad for the opportunity to do another CNC job.
> >
> > The retrofitted lathe must be able to cut threads under CNC
> control. I would like some feed back regarding my best option for a
> CNC control. I have done a retrofit with Ah Ha, but I think that
> customer is not real pleased with the control. I believe he had tool
> compensation problems that were unresolved, and I don't know what
> kind of support Ah Ha has anymore.
> >
> > Does anyone have any general comments regarding retroffiting
> this lathe?
> >
> > Can the EMC be configured to be a good lathe control including
> thread cutting?
> >
> Tom
> As far as I am aware and hopefully someone will correct me if I'm
> wrong at the moment only Ahha and Microkinetics can do spindle
> encoding and therefore threading.
> There are a lot of folk out there using Ahha on lathes in a fully
> commercial enviroment. It may be well worth asking for some advise on
> the tool compensation.
> I don't use or run CNC lathes so can't comment but try aking this
> question on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ahha_cnc
>
> John Stevenson
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