EMC2 Lathe and Mcam9 ??

[Concealed45]

Somewhat new to EMC2, just got my EMC2 Mill running proberly and reliable, now switched to lathe and i'm lost again !!

I have a thread in the MasterCam Post processor section, but that section does not seem to have much traffic so I figured I would ask the people working exclusivly with EMC2.

I am trying to get EMC2 lathe running now. I am not real good at reading G-code because I have always used Mcam, so major editing and I get lost.

My real questions are, does anybody have a Mcam9 Post processor that will work for EMC2 lathe they could share ? Or is there a setting I can change in EMC that will make EMC understand "standard" lathe G-code.

Or can anyone help me edit a post processor ? The main issues are tool changes, "U" and "W" locations, and work coordinates Mcam9 calls those all out wrong for EMC. I have been able to edit and get it running, but it takes way too long for me to edit.

Thanks for ANY solutions !

[Concealed45]

45 views and no replies ? Guess I'm not the only one confused !!

[cyclestart]

The combination of lathe/emc/mcam9 probably isn't unique but it must be a small world.
Posting the question on the emc users mailing list might increase your odds a bit.

A few years back someone on posted a pdf along with some examples here on writing mcam9 posts. Maybe a search would find it ? I saved it on one of the hard drives kicking around here if you're desperate enough to go the roll-your-own route. It's time to sort through the stuff on those old drives in any case.

[Concealed45]

LOL, thanks, will do ! That is about the only list I did not ask at. Totally forgot about it.

Merry Christmas !!

[cyclestart]

The files mentioned earlier;
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpo...3&postcount=16

Riveting reading I'm sure

Ubuntu will either have unrar or it's available through synaptic