G19 thread mill 8-32

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Stan the machinist

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• Nov 1, 2022

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Hello I'm trying to thread mill 8-32 thread on a Okuma space turn lb3000 in G19 has anyone done it? If so could someone please help me

 

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jhearons

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• Nov 6, 2022

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Does the machine have Y-axis?

 

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Stan the machinist

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jhearons said:

Does the machine have Y-axis?

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Yes

 

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jhearons

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Are you getting an alarm or just looking for guidance on how to program?

 

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Stan the machinist

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Both the alarm is say I cant use X in G19 so I was thinking I couldn't do it because G17, G18, &G19 only use 2 axis not all 3 x,y,& z

 

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Stan the machinist

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Just thinking use G18 and C I maybe able to use that? So X,Z, & C

 

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jhearons said:

Does the machine have Y-axis?

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Yez

 

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Stan the machinist

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Stan the machinist said:

Yez

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Yes

 

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jhearons

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I have had that problem in the past, let me find a program that works.

 

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jhearons said:

I have had that problem in the past, let me find a program that works.

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Greatly appreciated

 

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JonFinn

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If you are thread milling a Z axis hole, then you should be in G17 for X/Y plane. Z axis is irrelevant as your arcs are in the X/Y plane.

 

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Stan the machinist said:

Greatly

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JonFinn said:

If you are thread milling a Z axis hole, then you should be in G17 for X/Y plane. Z axis is irrelevant as your arcs are in the X/Y plane.

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I'm thread milling a x hole using z and y and trying to also use x to thread mill

 

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JonFinn

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• Nov 9, 2022

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Stan the machinist said:

I'm thread milling a x hole using z and y and trying to also use x to thread mill

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So G19 then.

 

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Stan the machinist

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JonFinn said:

So G19 then.

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Yes

 

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Stan the machinist said:

Yes

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That's what I asked in the beginning