[Praymond1209]

Been using Mach Mill for many years and now building a CNC lathe. I intend on using the Novakon 4 position tool indexer and they provide a Macro to run the turret. Need help understanding how and where the macro is used, in Mach or in the post processor, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Pat

[UniqueMachining]

Pat

Pretty straight forward.
The macro is placed in the Mach3 Turn Macro sub-directory.
Once installed it is simply a matter of calling it from your gcode similar to the mill.
e.g.

Mill
M6 T1......Tool Change Tool # 1

Lathe
T0101.....T01=Tool Post rotates to position 1. 01=Tool offset for tool 01
T0202.....T02=Tool Post rotates to position 2. 02=Tool offset for tool 02
T0303
T0404

T0000 Sometimes required to activate tool post. Usually only once.

You can always contact Novakom by email for further info.

John

[Praymond1209]

Thanks for the info, do you have one of the Novakon NL-150 Lathes? If so it looks like to me it is based on the 9 x 20 lathe, is it?
And if you do have on how do you like it?
Thanks, Pat

[UniqueMachining]

Pat

I have the pre-production Novakon NL-150 lathe. Being the pre-production unit we had some expected issues. Fortunately, they were for the most part solved prior to full production. Overall I am quite pleased with it. The 4 post auto tool changer is undoubtedly my favorite feature.

As far as I know it is not based on the 9 x 20.

A further note on the tool change macro. As it was specifically written for the NL-150, I doubt it would work properly without the associated circuits.

John