
06-09-2008, 05:25 PM
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| | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA
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GibbsCam and Grooving-Lathe Module | | First time user of the Lathe Module for Gibbs. Although I am familiar with Gibbs and their Milling software, I'm having a little trouble applying a cut on their lathe side of things.
Basically what I'm trying to produce is a face groove, ideally with a top notch style insert. I will be pushing the insert sideways towards center and cutting some minor chamfers at both the entry and exit. I've drawn out the geometry and try to produce a "contour" out of the Machining Pallet. I have selected the center of cutter at the time the "start/end" markers step. I have offset the geometry by half the insert width and it's still not yielding what I'm expecting.
Anyone ever encounter this? Am I unaware of a super secret handshake thing Gibbs does or am I pulling a bone head here?
Thanks in advance. |