How to setup and use Gang Tooling with Acorn Lathe

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suntravel
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How to setup and use Gang Tooling with Acorn Lathe

Post by suntravel »

I have written a small guide about Gang Tooling with Acorn

Hope this is easy to follow for people new with Acorn.

If something is missing pls. let me know.

A Video about Gang Tolling will follow the next days.

Uwe

Edit

I replaced the PDF with a better version.
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Re: How to setup and use Gang Tooling with Acorn Lathe

Post by knastenrad »

this is great.
thank you
looking forward to the video :)
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Re: How to setup and use Gang Tooling with Acorn Lathe

Post by suntravel »

Video:



Added a few lines to the program to use the Cut Off tool as a stop to make a series of bolts fast.

Uwe
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Re: How to setup and use Gang Tooling with Acorn Lathe

Post by cnckeith »

nice work! i copied this thread into this knowledge base forum.
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
Gear we use but don't sell. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html
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