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Thanks, I looked everywhere for that!

Should have searched clearance rather than retraction amount.

Rob.

I am trying to cut a thread in a small hole in a timber shaft.

The thread mill only has a small amount of clearance in the bored hole.

When I produce an Intercon program, the cutter retracts too far and ruins the thread.

If there a way to limit the x axis retraction amount?

I have searched the ...

I am trying to cut a thread in a small hole in a timber shaft.

The thread mill only has a small amount of clearance in the bored hole.

When I produce an Intercon program, the cutter retracts too far and ruins the thread.

If there a way to limit the x axis retraction amount?

I have searched the ...

I have a metal lathe that I converted to Acorn and I use it to build pool cues. I did not change out the motor and I switch on manually, it’s only 1hp.

Yesterday the motor made a strange straining sound and spewed smoke.

I switched it off immediately and let it cool down, then it seemed to work ok ...

Thanks Caleb, that’s what I needed.

Rob

My Acorn powered lathe works perfectly.

However, I have a need to index some holes around a circumference.

By taking the lathe out of gear it is easy to turn the spindle to the correct position.

I can see the encoder count via the PID screen, but this seems to always start from a random number ...

Two ways to do it, with a single encoder or multiple.

Here is a video of how they do it at Bartlein with cnc equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBkrg7JMGdw

So, I guess you could do it with Acorn and a single encoder but you would need specialized software.

Here is a video of the ...

Would not be much help for a button rifling machine, as the hydraulic ram does all the work.

But for a cut rifling setup you could. This is just basically cutting a multi-groove thread inside a tube. The tricky part is indexing the barrel between cuts as these are done with multiple cuts of around ...

Simon, I think you have a typo there, both say Y axis.

I just built a slightly larger lathe and used 8.5Nm on X axis and 4Nm on Y axis. Both are driven by timing belts and have more than enough power. If you maintain the setup in your pics, it will work fine sized like this.

I have some pics here ...

For the SOL CL57Y this shows header instead of DB25.

I see this is using 24V signal.

I had it that way, and was advised to move to DB25.

Which is best?

Rob.