So,
I have been trying to get rigid tapping to work on my PP equipped Torus Pro without much success. I was hoping to get a few tips from those who have got this process to work. 1. The CAM work in Fusion seems pretty straight forward. I watched a couple of videos and me stumbling around in Fusion CAM was essentially correct. I am concerned about the gcode the post processor is generating though. I am using the basic Pathpilot post that comes in Fusion with no changes. I did check and "Use Self Reversing Tapping Head" is set to no. Here is code it generated for tapping a simple 3 hole test part. It just sets the speed and runs the tool in the hole. It does not reverse the spindle on retract.
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(1001)
(T52 D=0.3125 CR=0. - ZMIN=-0.5 - right hand tap)
G90 G54 G64 G50 G17 G40 G80 G94 G91.1 G49
G20 (Inch)
G30
N10(Drill3)
T52 G43 H52 M6
S250 M3 M8
G54
G0 X1.5 Y-0.5
G0 Z0.6
G0 Z0.2
S250
G98 G84 X1.5 Y-0.5 Z-0.5 R0.17 F11.1
X3.
G80
G0 X4.5 Z0.2
S250
G98 G84 X4.5 Y-0.5 Z-0.4 R0.17 F11.1
G80
G0 Z0.6
M5 M9
G30
M30
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2. I believe the necessary changes to recognize the spindle encoder have been made in the novakon.hal, but I am not entirely sure. We've been passing around config files here to get PathPilot working, but I do see the following, which I believe means that the necessary changes are there:
net spindle-index-enable <=> pid.4.index-enable
net spindle-enable => pid.4.enable
net spindle-vel-cmd-rpm => pid.4.command
net spindle-vel-fb-rpm => pid.4.feedback
net spindle-output <= pid.4.output
3. Do any changes need to be made on the BOB for this to function? I haven't changed anything yet from the way the system was delivered, other than installing and connecting the MESA card.
As always, a nudge in the right direction would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason