RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC - Lathe???
Posted by
Tim Goldstein
on 2000-05-26 08:20:04 UTC
I am using EMC on a Shoptask 3 in 1 machine. I use it in both mill and lathe
mode. To use it as a lathe I stick with the mill axis's of X & Y instead of
the traditional lathe set-up of X & Z. I have set-up my CAM program (Vector)
to convert from the lathe type coordinates to the mill type. It works great,
but I don't think you can do hard threading at this point even if you have a
spindle encoder in place.
Tim
[Denver, CO]
mode. To use it as a lathe I stick with the mill axis's of X & Y instead of
the traditional lathe set-up of X & Z. I have set-up my CAM program (Vector)
to convert from the lathe type coordinates to the mill type. It works great,
but I don't think you can do hard threading at this point even if you have a
spindle encoder in place.
Tim
[Denver, CO]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A&K ERWOOD [mailto:a+k@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 4:47 AM
> To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] EMC - Lathe???
>
>
> Just a quick note.
>
> Has EMC been use on lathes???? In particular, THREADING???? I can't
> seem to find any info on this, but I'm sure I've heard mention of it
> some time ago. If it can be done how do you go about setting
> EMC up for
> this type of operation?
>
>
> Andrew Erwood
>