Is there a lathe forum?

[TK-32™]

Hi guys, is there a lathe forum in these forums? We've just added lathe to our system and I have a ton of questions, well, more like 3 right now. These forums have helped with mill in the past and I hate to ask previously answered questions.

 

1st question: On Mastercam 4 you can make a line with "D" in the horizontal value an it will make at Diameter. Is somethin like that on X2? For example, if I want to make a line for a dia of 1.5 do I make a line Horizontal .75?

 

[Guest]

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is there a lathe forum

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:whistling:

 

nope

 

[ReDEyZZ]

I always select, Planes--then--lathe diameter---then select +D + Z. then you can put in dia...hth

[kazmir44]

go to planes - lathe diameter - +D+Z(WCS)

then you can create horizontal lines with a dia. value.

 

HTH

[kazmir44]

he beat me to it

[TK-32™]

thanks Jarrett. I though i'd never use planes!

Thanks you too too JP

[TK-32™]

I don't get it Woodworking get a forum yet Lathes don't

[chris m]

That's because we lathe guys are thought to be so smart that we can figure it all out on our own....

 

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Have you been kind today?

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nope

[Goldorak]

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That's because we lathe guys are thought to be so smart that we can figure it all out on our own....

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Yep !

[kazmir44]

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That's because we lathe guys are thought to be so smart that we can figure it all out on our own....

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[Guest]

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lathe guys are thought to be so smart that we can figure it all out on our own....

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with all the lathe question around I guess THAT thought is out the window

 

[rdkllkng]

Yup yesterday I coodnut spell programmer. Today I rrrrr wun???????

[Thee Dragracer1951]

Nah...it's that with all the new updates to lathe, we, ever so smart lathe programmers got it all figured out.

Yea...That's it...

[chris m]

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with all the lathe question around I guess THAT thought is out the window

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I am still chillin' like a villain on V9.1SP2; no questions from this kid.

 

If it ain't broke....

[RTcat]

You mean there are other machine tools out there other than a Mill?

This Lathe guy uses search a lot. Found it to be very helpful.

[TK-32™]

Thanks for taking my boss's side guys. He asked me: "What could be different from MasterCam 4 to X2? Removing material doesn't change through the years".

[chris m]

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Removing material doesn't change through the years

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Are you guys still using brazed carbide tools and HSS endmills over there? Give me a f_cking break

[Goldorak]

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Are you guys still using brazed carbide tools and HSS endmills over there? Give me a f_cking break

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+ tape reader

[Bruce Caulley]

What? You blokes need help making round stuff rounder? Puhleeze

 

Bruce

[chris m]

We prefer "cylindrical"

[gms1]

"Rectangular challenged"

 

I was also baptized into all this round stuffs 2 weeks ago with mastercam.... by fire. So many cool things on lathe side I wish we had on mill side.

[chris m]

Stock recognition would be #1 on that list

[rdshear]

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So many cool things on lathe side I wish we had on mill side.

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+1 that...

 

I started working in lathe about a year ago. The boss wanted to start progamming an old retrofitted VTL.

 

I was in awe of lathe when I started using it. Stock recognition was a cool feature. Then I started learning the work arounds to try to get things to work the way I needed them to.

 

I don't want to get into a "Type of comp" debate, but we program with a lot of control comp here. At least in mill. In my limited experience isn't a fun thing trying to use control comp in lathe. It seems to work well in finish passes but not so much in roughing.

 

I would like to see a lathe section on the forum.

[Storkman]

What about the Mill/Turn machines? What category do they fall in?

[Goldorak]

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What about the Mill/Turn machines? What category do they fall in?

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that is a tricky question!