Looking specifically for more help with lathe conversationals. The manual's tutorials don't really explain anything, they're just 'shopping lists', And the one YouTube video is just a basic starter/demo.
Looking for something that goes a little more in-depth, and preferably written with a beginner in mind.
DocsMachine wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 5:42 am
Looking specifically for more help with lathe conversationals. The manual's tutorials don't really explain anything, they're just 'shopping lists', And the one YouTube video is just a basic starter/demo.
Looking for something that goes a little more in-depth, and preferably written with a beginner in mind.
I assume you found the help button while in, Intercon? Shows you a pictoral view of each of the entries to help guide you through?
If there is something specific you need help with, please post.
Marty
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Fair comment Gary but my fellow Brit, Chaz, is right - I believe only Myanmar, the USA, and Liberia are currently non-metric.
That said, the Manuals linked to by Marty have Intercon sections approx 100 pages with Tutorials in INCHES and don't mention plastic so what is the problem with Centroid's Manuals? None that I can see and I got up to speed with Intercon very quickly and had no prior experience with any kind of CNC. I use only inches for machining by the way and happily convert where necessary.
Just my 0.02 (pence or cents!!)
Hope this helps
Nigel
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Nigelo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:32 am
Fair comment Gary but my fellow Brit, Chaz, is right - I believe only Myanmar, the USA, and Liberia are currently non-metric.
That said, the Manuals linked to by Marty have Intercon sections approx 100 pages with Tutorials in INCHES and don't mention plastic so what is the problem with Centroid's Manuals? None that I can see and I got up to speed with Intercon very quickly and had no prior experience with any kind of CNC. I use only inches for machining by the way and happily convert where necessary.
Just my 0.02 (pence or cents!!)
I would drop the dialogue about Imperial vs. Metric. Has no bearing on this topic. To each his own, period.
The manuals have a lot of information, and tutorials on Intercon. One just needs to sit and dig in. I intend to in the not to distance future. I like intercon, most of my parts are simple one off. I'm not going through CAD/CAM for that effort. You can build a pretty good program with Intercon.
Material type is IRRELEVANT! It boils down to tool choice, feeds and speeds. I know many of us are not trained machinists. CNCCOOKBOOK.COM has a nice utility called Gwizard which when setup for your machine, can help you with basic feeds and speeds.
Reminder, for support please follow this post: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=383
We can't "SEE" what you see...
Mesa, AZ
The Centroid manuals are never going to be able to teach someone how to run a lathe. There are many books, videos, community college courses for that. Once you understand the basics of lathe operations; turning, facing, grooving, feeds and speeds for various materials, how to set-up and calibrate cutting tools, the Intercon tutorials will start to make sense.
Cheers,
Tom
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