Lathe Newbie with Turning Questions

[CNCbyTME]

Hello All,

I recently added a 4th axis to my mill. My mill is homemade, runs Mach3, but is spot on precise. I finally figured out how use the 4th axis as a lathe chuck and created a lathe tool holder on my (what was my z axis but is my x axis in this case) and it works great.

I turned the part I have attached and it looks perfect, but it was supposed to turn it down to 3/4" with a taper and it's turned it to 1/2" with that taper.

Also, if I start the tool at 0/0 on the front of the piece, the X Axis moves up to twice the height. So I need to start the tool at "Y-0" and at the bottom of the piece for it to work correctly when it runs.

I'm happy to spend hours and hours figuring stuff out, but this may be a simple "brain fart" that you folks can help me with.

[CNCbyTME]

I finally did find the solution here, though I can't tag the actual person who first posted the solution.

In the post processor I found and changed:

var xFormat = createFormat({decimals:(unit == MM ? 3 : 4), forceDecimal:true, scale:2}); // diameter mode

to

var xFormat = createFormat({decimals:(unit == MM ? 3 : 4), forceDecimal:true, scale:1}); // radius mode

and that solved my problem.