8055T POST WHICH IS IT G17 or G18

[Anonymous]

Hi, trying to get a FAGOR 8055T lathe post to work. Which is what between G17 or G18 for the lathe? The Fusion360 FAGOR post for turn gives this as a header. I believe it needs to be G17 (Main plane X-Y and longitudinal Z) and not G18. Any thoughts as it gives an error at line N21?

See example attached.

%TEST TURN PROGRAM,MX,
;O001001
N10 G90 G95 G18
N11 G71
N12 G151
N13 G92 S3000
N14 G0 G53 Z20.
;FACE1
N15 T1 D0
N16 G29
N17 G54
N18 M8
N19 G95

N20 G97 S208 M3
N21 G0 X140. Z21.

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[engineguy]

@Anonymous 

What is the error you are getting ???

Basic two axis Lathe runs in XZ configuration as shown in your image, that would be G18.

X moving into the material and Z moving along the material, even in a multi axis Lathe then the G18 for the profile cut in your image looks right to me, going in and out following the profile in the X and moving longtitudinally in the Z axis 🙂 🙂 🙂

Stay Safe

Regards

Rob

[Anonymous]

Hi, thank you. I'm getting an Soft X axis limit error. As my X & Z axis parameters (P5 and P6) are set correct as per the manuals.