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    CNC Lathe Live Tool control

    Folks,

    WOuld the One CNC Lathe prduct be able to do live tooling moves for me?

    We also do have XR2 Mill Pro.


    Were thinking of getting a lathe.

    Thanks,

    AKFALAR


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    IMO, not really.

    Now I've not had anything to do with this in my machine shop experience, but I think that a few users have used 4th axis module with their Mill software to create 4th axis lathe toolpaths, since the lathe spindle is just an indexer under these circumstances. However, this would involve making a seperate program in Mill Professional and merging code in the editor with the rest of your lathe program.
    First you get good, then you get fast. Then grouchiness sets in.

    (Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)


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