Re: [Emc-developers] EMC2 cut its first thread tonight.

[Ray H. <re...@up...>]

Looks like a giant leap for the EMC community.  Proof that the
multi-pass threading code is coming along.  Thanks for the pic and the
report.

Rayh


On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 23:05 -0600, Chris Radek wrote:
> Hi all, I got a spindle encoder working on my mini mill, so I now have
> the crappiest sideways CNC lathe ever.  However I was able to cut a
> thread using many very light passes moving in at 29 degrees.  The exit
> and entry cuts were at 45 degrees to Z and lined up beautifully.
> 
> Since I can't use a tailstock and I used a small rod, you can see that
> there was bad vibration in the cut, and I didn't turn it true before
> starting, but nevertheless the multiple passes (dozens of them) lined
> up and made a thread:
> 
> http://timeguy.com/cradek-files/emc/thread.jpg
> 
> Chris