thank you very much you are exactly right thanks for the help

here are my replies to both comments above . Its servo i think. see i am new on a lathe dont know much about it i am a mill guy. how would i tell? I am not using turret because there is not enough room i was thinking if i use the tail stock i can get more stroke and i think it is programmable because i send out a center.

hello i am new at this forum stuff so bear with me. i am running a haas tl 15 lathe and progamming it with mx6. can u or is there a way to drill with the tailstock (b axis i think) ? thanks

i am using x4 and thank you i will see if i can do it or understand it thanks john

i think it is the b axes

haas TL 15 WITH HAAS CONTROL but i want to program with master cam

hello i am new to programming a lathe. so i would like to no how to program the live center into my program how do i do this? any help would be great thanks john

yes that is one thing i was looking for. thank you very much john

hello i no master cam is mainly to make chips but i also want to do sum drafting.can someone please tell me were to go or how can i find help on this topic? for ex. how do i make the grid border or detail windows i want to be able to make prints is this possiable?