Need multiple turret option for gang tools in GSK
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I have a CNCNEW GT-ISL-45 with a GKS 980TDc controller and live radial tools in addition to the gang tools. I need help with a post processor because no post is doing what I need. The generic Fanuc turning will allow me to assign different turrets so that my gang tools are moving in the correct direction along the X axis but wants to assign G81 to drilling cycles that the GSK lathe controller does not support. If I switch to the GSK turning post processor I can get accurate drilling posts but I do not think that it supports multiple turrets so all of my tools approach from X+. I really need to be able to post code that is relatively usable without me having to write peck drilling cycles by hand using G1 G0 or even worse having to remember to reverse all X moves for certain tools. If I miss just one it gets ugly fast. If multiple turrets can be used with the GSK post I do not know what they are. I have tried 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 101, 102, 103 and 104 but each results in the tool approaching from the X+ direction. Is there a way to assign a turret position to a tool with the GSK turning post that I am not aware of to that I can have tools starting in the X- position? This seems to be the fastest solution. I have seen some posts about changing the G81 drilling output on the Fanuc turning post but that results in just a drill and rapid retract. where as the GSK turning somehow creates a peck drilling procedure using G1 and G0 and I like to peck drill the deep holes. I really do not want to post certain tools with different post processors and patch them together after. I do not understand post processor code enough to try and smash them together and I am not sure that is even possible because I would think each controller has different requirements.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Marc