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canyon289 · #1 09-20-2011, 12:41 AM

In Gibbscam how do you select which part of the machine does the center drilling operation? I feel like this should be obvious but I'm missing something

Just for background
My school just bought a TL-1 lathe. I have no experience CNC machining on a lathe so I want to ask before I mess something up.

Thanks in advance.

Excelmachine · #2 09-21-2011, 11:38 AM

The tail stock on a CNC lathe is used for a live center, not for drilling like on a manual lathe. Put your drills on the carriage.

canyon289 · #3 09-21-2011, 12:53 PM

Thank you for the answer. Out of curiosity why is this? Are there any other uses for the tailstock?

I apologize for the basic questions I'm new to machining and it's hard to get answers for specific questions sometimes.

Excelmachine · #4 09-21-2011, 01:23 PM

The tail stocks on CNC lathes are not servo driven but powered via hydraulics so they can't move with a feed rate.

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