lathe tool up

I have lathe model somab 300 and I have to jop to do and I need help to do it
1st I need to inverse the x direction because my tool holder is up to work
2nd I need to set up hand weel

their are a number of ways you can do this , either by reversing or inverting the sense of the input signal to your servo amps if it uses a direction signal
at a hardware level.

or invert the signal in your hal file

not knowing your servo / amplifier connections or hal configurations , it is difficult too be more specific ,

hand wheel if you are using a Quad encoder style can be set up with only a few lines
what interface are you using ?

I think you miss understand me
In gui the tool is cone down screen but my lathe have the tool up so I need to change the view in gui to be cone up and in another way the positive x is down screen but my lathe have positive x is up
And my interface is 5i25 and 7i77

You could try experimenting with the GEOMETRY statement in your ini file.

....
DISPLAY = axis
LATHE = 1
GEOMETRY = -XZ
....


Changing
GEOMETRY = XZ
to
GEOMETRY = -XZ
Should change the direction the cone moves but will probably not change the direction the cone is pointing.
Don't have a machine here to check.

Also take a look here at lathe tool orentation...

www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/lathe/lathe-user.html



Rick G

Thank you but what if I need to inverse cone direction

Have a look at this thread
www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...cktools?limitstart=0

Look here:
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe

Might be what you want.

Chris M

What is the axisrc and wher I can found

.axisrc is a hidden file in your home directory.

You must select 'show hidden files' in the file browser to see it listed.

More then likely, this file will not be present - it's optional.
In that case add it.

move to your home folder (most likely the one with your name) using the file browser.
then click on edit/create document/empty file
rename that file to .axisrc note the leading period (that's what makes it hidden)
now open that file in gedit (text editor)
copy the code to the file.

AXIS is picky about leading spaces so make sure the code looks the same as the wiki example.
save and start AXIS.

Chris M

thank you