[Hennessy]

Hi all, I am in need of some help getting this lathe up and running. It is a lynx 200l with a fanuc 21 I – t controller. I am a mill guy and I am not familiar with this control or running lathes. I have the basics form school but that was 5 years ago and I am kind of rusty.

The first problem I have run in to is setting work offsets. I get all the tools set (it has a tool setter) I face the end of the stock with tool 1, pull out in x and go to set the z offset but this is where I get stuck. The control has a tool measure button but when I highlight the cell for the offset and all I can do is manually enter my current machine z. is there a better way to do this?

My main concerns as far as programming goes are parting off and getting my tool changes far enough away form the chuck. Currently I have the post set to do the tool changes at the home position. As far as parting off goes I have no idea where to start. Any tips or pointers for things to do or to avoid will be appreciated.

Also we only have a few tools so some ideas on what we might want to buy first would also help. (see photos)

Thanks,

Hennessy