Website Notes

A series of notes by Peter Patient on topics of general interest

Note	Target Audience	Subject
1	AlphaCAM users	Configuring AlphaEDIT for serial datacommunication with an Emco Compact 5 CNC Lathe or F1 Mill
2	AlphaCAM users	How to get CNC Code from AlphaCAM intothe Emco Compact 5 CNC Lathe (Mk4) or F1 Mill
3	WELedit and AlphaCAM users and users entering NC code directly on the machine's control panel.	How to verify CNC Code sent to the Emco Compact 5 CNC Lathe (Mk4) or F1 Mill from WELedit or AlphaCAM or entered manually on the machine's control panel
4	WELedit users with Apple Mac Computers	Configuring the computer and serial communication with an Emco Compact 5 CNC Lathe
5	AlphaCAM users, especially Design and Technology teachers in Secondary Education	Learning AlphaCAM with structured course material
6	All WELturn users and CNC machine users	Software for creating NC code
7	Design and Technology Teachers in Secondary Education	Introducing CNC machining to pupils
8	CNC machine tool users/owners	Only Emco?
9	Anyone running WELturn on an elderly PC	The (sometimes very) long wait when the shape of a part is being calculated.
10	Anyone running WELturn on an elderly PC such as a 486/100 withWindows 95	The very first rapid move of the right hand tool to the right sometimes goes stoppy-starty
11	Users of the Emco F1 mill and WELedit	Can I machine an ellipse on this mill?
12	Users of the Emco 5 CNC lathe and WELedit (NB notWELturn)	Loss of code in or lock-up of the original Emco controller for the lathe (NB not lathes with the WELturn upgrade)