STL IN LATH 2 OPS

[lukestingray]

So I’ve been doing mill work (large mold work mainly) for 8 years now, and I decided to switch to laths (5th axes, live tooling what not) for a little more of a challenge (and O boy!!!) but any way. I don’t understand why mastercam lath seems to be overlooked as far as advancements? I mean the chamfer add on in x6 for facing is a nice touch (even though it only recognizes the material and not the points) but if I have a shaft with details on both sides I can’t save the STL file from side one (op1) and use it for chucking on side two (op2). I have to actually draw the part with the remaining material and flip it. Where in mill you can save your stl and update as new stock dimensions? I know about “flip part” and it don’t work as well as just drawing it. I’ve been noticing a lot of things lacking now that I’m a “lath guy”, in mill it seems there was nothing I couldn’t make, now in lath it seems like I question whether or not it can be done?

[gcode]

I moved this to the main forum.

You should get more action here Welcome to the fourm.

[gcode]

I know about “flip part” and it don’t work as well as just drawing it.

 

Flip part works very well for simple 2 axis lathe work.

I've never tried it in complex mill/turn work

[K2csq7]

+1, exactly what Gcode says,

toolpaths

lathe

misc

stock flip

 

works perfect everytime I have used it.

But I don't do mill turn stuff.

[GoetzInd]

oops wrong thread