rick-b
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2013
- Location
- Queensland
Anyone using the Kipware-T software?
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Anyone using the Kipware-T software?
I tried it several years ago. I couldn't get it to consistently give good code. Even when it did work it always required a fair amount of editing. In the end it was faster to write the code by hand.
I use OneCNC now, which isn't perfect, but it is much more useful than Kipware.
...went back to hand writing code ... once you do a few programs by hand code it gets super simple and fast .... I made up some cheater cards for the most used stuff and can do most programs by hand in under 10 min.
Hand coding a lathe is so easy, once you understand a few basic G-codes.
Rick
Its not clear from your post if you have spent some time learning how to hand code a lathe program? I spent 30 years hand coding 3 and 4 axis mill parts and well I do most parts with Onecnc the last few years I still do finger cam a couple times a week on the mills ,,, Lathe code is super easy after doing mill code for years and yes I was like you and looked for a simple , good and easy to use lathe cam package ,, but even in the $3,500 price range I found nothing that worked vary good or vary easy . I went back to finger cam on the lathe code and well its not my choice to do it by hand it works and is cheap. There is some Haas manuals on Lathe programming put out like 10 years ago that are GREAT... there new manuals are not as good ,, I got copys of the older one off ebay for like 30 bucks and use it a lot ..
Most programming manuals seem to be for milling and then they kinda add a few pages to them and call it a lathe manual also ,,, the "OLD" Haas lathe manual is lathe only.
I love OneCnc on the milling side, though the lathe package left a lot to be desired. With my time / energy / experience with the lathe package, I would not by XR Lathe again.....
Hand coding a lathe is so easy, once you understand a few basic G-codes.
I only purchased the lathe cam package, to help my mill guys be able to program lathes.
Oh well....
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