Simultaneous 4 axis moves on a lathe

[suntravel]

Maybe I am the first one using 4 axes with a lathe and Acorn....

but well, WMPG on lathe was only working with 3 axes, few days later Centroid made a new version of Acorn 4.80 working with all 4 axes usable on the WMPG. Thats why I feel very good with Centroid, fast and easy problem solving, big respect for this from me.

In this video its quite a senseless use of 4 axis simultaneous, but i think this shows off how cool and easy to use Acorn is.

G2/3 are anyway only circular interpolations of linear moves hard coded in the CNC, but if g-code processing is as fast and smooth like Acorn is, you can do this in g-code also

The manipulation possible of the CNC only with g-code (macros) is in Acorn far ahead over most "big" CNCs like Mitsubishi, Fanuc or Siemens I know from my job.

So long bla bla, here it runs :



Uwe

[Black Forest]

Fantastic......

[Upnorth]

Very Interesting. It's good to see what can be done on a lathe. Is what you doing standard on industrial lathes or are you just thinking up things to try?

[suntravel]

Very Interesting. It's good to see what can be done on a lathe. Is what you doing standard on industrial lathes or are you just thinking up things to try?

This is quite normal for CNC lathes...

Here is a type of lathes I am using in my main job:



Uwe

[Upnorth]

Very impressive. I can't imagine how complicated it is to program one of those things.

[Muzzer]

I reckon there'd still be enough room in my workshop to fit one of those in....

[suntravel]

g-code from the video:

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G28
G99
M53
S1500 M3
T0100
G0 X26.5 z1.5 T0101
G1 Z-12 F0.1
G1 X28.5 Z-13
G0 Z10
G28
G98
M52
M57
T0800
M9
M67
G4 P1
G10 P1055 R1
G0 B0 X-14 C0 Z2 T0808
G1 Z0 F1200
X-13.79 B2.43 C10 Z-0.2 F2000
X-13.16 B4.79 C20 Z-0.4
X-12.12 B7 C30 Z-0.6
X-10.72 B9 C40 Z-0.8
X-9 B10.72 C50 Z-1
X-7 B12.12 C60 Z-1.2
X-4.79 B13.16 C70 Z-1.4
X-2.43 B13.79 C80 Z-1.6
X0  B14 C90 Z-1.8
X2.43 B13.79 C100 Z-2
X4.79 B13.16 C110 Z-2.2
X7 B12.12 C120 Z-2.4
X9 B10.72 C130 Z-2.6
X10.72 B9 C140 Z-2.8
X12.12 B7 C150 Z-3
X13.16 B4.79 C160 Z-3.2
X13.79 B2.43 C170 Z-3.4
X14 B0 C180 Z-3.6
X13.79 B-2.43 C190 Z-3.8
X13.16 B-4.79 C200 Z-4
X12.12 B-7 C210 Z-4.2
X10.72 B-9 C220 Z-4.4
X9 B-10.72 C230 Z-4.6
X7 B-12.12 C240 Z-4.8
X4.79 B-13.16 C250 Z-5
X2.43 B-13.79 C260 Z-5.2
X0 B-14 C270 Z-5.4
X-2.43 B-13.79 C280 Z-5.6
X-4.79 B-13.16 C290 Z-5.8
X-7 B-12.12 C300 Z-6
X-9 B-10.72 C310 Z-6.2
X-10.72 B-9 C320 Z-6.4
X-12.12 B-7 C330 Z-6.6
X-13.16 B-4.79 C340 Z-6.8
X-13.79 B-2.43 C350 Z-7
X-14 B0 C360 Z-7.2
Z2 F1200
G0 C180
M26/C
G1 Z0 F1200
X-13.79 B2.43 C10 Z-0.2 F2000
X-13.16 B4.79 C20 Z-0.4
X-12.12 B7 C30 Z-0.6
X-10.72 B9 C40 Z-0.8
X-9 B10.72 C50 Z-1
X-7 B12.12 C60 Z-1.2
X-4.79 B13.16 C70 Z-1.4
X-2.43 B13.79 C80 Z-1.6
X0  B14 C90 Z-1.8
X2.43 B13.79 C100 Z-2
X4.79 B13.16 C110 Z-2.2
X7 B12.12 C120 Z-2.4
X9 B10.72 C130 Z-2.6
X10.72 B9 C140 Z-2.8
X12.12 B7 C150 Z-3
X13.16 B4.79 C160 Z-3.2
X13.79 B2.43 C170 Z-3.4
X14 B0 C180 Z-3.6
X13.79 B-2.43 C190 Z-3.8
X13.16 B-4.79 C200 Z-4
X12.12 B-7 C210 Z-4.2
X10.72 B-9 C220 Z-4.4
X9 B-10.72 C230 Z-4.6
X7 B-12.12 C240 Z-4.8
X4.79 B-13.16 C250 Z-5
X2.43 B-13.79 C260 Z-5.2
X0 B-14 C270 Z-5.4
X-2.43 B-13.79 C280 Z-5.6
X-4.79 B-13.16 C290 Z-5.8
X-7 B-12.12 C300 Z-6
X-9 B-10.72 C310 Z-6.2
X-10.72 B-9 C320 Z-6.4
X-12.12 B-7 C330 Z-6.6
X-13.16 B-4.79 C340 Z-6.8
X-13.79 B-2.43 C350 Z-7
X-14 B0 C360 Z-7.2
Z2 F600
G0 x15
G1 z-7.2 F1500
G1 C180 F2000
G1 Z2 
M26/C
G0 X-14
G1 Z-2 F1200
X-13.79 B2.43 F600
X-13.16 B4.79 
X-12.12 B7 
X-10.72 B9 
X-9 B10.72 
X-7 B12.12 
X-4.79 B13.16 
X-2.43 B13.79 
X0  B14 
X2.43 B13.79 
X4.79 B13.16 
X7 B12.12 
X9 B10.72 
X10.72 B9 
X12.12 B7 
X13.16 B4.79 
X13.79 B2.43 
X14 B0  
X13.79 B-2.43 
X13.16 B-4.79 
X12.12 B-7 
X10.72 B-9 
X9 B-10.72 
X7 B-12.12 
X4.79 B-13.16 
X2.43 B-13.79 
X0 B-14 
X-2.43 B-13.79 
X-4.79 B-13.16 
X-7 B-12.12 
X-9 B-10.72 
X-10.72 B-9 
X-12.12 B-7 
X-13.16 B-4.79 
X-13.79 B-2.43 
X-14 B0 
Z2 F1200
G10 P1055 R0
M87
M53
G28 T0800
M9

Uwe

[BillB]

Fricken awesome! the music in the video got me all pumped up, LOL OH and the machining to.
I can see why you went with the servo spindle setup. The versatility is endless, your work is so impressive!

Oh and I've been meaning to say i love the tool post on your machine, wish I went with something like that because I ended up locking the post off, no rotation for cutter angle changes.

[Black Forest]

Keith, would you please ban Ewe. He is making us mere mortals feel very inadequate!

[suntravel]

Keith, would you please ban Ewe. He is making us mere mortals feel very inadequate!

Who is Ewe ?

Uwe