Repeat command on TL-1?

[Haeusser]

How do I repeat a command at a different dimension?

Lets say I am turning a the o.d., its a arc of some sort, and i want to repeat it multiple times, whats the command line?

[Geof]

Do you mean repeat it along the Z axis; like turning a number of ridges or grooves along a shaft. A picture would help, jpg only please.

[CNCRim]

Picture will help us alot, right now we not sure what you want to do exactly...... so no suggest can be done for now.

[Haeusser]

this is a crude demonstration. Z axis is up and down, X is left to right.

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Im just trying to repeat a groove on the z axis, instead of reprograming each groove, is there a repeat command?

[Geof]

Originally Posted by Haeusser this is a crude demonstration. Z axis is up and down, X is left to right. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Im just trying to repeat a groove on the z axis, instead of reprograming each groove, is there a repeat command?

You should be able to do it a few ways.

One is to write the program for the arc in incremental and put it in a subroutine. Then you would call the subroutine as many times as you want with an incremental Z move between each call.

The program would be something like this; I have left a lot of stuff out..

Onnnnn (Name)
;
;
;
G00 W-1. M97 P1000 L5
;
;
G28
M30
N1000
;
;
Arc programmed in incremental
;
;
M99
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Another way would be to set several Work Offsets for each arc and then you would be able to write the arc program in absolute but you would have to enter all the work offsets.

The program would be something like.

O00000 (Name)
;
;
;
G54 M97 P1000
G55 M97 P1000
etc
;
;
g28
M30
N1000
;
;
Arc program in absolute
;
;
M99

To avoid having to enter all the work offsets you could increment the Z value for G54 using the G10 command or you could use G52 and increment the Z between subroutine calls.