Lathe -NJ (In-Person or remote)
September 5, 2023 - September 6, 2023
Duration: 2 Days
Prerequisite: Mill Essentials. (For students that are only programming 2-axis parts just then basic Windows PC skills, fundamental operation & setup knowledge of a CNC lathe and turning tools and working through the following pre-class downloads.)
Pre-class Prep Download:
Description:
Our Instructor will mentor you in creating Mastercam 2-axis lathe toolpaths along with C&Y axis milling toolpaths. Students will learn from instructor lead exercises then work on over 30 different student exercises covering 2D wireframe then importing and manipulating Solid models for tool path creation for facing, drilling and rough & finish turning. Last, students will program several C & Y axis parts with live tooling. For each program created, you will post g-code, back plot and verify.
Details:
Lathe Essentials covers the following topics:
- Mastercam interface navigation basics
- Lathe Planes and Align to Z
- Chaining
- Geometry creation & importing
- Turn Profile Creation
- Common toolpaths- facing, drilling, rough & finish turning
- Tool libraries
- Plane setup
- Dynamic Turning Toolpath
- Prime Turning Toolpaths
- C Axis toolpaths
- Wireframe / 3D Custom Tools