Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC

> Just an idea, but what would you folks think of a little black box
> that would take encoder input from the spindle and output step pulses
> for the lathe feed accordingly? The target would be those little
> hobby lathes with no or limited change gears. Call it "Virtual
> Change Gears"
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> I'm thinking a PICmicro, LCD display, and a user input knob or
> buttons. The spindle encoder could be single channel. The rest is
> software. Dial in your feed/rev and hit start, away you go threading
> with no change gears. Optionally, enter the length of the feed,
> return to zero and start in the same place for the next cut.
> Mechanically disengage the stepper for normal work or use a servo and
> turn it off. Yeah, you could do more, but then you're back to a PC
> w/ cnc software.
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> Tom Scarince
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