Threading on a Boxford TCL lathe

I have been pinching code from the wizards in mach 3 which I have a licence for
The Mach 4 Wizards seem better but wont produce code on an unlicenced hobby version.
Needs someone to write an open source set ???

what's wrong with NativeCAM setup for lathe?



github.com/FernV/NativeCAM

Thank you Robert but I I struggling to see the relevance to turning operations .
Maybe I need more guidance from you.

if you change the setting to lathe it will change all the Wizards to turning functions (similar to the mach3 and mach4 wizards

the above clip may help

So how do I get access to nativecam??

bit convoluted, but start by downloading and running this script

forum.linuxcnc.org/nativecam/32891-use-n...eb-package-now#94274

then go through steps 4 to 9 here.

forum.linuxcnc.org/nativecam/39068-nativ...buster-please#182941

then steps 1 and 2

then run steps 10 to the end

then

To use with your own inifile, it must first be edited. From a normal user terminal, change directory to the one that contains your inifile Using the command : ncam -i(inifilename) -c('mill' | 'plasma' | 'lathe') will automatically create a backup and modify your file. It will also prepare the sub-directory with needed files and links. If you use axis and -t option it will be embedded in a tab

from the second section of here....
github.com/FernV/NativeCAM
if you are running Gmoccapy then you have other options for its location as it can be on a tab or as part of the main screen, you just edit your ini file

Thanks for that Robert but please excuse me if I dont go there yet.

I need to get more familiar with the basic functions first and hopefully manage to get a working lathe .
Going back to the start of this thread I was struggling to get a threading canned cycle going. I managed but was not sure how I had done it, which makes it difficult as it now seems to have ceased to work again and of course I dont understand why.

So back to square one .
With the bit of code I put up earlier and the file I zipped and attached why doesn't it go?

Hi folks
Sorry has been a while since I last visited . Other things going on and this is supposed to be a hobby.

I can read my spindle speed in gmocappy and it correlates well with what I read on a mechanical tachometer .
I just dont get the Hal meter thing.
I can only find Hal mater in Axis format. I find spindle speed , click to select it but does not seem to lead anywhere, and then if I then try to go back to my Gmocappy page it wants me to restart so all is lost .

Maybe I am doing it all wrong, but all I am doing is trying to find the functions I have been guided to and failing . As I have said before I am a total newbie to linux. Maybe some more step by step instructions would get me there but I need taking by the hand on this .

It seems clear to me that spindle speed is the issue, but we have a system (as I understand it ) where my program specifies a motor speed and then looks for a spindle speed . My lathe is geared by belts and I have to specify S1100 to get a spindle speed of 250 ish and that 250 figure is pretty accurate .
I have tried changing the "spindle at speed" tolerance in my config but each time I try That I then cannot restart without an error message which might as well have been written in chinese for all the use it is to a newbie .

So the following questions arise !
How does Linuxcnc handle gearing and where do I enter the required settings?
If I need to view Hal meter how do i do it in gmocappy?
What do I need to do in order to get guidance on how to make a pretty basic lathe work for screwcutting? (lets face it I can do most other things in mach 3 )

I am not the sort of guy to be easily beaten but I am rapidly approaching this with Linuxcnc and not really feeling "assisted" here.
Any help is actually appreciated .
Honest