C axis milling cycles. Anyone written any?
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09 Jul 2026 23:17 #347646
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C axis milling cycles. Anyone written any? was created by M4MazakUser
Setting up a c axis with a turret milling spindle, has anyone written any subroutines/cycles to make milling square/hex/oct/triangle shapes.
such a cycle would have to take into account tool radius, distance from zero,width of shape (in respect to tool width).
If not , looks like i have a bit of maths in front of me...
- I wrote a set of cycles 12+ years ago and uploaded them here that were for quick program creation (they calced tool change position etc for multiple tools) after changing jobs over the years etc, I looked it up and it seems that once uploaded the forum had corrupted them, I downloaded the mess and got them to work for the current machine i use. I probably should tidy them up and upload them again!.
such a cycle would have to take into account tool radius, distance from zero,width of shape (in respect to tool width).
If not , looks like i have a bit of maths in front of me...
- I wrote a set of cycles 12+ years ago and uploaded them here that were for quick program creation (they calced tool change position etc for multiple tools) after changing jobs over the years etc, I looked it up and it seems that once uploaded the forum had corrupted them, I downloaded the mess and got them to work for the current machine i use. I probably should tidy them up and upload them again!.
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10 Jul 2026 10:27 #347656
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I've not seen any macros or subroutines ever posted for C-axis milling.
There have been a couple of polar interpolation posts, but nothing I'd call 'universal.'
You might look at this:
forum.linuxcnc.org/show-your-stuff/53476...rical-mapping#308478
Note that Fusion360 appears to have (somewhat recently) added a feature for polar interpolation mode. Rather than using a machine's built-in polar interpolation F360 outputs XC moves directly instead of XY.
I've not tried it yet, but worth a look.
There have been a couple of polar interpolation posts, but nothing I'd call 'universal.'
You might look at this:
forum.linuxcnc.org/show-your-stuff/53476...rical-mapping#308478
Note that Fusion360 appears to have (somewhat recently) added a feature for polar interpolation mode. Rather than using a machine's built-in polar interpolation F360 outputs XC moves directly instead of XY.
I've not tried it yet, but worth a look.
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