

Photo of parameters (stuck to the electrical enclosure door) attached.

Rigid tapping - can these things do actual rigid tapping (main spindle, live axial, or live radial) or do they need a floating collet/holder? My couple of attempts with the main spindle resulted in threads being ripped out. does anyone have a 21TB programming manual earlier than 2003-07? If so, would you mind posting some radial drilling/tapping code so I can figure out the syntax? Or even post the manual?Įven better - anyone have a more recent version of WinNC than ? Emco took down the software files from the download section of their site so only the manuals are available now. I've found a set of demonstration programs on the Emco CD, and according to those the radial drilling is G87 and radial rigid tapping is G88.Įxperimenting with G87/88 looks like those are the correct codes, but the demo programs do some odd/crashy movements before starting the drill or tap cycles (rapiding in X to hole bottom before rapiding up and then starting the feed). This is making post processor development a little challenging. ī2002-03 does not have any description of live tool g-codes or programming (other than G7.1 and G12.1), and neither does the original paper manual I got with the lathe.Ĭ2003-07 has live tool programming instructions and examples, but they don't match the WinNC/Fanuc version I have - control throws an 'invalid gcode' alarm when I attempt to use the documented codes (G77/G33 for radial tools) The WinNC version I have on the OEM CD & floppy is. I have programming manual revisions B2002-03 (old) and C2003-07 (latest from Emco site). The problem is trying to figure out the g-codes for live tools. Only has 400ish hours of 'on' time and you could eat off of it - virtually unused tech school lathe. Emco US & Emco Austria have not responded beyond sending a couple of manuals, so I'm hoping somone here might be able to help.Įverything functions on the lathe - all features & hardware appear to be fine. I'm getting a recently purchased 325-II sorted out and am running in to a few programming hurdles.
