Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Posted by
Rose, Gary
on 2001-10-30 05:12:40 UTC
Tom,
It's already been done.
See this:
http://www.emachineshop.com/frog/index.htm
There's no LCD but everything else is basically what you're talking about.
Sorry to burst any balloons.
Gary
It's already been done.
See this:
http://www.emachineshop.com/frog/index.htm
There's no LCD but everything else is basically what you're talking about.
Sorry to burst any balloons.
Gary
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 22:14:56 -0000
> From: thscarince@...
> Subject: Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., ccs@m... wrote:
> <snip>
> > as I think it is a gating issue to being able to design an
> inxepensive
> > home-shop cnc/manual lathe that does not need an expensive set of
> > threading gears.
> <snip>
>
> 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"
>
> 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.
>
> Tom Scarince
>
>
Discussion Thread
Ethan Vos
2001-10-29 09:11:42 UTC
Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 09:25:58 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
Ethan Vos
2001-10-29 09:34:57 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
glee@i...
2001-10-29 09:39:36 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 10:04:45 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
Ethan Vos
2001-10-29 10:09:59 UTC
RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 10:25:04 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
currinh@O...
2001-10-29 11:43:19 UTC
Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 12:11:11 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
currinh@O...
2001-10-29 12:31:53 UTC
Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 13:05:14 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Paul
2001-10-29 13:52:04 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
ccs@m...
2001-10-29 14:08:00 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
thscarince@h...
2001-10-29 14:15:00 UTC
Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Paul
2001-10-29 14:39:16 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Threading on a lathe with EMC
glee@i...
2001-10-29 14:52:48 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Garry & Maxine Foster
2001-10-30 03:55:23 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Rose, Gary
2001-10-30 05:12:40 UTC
Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
thscarince@h...
2001-10-30 05:55:49 UTC
Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC
Garry & Maxine Foster
2001-10-30 06:57:38 UTC
Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Threading on a lathe with EMC