LATHE GCODE

[EvanZ]

Could someone loan me a Gcode for turning. I want something I can load into Mach3 Turn just to play with it a bit. I'm not going to actually cut. I just wanted to play with the software before the lathe is done. Thanks Evan

[compuslave]

You mean just quick program?

If your stuff will read standard Fanuc I'll give you one.

G00 X2.1 Z0 M8
G01 X-.032 F.008
G00 X2.1 Z.1
G71 P1 Q2 D.1 F.014 U.02 W.002
N1
G00 X.94 Z.1
G01 Z0 G42 F.008
X1.0 Z-.03 F.003
Z-2.0 F.008
X1.94
X2.1 Z-2.08 F.003
G40
N2
G70 P1 Q2
G00 X2.1 Z.1 M9
X20. Z20.
M30

Enjoy.

[jhowelb]

Run Mach# Turn and use the wizards on the screen. There is all the gcode you could want.
O.D., I.D., convex, concave, grooves or threads!!!

[adamant]

Actually I'd like a good simulator to check programs as well. I left a shop that had graphics for all their machines so I could check the programs before the run and ended up in a shop that has no graphics for the machines.

I had a G2 and G3 misplaced and made a bad part. I could have avioded this if I had graphics or a simulator of some sort.

[compuslave]

Seems like a backwards G02/G03 would throw an alarm since your endpoints would be off by at least the radius amount. Look at predator's software. Just google 'Predator editor'

[Andre' B]

In some canned cycles you will get an error for nonmonotonic direction on an axis but for a simple tool path swapping G2 and G3 you just go the other direction around the circle.