Tapping on FADAL's

[lou]

I was wondering if anyone has a good way using Mastercam to tap on a FADAL? If so, How do you go about it and what codes are important because I am sure you cant have the over rides turned on the control when you are using this.

 

Thanks,

[Karl@CP PISTONS]

Use G84.1 This turns on rigid tapping

you will need to put a Fxxx for spindle speed and

a Q.xxxx which is the pitch.

If you don't have rigid tapping (an option I think) use G84 instead with the same Fxxx and Qxxx

The G code disables the spindle override and the feed override so it does not need to be set to exactly 100%.

Hope this helps

Karl

[lou]

That helps out. Thanks!! Now when I try it in mastercam and post it out. It does not work. I dont think that my post supports the tapping cycle. Does anyone have a post that works???

Thanks again,

[RandyN]

Hi Lou, I see they got you tapping over there now. I'm having to tap a lot at the new job, but we have Haas mills here, so our post wouldn't be any help. Did you try editing the program and replacing G84 with G84.1?

 

Mostly just wanted to say hi from the other side. Good luck with your project.

[lou]

Hey Randy, Good to see you back online. Yeah, They are working on getting rid of the manual mills around here. So, we have to figure out how to do everything on the FADAL's. Talk to you Later,

[gmenzies]

this code works fine on our fadal - I believe it format 2 control

 

 

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O1234(TAP)

G90G80G40G17G0

(DRILL)

(NWDTOOL NAME ".25 inch drill" T12 D.25 L3. A180. F2. CD2. CL1. SD2. C0 )

T12M6( 1/4-20 TAPRH FOR STEEL - TAP)

S500.2M5M90

G84.2

G0G90X0.Y0.E1

H12Z1.M8.1L0.0

G84.1G98X0.Y0.Z-.5R.025F25.S500.2

G80

G0M5M9

G53Z0

X0Y0Z0E0H0

M30

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[Trevor Bailey]

If you are running V8 or V9, have you tried the fadal post right out of the box? I know for a fact that both work from personal experience.