A Custom Macro For Thread Milling
As you know, custom macro is a very powerful programming feature that allows you to include computer programming-like commands in a...
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Mike Lynch
- 6 min
Setting Up User Defined G and M codes
Parameters control countless things about the way your CNC machine tools behave. In each Parameter preference segment, we will expose...
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Mike Lynch
- 7 min
Outputting Fixture Offset Settings
Two special commands are used in custom macro B to send data out through the communications port (RS-232c port). One called BPRNT allows...
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Mike Lynch
- 3 min
Another way to get arguments into a custom macro
For part family applications, one way to provide arguments (input variables) for the custom macro is to list them right at the beginning...
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Mike Lynch
- 3 min
Special calculation programs
As you know, with custom macro B you have a computer programming language built right into your CNC control. And along with many CNC...
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Mike Lynch
- 3 min
Single-Stepping Through Calculation And Logic Commands
The function of Single Block, of course, is to allow a setup person or operator to step through a program command-by-command. If the...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
Bar puller macro with bar replacing alarm included
Submitted by: Manuel Martinez of Horst Engineering & Mfg This is a custom Macro I created for our operators to load a bar into the...
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Mike Lynch
- 9 min
Eliminating calculations for offset entries
Almost every offset entry your operators make requires some kind of calculation to be done before an offset adjustment can be made. Say,...
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Mike Lynch
- 1 min
Protecting #500 series permanent common variables
Many applications for custom macro B require the use of permanent common variables. These variables range in the #500 series and, of...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
The SETVN command
In custom macro B, SETVN stands for Set Variable Name. It allows you to place a short message – up to eight characters long – next to...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
A face milling custom macro
Suggested by Glenn J. Doutrich Sr. of Inside Development Systems, Inc. I’ve had several requests recently for this custom macro – so,...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
Creating user defined M codes
Custom macro B allows you to create your own G and M codes. That is, when a G or M code having the number you create is commanded, the...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
Making machines compatible with M codes
As pointed out in the G code primer of this issue, machine tool builders vary when it comes to M code numbering. If you have similar...
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Mike Lynch
- 5 min
Getting data into custom macros
One of the major benefits of custom macro B, especially with part family and user created canned cycle applications, is the ability to...
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Mike Lynch
- 2 min
A custom macro A program to safely check and position a cutoff tool
by George Bahn About 10 years ago we purchased a couple of Tsugami’s SX20 sliding-headstock machines. These machines require 2 programs...
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Mike Lynch
- 1 min
Making user defined G codes modal
As you probably know, is possible to create user defined G codes with custom macro B. That is, you can cause the machine to execute a...
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Mike Lynch
- 4 min
Six steps for creating a loop
One of the most powerful features of custom macro B is looping. With just a few commands, a loop can generate hundreds, even thousands of...
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Mike Lynch
- 4 min
Rounding or truncating to a specific number of decimal places
Suggested by Keith Recker of GMT Corporation There are times when a custom macro programmer needs to round a calculated value to a given...
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Mike Lynch
- 1 min
Limiting wear offset amount
Submitted by Suhas L. More of Macro CNC Solutions If an operator makes a mistake with an offset entry, the results can be disastrous....
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Mike Lynch
- 5 min
Three-point arc center macro
By Brian Glick of Vermeer Corporation This is a macro I wrote to be able to find the center of an arc from three points. This gives...
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