Contents - Index


Table of Contents


AlphaCAM
AlphaCAM, AlphaEDIT and Portadisk
AlphaCAM and Internal Tool Paths
AlphaCAM and the Tailstock Centre
AlphaCAM, the Part and the Billet
Alternative Keyboard
An Example of Manually Created NC Code
Arcs: The Rules for Coding Them

Billet Diameter
Billet Length

CAD Software as an Aid to NC Code Preparation
Canned Cycles
Care of a Lathe
Check Internal and Other Tool Paths with WELturn
Clean Down at Manual Tool Change
CNC File Specification
Cutting Wide Grooves

Date of this File
Defining Tools in AlphaCAM
Dimensional Accuracy

EdgeCAM

Face Profiling
Feed Rates
Finishing Cut Directions

G4 Dwell
G78 Threading Cycle
G84 Longitudinal Turning Cycle
G86 Grooving Cycle
G88 Facing Cycle

Inches or Millimetres

Keyboard Protection

Lathe Tools

Machining with WELturn
Manually Prepared Code

New Materials for Machining

Other Lathe Tools

Parting-off Feed Rate and Spindle Speed
PC Keyboards: Possible Problem
Plunge and Parting Tool Widths

Rapid Traverse Rate

Screw Cutting
Set the Tool Offsets
Speeds and Feeds for Turning and Parting with Indexable Tipped Tools
Spindle Speeds - Emco Compact 5 CNC
Spindle Speeds - Emco Compact 5 PC
Surface Finish - Depth of Cut
Surface Finish - Feed Rate

Tool Change Position
Tool Setting Microscope
Tool Tip Radius Compensation

Using the Tailstock