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Hi. I have a series 2 (with series 3 motors) that is about 9 yrs old and a SlantPRO that I believe is SN #0042. I've made all sorts of stuff including a lot of parts for vintage racing cars, startups...

Could also be temperature. Iron expands about 6 millionths per degree per inch. If the column is roughly 17", it doesn't take that much temperature difference to change that column length a couple of...

Dorian also makes a 4 position manual rotating QCTP. But the main thing is as long as you can live with 4 tools and don't have to swap tools - or - you have more tools on the gang plate you're...

Very cool products. Very clever upload mechanism .. is it tones? Welcome.

Just gonna put in my 2cents:
1) I hate o-code. This is linuxCNC attempt at giving gcode 'some' features of a modern-ish language, such as branching, variables, indirection. But it's just a big f'ing...

CoD, that's good to know. I've had this happen twice and found a close enuf part on Mouser. The cause? Putting bare wires into the terminal block. I believe current flow causes oxidation over time,...

That was a nice feature in Mach. There is a workaround I use ( actually have used a lot ):
1) Stop the program
2) Change or install a new tool enter the offset in the tool table - I use a separate...

I don't think it does directly, but linuxcnc will, so basically just reverse Z start and Z end in the gcode. So the Z value just before the G76 will be less than the Z value in the G76 command. I've...

Oh man! it happens. Well, 'bout a year ago I ran a 1/2 cutter right into my two week old Glacern vise...you are not alone by any means!

rdsi, whoa, that's kind of a bad one. It looks like a EMC issue not Path Pilot. What version of Path Pilot are you on?

Smalltimer, you say time is money, at 1500-3500, that's a fair chunk of money. But getting back to the :58 metric. I find this kind of thing somewhat meaningless, somewhat like the 0-60 metric for...

Smalltimer, look, who cares if that part took :58 or 2:58. Basically it's a dirt simple part to create, i.e., no lofting, no projections, no subtle geometry. Thing is, Fusion is backed by Autodesk....

No need ( and not advised ) to disconnect anything. Just reach in there with a finger to make sure the ways and the screws are wet with oil. You get a little wet spot on your glove for each item and...

Glad to hear your 1100 came through it's nap just fine. I use a de-humidifier here in the bay area in California. I'm amazed at how much water gets taken out except on rare very dry days in the...

Ha! yes that G76 code is a bit daunting, but I think the instructions give a good method on getting what you want. I have to update the post processor one of these days to support tapers .. there are...

rdsi, good on you for digging into the python code. I've cut a lot of threads on this lathe, but no tapered threads yet. As far as the initial pass 'gouging', I usually do this:
a) spec my thread at...

You might try the post processor I wrote for this lathe. There are sone instructions, but basically if you're cutting X+ and X- on the same job, you can give the tool a turret number in the Fusion...

I recently got one, it was nominal. You should definitely contact Tormach.

These are ID tools, right? Yeah, I don't think you have a selection option in Conversational. Come to think of this, this would apply to threading as well. A good suggestion for their idea box. In...

I bought a used series II about 4-5 years ago. The machine was a year old; I paid 11K for an 18K package with a bunch of cutters and 200lbs of 7075 thrown in. Rigging / moving costs were about $750....

Sereks, Beautiful! That's it. I put a note up on their 'request a feature' thing on their pathpilot page asking for a 'spring pass' check box. One is really all you need, but because of part...

Good idea .. I'll do that. I was looking at the conversational page ( it's pretty crowded) and if they shifted things just a scosh, they might be able to cram a spring pass check box in there. I...

Sereks, No spring pass UI on conversational I know about, but you can alway bring it up gedit by hitting 'Edit GCode' and add a H1 or H2 to the end of the G76 line ( or block, however you want to say...

If I may slip in one more off topic comment: two things that might effect contour accuracy is cutter dimension and cutter runout. I recently was doing some .875 adaptive slotting in titanium, with a...

Well for what it's worth, I noticed my Scientific Cutting Tools single thread mills are a little undersized, e.g., the ,75 cutter is .746, so that may have an effect on the outcome. I always mike...

+1 on the thread file .. it's a repair, right? 1-1/2-8 would be easy enuf for the SlantPRO. Just take a few more passes, another, what? 10 seconds.

It depends on what you making. A GT27 is a great machine, but it is limited by what you can fit over the saddle. On my SlantPRO, I've been able to make longer 5" diameter parts, which you can't even...

I've had a Dorian QCTP from the get go, and have it pinned to the riser block: it ain't moving. Repeatability, 'floats' in a .0004 diametric window; you'll get a few parts dead on, then the next is...

Hope you got this going. Given the time constraints and number of parts, I'd go with a carbide drill, preferably AlTiN coating. You should be able to bump SFM easily up over 200 (possibly 300-400 )...

Pretty sure you still have to code it by hand, I doubt they you UI for specific M codes or delay values for that matter.