Hi Reg,

I just had to make a test when I got in this morning. Ran something very similar to your G98 suggestion. Worked perfectly fine, as I think it would on any machine. At least a Fanuc one. I tested it on my OMC.

I think my double position call idea came from a trick I have to use on my non Rigid Tapping OM. I play a game so it doesn't shift into the reduction gears as it normally does for anything under 1200rpm. This makes the response time of the spindle on and off much better, as it's not having to go thru a 4:1 reduction gear set. It's something like I call a tapping cycle with the machine already in the XY position, but no Spindle speed stated. I then give it an S value sort of after the fact. If I don't recall the position it just sits there and does nothing. That or it moves to the next hole before it does anything.

Long story... sorry. Anyway... in a normal world, telling the control to double cycle a hole works just fine. :-)