Greetings all,
It's been a while since I visited here, but I was always amazed at the knowledge passed around here...
I'm Navy and was just transferred to supervise our Machine Shop this week. I myself have a very limited amount of non-CNC machining experience, but more than any of the other officers on our ship, so I was their choice.
We have a Colchester MultiTurn 4000 that we recently purchased and in the one year procurement process (go Navy supply system) we have a machine that has sat for over 6 months unable to be used.
I talked to our leading CNC knowledgeable machinist and he said it just needs a few things to be used, one of those being a post.
We use MasterCam 9 for producing parts on our VMC, but have no post for the new lathe. I understand that posts are quite configurable, but can not seem to locate a pre-written one for this lathe. I'm not afraid of getting my hands a little dirty in code and writing a post, but I suppose the question is, what info do I need to have from the lathe to start?
Thanks,
Jim