Pimping the mini-lathe

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6 years 2 weeks ago #185711 by my1987toyota
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looks like I am going to be binge watching this whole series and taking notes for my upcoming G0602 build .

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6 years 2 weeks ago #185822 by RotarySMP
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I have some fitted soft jaw copper shims like that for my four jaw, but didn't have any for the three jaw.

looks like I am going to be binge watching this whole series and taking notes for my upcoming G0602 build .

I am sure that the G0602 is significantly more rigid than the mini lathe.
Mark

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6 years 2 weeks ago #185828 by andypugh
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RotarySMP wrote: Just playing around, what is the syntax to use natural constants like Pi or "e" in gcode?

Code:
#<103>=[pi/e]


Sadly, I think it is
Code:
#103 = 1.155727349790922

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6 years 2 weeks ago #185837 by RotarySMP
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Yep, at least I learned you can do named variables.
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;Weird thread ;Why? Because a CNC lathe can! ;Tapered 3 start RH thread 23/57"OD x Pi TPcm, 11/7 Chi long, with a 23/19e taper angle. ;Z0 is end of stock. #<_pi> = 3.14159 #<_e> = 2.71828 #<_chi>= 30.3 #<_starts> = 3 #<_OD> = [23/57*25.4] #<_Z_LeadIn> = [#<_pi>*4] #<_Pitch> = [#<_pi>] #<_ThreadDepth> = [#<_pi> /3 ] #<_ThreadLength> =-[#<_chi>*11/7] #<_TaperAngle> = [23/19*#<_e>] #<_NumThreadPasses> = ROUND[#<_ThreadDepth>/0.1] #<_SmallDia> = [#<_OD> - [SIN[#<_TaperAngle>*2]] *[#<_Z_LeadIn> + ABS[ #<_ThreadLength>]]] #<_DiaChange> = [#<_OD> - #<_SmallDia>] #<_NumCuttingPasses> = ROUND[#<_DiaChange>] #<_stockDia> = 20 #<_stockOff> = [#<_stockDia> - #<_OD> ] #<_NumsizePasses> = ROUND[#<_stockOff>] #<_feedrate> = 150 #<_Speed> = 1000 #1 = 1 ; Index start passes #2 = 1 ; Index threading passes #3 = 1 ; Index cutting passes #4 = 1 ;Index resize O110 sub ;Cut taper O110 while [#3 LE #<_NumCuttingPasses>] G0 Z[#<_Z_LeadIn>] X[#<_SmallDia> + [[#<_NumCuttingPasses> - #3] * [#<_DiaChange> / #<_NumCuttingPasses> ]]] G01 Z[#<_ThreadLength>] X[#<_OD> + [[#<_NumCuttingPasses> - #3] * [#<_DiaChange> / #<_NumCuttingPasses> ]]] F#<_Feedrate> G0 X[#<_OD> + #<_DiaChange>] #3 = [#3 +1] O110 Endwhile O110 endsub O111 sub ; Cut Thread O100 while [#1 LE #<_starts>] O101 while [#2 LE#<_NumThreadPasses>] G0 Z[#<_Z_LeadIn> + [[#1 - 1] * [#<_Pitch>/#<_starts>]]] X[#<_SmallDia> - [[#2]*[#<_ThreadDepth> / #<_NumThreadPasses> ]]] G33 Z[#<_ThreadLength>] X[#<_OD> - [[#2 - 1] * [#<_ThreadDepth>/ #<_NumThreadPasses> ]]] K#<_Pitch> G0 X[#<_OD> + #<_DiaChange>] #2 = [#2 + 1] O101 endwhile M5 G4 P2 M3 G4 P2 #2 =1 #1 = [#1 +1] #<_SmallDia> = [#<_SmallDia> - [SIN[#<_TaperAngle>]*[#1 -1] * [#<_Pitch>/#<_starts>]]] O100 EndWhile O111 endsub O120 Sub ; resize stock O121 while [ #4 LE #<_NumsizePasses>] M3 G0 X [#<_stockDia> +1] G0 Z1 G01 X [#<_stockDia> - [#<_stockOff> / #<_NumsizePasses> * #4] ] F #<_feedrate> g01 Z [#<_ThreadLength>] #4 = [#4+1] O121 endwhile O120 endsub ;Main G18 G21 G40 G49 G54 G80 G94 G90 G7 F#<_Feedrate> S#<_Speed> M3 G4 P2 O120 call O110 call M5 G4 P2 M3 O111 call M9 M5 M2

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6 years 2 weeks ago #186135 by my1987toyota
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RotarySMP wrote: I have some fitted soft jaw copper shims like that for my four jaw, but didn't have any for the three jaw.

looks like I am going to be binge watching this whole series and taking notes for my upcoming G0602 build .

I am sure that the G0602 is significantly more rigid than the mini lathe.
Mark


true.
I know it's still a little early but how is the computer working out for your mini lathe build ? would you recommend it?

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6 years 2 weeks ago #186295 by RotarySMP
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It was a pita to set up (but that was probably just personal incompetence). It boots pretty slowly. It runs fine with the Mesa 7i97, I have not had any stablity issues with it. Its internal WiFi widget was automatic configured by Mint, so that was nice benefit, as I could easily häng it on my WiFi network.
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6 years 2 weeks ago #186332 by my1987toyota
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If you don't mind RotarySMP I have another question for you . How do you like the omron rotary encoder
would you recommend using it?

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6 years 2 weeks ago #186344 by RotarySMP
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It was easy to hook up and works flawlessly so far.

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6 years 6 days ago #187185 by RotarySMP
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I just uploaded E33...


Enjoy
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5 years 11 months ago #187998 by RotarySMP
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I just uploaded the next episode, covering the CNC control panel...


Enjoy,
Mark

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