HA HA.. Its not HA HA funny.. All it does is ASK you questions, and you answer them..
Tool number.... Feed, speed, for rough and finish...
And then you tell it a profile. If you have more than a room temperature IQ, its not hard...
Most of the time, I'd have the "helper" swap the jaws and I would bang the program. 90% of the time
I'd have the programming done before they got the first jaw off.
My response is HA HA, you can't figure out Mazatrol... On a
2 axis lathe.
Literally, seriously, and in reality (as in it actually happened, more than once.) Room temp IQ,
no mechanical background.. Programming and RUNNING their own
simple Mazatrol
programs after a few hours of instruction.
Been close to a decade, and I will NEVER EVER EVER again G-code a 2 axis lathe. There is no
point... Mazatrol and done.
For reference... Many moons ago.. when I was a "Snob" and we went to look at a Mazak..
"I want to HAVE CONTROL of all the tool paths"..
"Its not going to be efficient if its conversaional"
"Only a WEAK machinist needs 'conversational' "...
I was an idiot.. I was
WRONG!!!!! Give me some 2 axis mazatrol anyday..
Mazatrol is so Sexy... Its like the thigh highs of the machine tool world.. And
its so EASY!!!!