Re: Lathe threading

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Doug Harrison" <prototype@c...> wrote:

> I just got home from Wisconsin with a Hardinge HNC lathe. The
>seller said
> it came from a university and had less than 50 hours on it. It
>appears to
> have less than 10 hours on it. All the tooling in the turret is
>from the
> original purchase invoice and some have never cut anything. No
>wear marks
> on the toolholder nuts. No stains on the lexan guards. The chip pan
>has no
> scratches in the paint. The controller doesn't even have dust on
>the
> cooling fans blades.
>
> However, the controller is a GE550 - a real dog even if it is like
>new.
>
> Has anyone developed a step/direction lathe control program yet?
>None of
> the software I am aware of has threading capabilities. The one
>possible
> exception is Ahha, but nobody seems to know if their threading
>function
> works.
>

Doug.
Ask this question on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ahha_cnc/
There are quite a few guys on this list running Hardinge HNC lathes
on Ahha with much sucess. Most of these are production guys so it has
to work.

As far as I am aware only Microkinetics and Ahha have a viable
threading function. Art has promised this in Mach1 but he's still
working on it.

John S.