LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

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Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

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chrisb wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:39 am Small steps for the lace, but a big step for FreeCAD!
I wish I had thought of that line. :D
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Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

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Wicked! Well done to Wsk8, beautiful video. Clearly tip-toing through the cut, but who would't.

BE SAFE: LATHES ARE CRUEL MISTRESSES...CNC LATHES ARE UNFORGIVING SHREWS! (more so, in my opinion, than Milling machines, something to do with the spinny spinny things being bigger...)
as the great AvE would say: Engage Safety Squints!

As for you dubstar-04...tip of the hat so far! (I myself am entertaining using FC-Turning with our own machine, but I'll need permission for that, something to do with the pricetag of the beast).
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Thanks Dan, I think it will be a lot simpler if I just wait until until it's available pre-compiled.
Sorry for posting off topic.

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Wow! That's fantastic!

And that is one VERY CLEAN lathe. Did you buy that just for this purpose? :D
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Re: LibLathe - Lathe Path Generation

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I have added a LinuxCNC Lathe post to the Turning Addon.

To use it set the path to the custom posts:
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set the --lathe-mode argument for the post to 'engage lathe mode':
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This will drop all the Y parameters from the gcode and set G18 rather than G17.

Thanks,

Dan
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LibLathe was mentioned in LibreGraphicsWorld
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... ember-2020
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Kunda1 wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:27 pm LibLathe was mentioned in LibreGraphicsWorld
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entr ... ember-2020
Thanks for sharing!
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Hello,

I was wondering if this has been added/implemented? If so, inwhich version?

thanks,

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roncr wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:43 pm Hello,

I was wondering if this has been added/implemented? If so, inwhich version?

thanks,

Ron
Lathe Functionality is currently only available as an addon.

Thanks,

Dan
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