My first part on my grbl CNC lathe [A23-20]

[@TheRecreationalMachinist]

My eyes widened when it went to make that first cut! Brilliant 👍

[@ollysworkshop]

It was a bit of a brown trousers moment 😂

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Olly, That worked well... I really liked the emergency power switch on the CNC lathe - lol Take care. Paul,,

[@ollysworkshop]

Thanks Paul

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

You way braver than I would ever be to operate a lathe by cnc. Kudos to you for your achievements. That knob came out great. Well done. 👏👏👍😀

[@ollysworkshop]

Thanks Andrew. It's certainly gets the heart going as the tool approaches the chuck!

[@MrFactotum]

eyup Olly Looks "Pecking"🤣🤣 marvellous to me. If your not sure what your doing yet Olly, don't know were that put's me in the cnc Pecking order🤣🤣 One year when i have nothing to do i might put my mind on to it!!!🤣🤣👍👍👍👍👍👍 see you next time atb🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅 Kev

[@ollysworkshop]

What you didn't see was how long it took me to get fusion360 to generate the right toolpath. 🤯

[@jonsworkshop]

Well done Olly, great to see the progress. There's probably a joke in there somewhere about knobs and CNC programmers, but I will spare you the anguish 🤣🤣🤣

[@ollysworkshop]

... I could think of a few!

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday, there’s nothing wrong with that knob, great to see the cnc up and running, cheers

[@ollysworkshop]

Thanks Matty

[@ironhead65]

Latheception! Using the lathe to lathe some parts so you can use the lathe to lathe some parts!

[@ironhead65]

Glad to see you got the cnc lathe running!

[@ollysworkshop]

One day I'll actually make something!

[@davidberlanny3308]

Mornin' Olly, Great result, well done!!. And really well done for getting the lathe running on CNC. That first cut looked too deep but I wasnt totally sure with the camera angle. Looks quite a task getting the swarf not to wrap around the work piece. 4 more days to go!! All the best!!

[@ollysworkshop]

The first cut is often the deepest....

[@Rustinox]

It's maybe 5mm short but it works and has a very nice finish :)

[@ollysworkshop]

....I feel like there's a joke in there somewhere!

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

What's that old chestnut, "It's not how long it is, it's how you use it"...

[@MurrayC]

Great video but please use pliers not fingers if you're going to remove the bird's nest whilst the spindle is turning. The plastic's too strong to reliably snap by hand.

[@ollysworkshop]

You are right, I'll station an appropriate tool by the lathe.

[@nomadmika]

Thank you so much for sharing this videos on CNC lathe. May I please ask what software do you use to send the G-code? From your other videos It's clear how to create the toolpath in Fusion but how to send it to grbl controller board?

[@ollysworkshop]

Hi, I use UGS as the gcode sender. I have also used candle, but UGS is less buggy. I think there's a few others, but I haven't used anything else. Hope this helps. Thanks for your comment! 👍

[@nomadmika]

@@ollysworkshop Thank you so much it does help. I am using UGC for my CNC mill but wasn't sure about how to use it on a lathe.

[@ollysworkshop]

@@nomadmika it is basically the same, just with 2 axes instead of 3. Working out the various offsets still gives me a headache. There's probably a good way to do it, but I haven't found it yet. The visualiser in UGS isn't designed for a lathe (unless there's a mode I haven't found). I have to trust what I see in the fusion simulation, then run the gcode. It doesn't always (read that as 'ever') work first time!