ACE323
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2005
- Location
- New Hampshire
Hey all
I'm trying to do some programming for a sliding headstock(swiss) lathe.In a nutshell this is my problem: On a normal lathe Z- is tool heading towards the chuck.On these machines, since the stock is what's moving it's Z+. G2's and G3's also must be reversed.
I'd like to be able to generate a program for the swiss machines without having to go back and swap 'em in the editor.What do I have to do for the code to post properly? Is there something in the job setup I can change?Do I have to edit my post processor?I switched my Cplane to -DZ but program still posts like a conventional lathe.
Please help
Thanks
Ace
I'm trying to do some programming for a sliding headstock(swiss) lathe.In a nutshell this is my problem: On a normal lathe Z- is tool heading towards the chuck.On these machines, since the stock is what's moving it's Z+. G2's and G3's also must be reversed.
I'd like to be able to generate a program for the swiss machines without having to go back and swap 'em in the editor.What do I have to do for the code to post properly? Is there something in the job setup I can change?Do I have to edit my post processor?I switched my Cplane to -DZ but program still posts like a conventional lathe.
Please help
Thanks
Ace
