RE: WHAT IS WANTED IN A CONTROLER

I am a FANUC 6T operator on a IKEGAI FX25N LATHE, the lathe is
FAST!. Fred is right, if you think it is going to hit the chuck, most
of the time it is too late, rapid is like grease lighting! As for
what is wanted in a PC based controler,I like to see a pulse
genrator,feed hold, offset list,etc. EMC, I feel comes very close to
the FANUC 6T control program, and as some of you know out there, each
machine has its own set buttons for certain apps. I have a servo
products mini mill, rebuilt the machine with a PC based controler,and
would like to see the same items to my own machine as that is at
work.

Setups without offsets,pulse gen. is a long drawn steps of
returning to the begining fo the program, to see where your errors are
in a home hobby controler,as compaired to the FANUC control, where
you can call blocks, work only on that block in a setup of one tool
at a time,without a CRASH!

DAVID PONTES