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I hear about performance, what about durability/protection? I work in a shop small shop that has grinders next to mills, not to much ventilation. I worry about the dust and oil in the air getting...

I have a Star SR20 Swiss Lathe with Fanuc 31i control, new. I have a flashing messege "PSW" on the screen ,in three places, one between the "MEM *** *** ***" and the clock. The tech that set the...

Fanuc 18Ti for a Star SV32 swiss lathe or
Meldas 500L for a Citizen E32-4 ?

We use G65 on our Star SV Lathes. It looks like this (in Z):

G65P8999A.06B.035C.02R0S-.02Z1.086W.02F.0012D1.5E4.0;

We have this in our posts to output the G65 code with all the right...

Yes, well worth attempting. But again, with limited machine time to test, I was hoping someone else out there has already attempted it. Or at least thought of it. If anyone out there has the time and...

If your turning at .004 to .008 ipr, each tool would take .002 to .004 ipr so you have up to .002" of wear before the "balanced" part would fail. As one edge starts to wear, the other wears as well,...

How many people pinch turn with their roughing tool leading the finisher (in Z)? Does anybody even their tools evened out (in Z) and balance the cutting forces (ie; 180 deg cut per tool, equall chip...

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Works with our older E32's.

Hey Citezen E32/E25 guys,
If #5003 = Z1, what variable would Z2 & Z3 be? I want to put a statement in this sub-program that if #500* (Z3) <>, is anything other than zero, than skip sub-program. I...

Thanks Stevo,
That makes total sense. Variable #1-#33 is the way to go. #500 is just for this example.

Chataman,
You say "#500=#5003(PRESENT Z POS.)". Will I have to input that Z position on the variable page or will it store it automatically? My sub program should look like this.?.

e.g.
T1500...

Mitsubishi E32-4. I'm also doing this with our Star Lathes SV12, SV32, SV32-J with Fanuc 18i-TA.

I'm trying to write a "chip drop" sub program for our lathes. How do I get the controller to remember it's last Z position? Citizen 32J machine. Mitsubishi control.
example;

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T1500
G50X6.3...

I heard over the summer mastercam was coming out with a module for swiss style lathes (ie.Star, Citizen) by the Fall. Is it out yet? Does mx3 work for these lathes? I work with Partmaker now. I sure...

Turning a Pentalobe on a Citizen E-32, anyone ever done it? There is a G code for polygon machining but I'm not sure how to use it. G114.2 is supposed to turn cam shapes but I've never used it. Not...

Amen, brother. I've been using it for about 8 months now and don't like it one bit. The problems I have with Citizen posts isn't as bad as the Star posts, but it still requires major rewriting. I...

Anybody Thread Whirl on their Swiss machine? I have a Star 32 Lathe and want to thread whirl some taps & screws. I have an attachment with the 3 insert cassette, how does that compare with 6 inserts?...

Is there a backplot software that works with Swiss Style programs? ie; multiple programs? Fanuc 18i controller, Star & Citizen Lathes. Will NCPlot do this?

Will M/C work with Star SV's & Citizen Swiss style multi-axis lathes? I heard they are suppose to be coming out with this feature. Has anyone used it on these machines yet. If so, are the posts any...

Need Haas VF3 5-axis post. Anyone willing to share?