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i installed an oak cnc12 on a Cincinnati vertical lathe. Everything is going well so far.

one question i need help with.

When using "profile" all the roughing cuts run in the path the operator wants them to, but the last roughing cut and the final cuts run in the opposite path, cutting most of the profile on the backside of the tool. I can't find in the manuals or screens how to modify this. Is there someone that can point me in the right direction? thanks

hi, what was used to generate the g code program?
intercon? please post the intercon program (.ICN)
and a fresh report.zip

When you enter the lines and arcs which make up the Profile, you have to enter them in the order in which you want the final cuts to be made.

As Keith suggested, post a current Report, and also copies of the Intercon and CNC programs.

On a lathe control, the Intercon program will have a .LTH extension, and will be in the c:\icn_lath directory.

our converted machine is working well, but we haven't been able to get past this issue. Its an converted cincinatti boring mill which is a vertical lathe. Hes wanting to bore vertically and all of those passes go in the intended direction, but the final passes start at the bottom of the bore and work their way up and out. he would prefer the final passes to cut down and in

i generated a report but i'm not sure how to upload it here.
i also grabbed the operators program, but I'll post what i have.

cnc file

N0009
M00
G50 S100
N0010 T0200
M9
G97 S100.0 M4
G4 P3.0
X8.95 Z0.12 T0202
G71 U0.125 R0.01
G71 P11 Q23 U0.02 W0.005 F0.35
N0011 G1 X8.95 Z-7.2 G99 F0.35
N0012 X9.21 Z-7.2 G98 F0.35
N0013 X9.21 Z-5.2966
G3 X9.2159 Z-5.2895 I0.01
G1 X9.289 Z-5.2529
G3 X9.3031 Z-5.25 I0.0071 K-0.0071
N0014 G1 X11.0 Z-5.25
N0015 X11.0 Z-4.7741
G3 X11.0059 Z-4.7671 I0.01
G1 X11.0341 Z-4.7529
G3 X11.0483 Z-4.75 I0.0071 K-0.0071
N0016 G1 X12.437 Z-4.75
N0017 X13.75 Z-4.625
N0018 X13.75 Z-4.4611
G3 X13.7559 Z-4.4541 I0.01
G1 X13.7841 Z-4.4399
G3 X13.7983 Z-4.437 I0.0071 K-0.0071
N0019 G1 X19.1517 Z-4.437
G2 X19.1659 Z-4.4341 K0.01
G1 X19.6541 Z-4.1899
G2 X19.66 Z-4.1829 I-0.0071 K0.0071
N0020 G1 X19.66 Z-3.312
N0021 X19.75 Z-3.312
N0022 X19.75 Z-0.437
N0023 X21.72 Z-0.437
G28 T0200
G50 S200
N0024 T0100
M9
G97 S100.0 M4
G4 P3.0
G0 X8.95 Z0.12 T0101
G70 P11 Q23 U0.01 W0.005 G99 F0.35
N0025
N0026 G30 T0100
M5
M9
G40


thanks, i'll post the report as soon as i figure it out, and i will also try and get the intercon file

this should be the report

i believe this is the intercon files

should be the cnc files. I'm not much of a programmer, I'm the mechanic who did the conversion.

our machine

When you enter the lines and arcs which make up the Profile, you have to enter them in the order in which you want the finish pass to be made.

All the moves inside the profile -- from block 11 to block 23 -- should be entered in the opposite order.

Starting from the clearance point (profile start), do a linear to X21.72; then a linear to Z-0.437; and so on, clockwise around the finish profile, until you get to X8.95 Z-7.2.

Thanks for replying , I'll share this with the operator and see how it works out.