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CNC turning

Posted by Jack
on 2010-02-02 10:35:12 UTC
Having built a cnc router and retrofiting CNC to a minimill I now want
to retrofit a lathe to cnc.

I can accomplish the mechanical end of the conversion but I have never
worked with a cnc lathe or programming it.

Does anyone know of any good web sites for learning about cnc lathe
operation and programing?

Although I will most likely try to use either Lazycam or Visualmill to
generate toolpaths/G code I want to learn a little about manual
programing . Lazycam seems a bit cryptic and I will have to view the
tutorial intro a few times to see if I can figure it out. If not I
will opt for Visualturn.

I watched one of the Mach3 tutorials but was more confused by it than
when I started.

Any links and/or suggestions on how/where to learn about cnc turning
would be appreciated!

Jack



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Discussion Thread

Jack 2010-02-02 10:35:12 UTC CNC turning Michael Fagan 2010-02-02 10:48:18 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC turning Andy Wander 2010-02-02 11:35:10 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC turning Michael Fagan 2010-02-02 11:45:40 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC turning Roland Jollivet 2010-02-03 10:46:23 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC turning William Thomas 2010-02-03 13:49:47 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC turning