Re: Threading

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "motorworksnf"
<motorworksnf@y...> wrote:

> Hi
> I got my lathe Threading today.
> I wrote a small program to test the encoder and make a 4 pass

thread.

> 1" with 20 tpi. After the last pass a message came up saying that

the

> z axis could not keep up. Ran the program several times and each

time

> at the end the same message came up.
> I increased the accel,max speed etc. and there was no difference.
> Tried slowing the spindle down and the same results.
> If you have any ideas please let me know.
> eddie

What machine/controller, etc. What rpm are you trying to run?

Fred Smith - IMService

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