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Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:48 am
by Maniacal machine
Hi I just purchased the kit as well as mill and lathe pro but I’ve also been just recently told that I may have to rewire the axis each time I want to switch between mill and lathe. The gentleman that suggested it however was using the quill as the lathe chuck and feeding tools up while mine will behave more like a conventional mill at one end and lathe at the other but use the same slide and saddle. Here’s a pic.
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:30 am
by martyscncgarage
That will be some project.
Off the top of my head. Load both CNC12 Mill and Lathe
X is common to both mill and lathe on your machine.
Z must be axis 1 on lathe and X axis 2
My first thought would be to
Setup lathe conventionally
Setup your "mill" with CNC12 Mill:
Axis 4 will be Z
Axis 2 will be X
Axis 1 will be Y
Homing the machine Should be doable by assignment
Z lathe will be Y Mill
X lathe and mill the same
Z mill will have its own input
Just spit balling ideas....
Will be interesting if you pursue this. Lots of work.....
Marty
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:55 am
by swissi
martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:30 am
Setup your "mill" with CNC12 Mill:
Axis 4 will be Z
Axis 2 will be X
Axis 1 will be Y
Just one warning. With an axis assignment like this, the CNC12 Mill built in probing cycles won't work as they are hardcoded for Axis 1=X, Axis 2=Y and Axis 3=Z.
You would need the
ProbeApp to do the Mill Probing Cycles as the ProbeApp cycles work with any Axis # to Axis Letter assignment.
-swissi
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 12:53 pm
by Maniacal machine
martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:30 am
That will be some project.
Off the top of my head. Load both CNC12 Mill and Lathe
X is common to both mill and lathe on your machine.
Z must be axis 1 on lathe and X axis 2
My first thought would be to
Setup lathe conventionally
Setup your "mill" with CNC12 Mill:
Axis 4 will be Z
Axis 2 will be X
Axis 1 will be Y
Homing the machine Should be doable by assignment
Z lathe will be Y Mill
X lathe and mill the same
Z mill will have its own input
Just spit balling ideas....
Will be interesting if you pursue this. Lots of work.....
Marty
Been lots of work already, have one ball screw installed, 2 to go. I’m keeping all manual functions as well so the hard part I think will be making the cabinet switch between two sets of controls but I’ll figure it out. I’ll take your advice on the axis configuration as well, thanks.
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:10 pm
by martyscncgarage
As I suggested. You should load CNC12 LATHE AND CNC12 Mill I would try and configure each as I suggested previously.
If you had a wireless MPG that could allow you manual control.....
Good luck on the project
Marty
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 11:39 pm
by Maniacal machine
martyscncgarage wrote: ↑Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:10 pm
As I suggested. You should load CNC12 LATHE AND CNC12 Mill I would try and configure each as I suggested previously.
If you had a wireless MPG that could allow you manual control.....
Good luck on the project
Marty
I’ll have full manual control, two Cross slides, the original which will be locked down for cnc while the mill slide moves. The z ball screw will uncouple from the saddle and be on the back side so I don’t lose the original Lead or feeds. Because my milling slide base is on the back side to allow me to still mount the compound, I do most of my turning in reverse. Figured this is another good reason to put the ball screw on the back side.
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:11 am
by hebs
I used 12 relays (Step, dir & en for each drive) all triggered by a single acorn output to swap the axis drives around and forced the acorn output do be different in lathe to that in mill. Each time time I load the software (lathe or mill) it sets the relays for me and ensures that the drives are connected to the correct outputs on the acorn board.
Re: Mill and lathe, one machine!
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:30 pm
by pbutterworth
How did you go about wiring this? I believe this is the solution to the exact issue I'm having with my lathe+ mill