RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] machine setup for rotary table

Hi Peter,

I have the Sherline rotary table working just fine with TurboCNC. I am not
using Gecko's but that should not make any difference. If you are set up to
half step the motor then one revolution of the table is 28800 steps (400
steps per rev * 72 = 28800) so you want to configure the axis that has the
rotary table to be 80 steps per degree. In TurboCNC that is set to .0125
per unit for the rotary table axis.

Your gcode command of G01 X180 f50 would move at the rate of 50 degrees per
minute so it would take 3.6 minutes to rotate the table 180 degrees.

John Guenther
Sterling, Virginia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cncuni2002 [mailto:cncuni2002@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 19:30
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> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] machine setup for rotary table
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> Hi,
>
> Is anyone out there using the Sherline rotary table? I have tried to
> run the table with turbocnc and g201 and not very sure how to
> configure the machine setup. I notice the motor only ticking along
> very very slowly with the command, for example
> G01 X180 f50
>
> Will appreaciate a "ready-made" configuration. Save my brain from a
> lot of headache-causing number crunching.
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
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