Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Using a tapping attachment with a CNC bore cycle

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:46:01 -0800, Fitch R. Williams
<frwillia@...> wrote:

>>But, it is just as easy to make the retract at twice the speed as the
>>plunge. I have a program that writes a tapping cycle in G-code to
>>do it without requiring any canned cycles or special G-codes.
>
>My copy of Dolphin with the manual that tells how to modify the "POST"
>is on its way here. There is a tapping cycle in the Dolphin canned
>routines. At the moment it doesn't have a 2X retract, I'll see if I can
>modify it to have one once I get the manual.

I was told by another Dolphin user that the manual is in fact on my HD,
I looked and it is there. Taking a quick scan of the manual, this has
definite possibilities.

Fitch"studying the manual"Williams