Have
you had any time to look into the tapping code? Even if the rigid tapping did
not get worked out yet support for G84 and G74 for a tapping head or tension and
compression tap head would be great. Right now I am using a Procunier tapping
head and using a G85 and a reaming cycle. This works but the tapping head is
huge and limits the size of part I can tap. To use a tension and compression
tapping head the same canned cycle as G85 would work as a starting point and
then reverse the spindle when the Z depth is reached. Then flip the spindle back
to the original direction once the machine has reached the retract plane.
If
you do not have time to work on this right now, can you tell me what code file/s
handle the processing of the G code canned cycles? Maybe I can give it a whirl.
As
for development of the rigid tapping code, I still have not been able to get my
motor with encoder modified and installed. I am hoping by the first of the year
now.
