NPT Thread Milling

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39655 by dieselpilot
Has anyone modified this macro to use on Linuxcnc?

www.cncci.com/resources/tips/taper%20thread.htm

I'm going to give it a try if I can figure out how subroutine programming works.

Greg

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39673 by Rick G

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39685 by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic NPT Thread Milling
What I do is first create a normal subroutine and test it out then add the code needed to use the subroutine with ngcgui.

linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/o-code.html#sec:subroutines

It looks like a straight forward subroutine once you convert it to the LinuxCNC format... except the GOTO2 line which might take a bit of study to see what it does.

This gives a list of argument words and variables which makes it easier to follow.

www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCGCodeSubprograms.htm

JT

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39687 by BigJohnT
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After converting it to run in LinuxCNC I see that it does not do any arcs so how can it possibly mill a thread?
Code:
;G65 P9000 U0. W0. A.375 R5. E10. Z-.5 V18. F10. o100 sub ;O9000 (PIPE THREADS) (U IS X LOCATION) (W IS Y LOCATION) (A=STARTING RADIUS) (R=NUMBER OF MOVES PER CIRCLE) (Z=DEPTH) (E=NUMBER OF PASSES [thickness / pitch]) (V=THREADS PER INCH) (F=FEED) #<U> = #1 #<W> = #2 #<A> = #3 #<R> = #4 #<E> = #5 #<Z> = #6 #<V> = #7 #<F> = #8 #3=0.0 #10=[360 / #<R>] #109=#10 #110=[1 / #<V>] #111=[0.0625 / #<V>] #3=#<R> G00 X#<U> Y#<W> G01 Z#<Z> F#<F> #19=[#<A> + #<U>] G01 X#19 Y#<W> F#<F> #<Z>=[#<Z> + #110 / #109] #24=[COS[ #3 ] * #<A>] #25=[SIN[ #3 ] * #<A>] #24=[#24 + #<U>] #25=[#25 + #<W>] G01 X#24 Y#25 Z#<Z> F#<F> #3=[#3 + #<R>] #<A>=[#<A> + #111 / #109] o110 if [ #3 LE 360.00000 * #<E> ] #<Z>=[#<Z> + #110 / #109] #24=[COS[ #3 ] * #<A>] #25=[SIN[ #3 ] * #<A>] #24=[#24 + #<U>] #25=[#25 + #<W>] G01 X#24 Y#25 Z#<Z> F#<F> #3=[#3 + #<R>] #<A>=[#<A> + #111 / #109] o110 endif G01 X#<U> Y#<W> F#<F> G00 Z1. M09 ;M99 o100 endsub o100 call [0][0][.375][5][10][-0.5][18][10] M2

JT

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39688 by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic NPT Thread Milling
This might be a start for thread milling

www.lakeshorecarbide.com/pdf/threadmill-1.pdf

www.lakeshorecarbide.com/threadmillprogram2.aspx

This does look like a better example to try and convert.

atyourservice.haascnc.com/faaqs/thread-milling-macros/

JT

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13 years 3 weeks ago #39714 by dieselpilot
Replied by dieselpilot on topic NPT Thread Milling
The trick here is getting a spiral toolpath. Most people writing NPT macros will break the spiral into 90° segments and use radii to approximate. I got something similar to the code above, but it interprets to a straight line. The code is kind of close to the Mach macro.

www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=12240.0;wap2

I'll write one if I have the time.

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