Creating Lathe Stock

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Esprit Toolbar- Common Machining & Setup

To create lathe stock, start by clicking the “Common Machining” button, and then “Set up” button.  

** Note- be sure you have the “solid turn” button, second from the left, selected.  

The SolidTurn Machine Setup window will appear.

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Click the “Stock Type” drop down menu to select from Bar, Tube, or Casting.    

To use a casting as stock, you must first create a feature, and then select it on this menu.  

In this example we will use Bar.  My bar is 5” Diameter, with a 6” length.  

*Note the “Start Position Z” has .125, this is to allow material for facing off.  Esprit CAM Tutorial- Creating & Setting Up Lathe Stock 3 

The Assembly tab is where you can change settings for the Turret, Spindle/Chuck, and Tailstock. 

Here I have changed the Home Position of the Index Turret-1 to 15.00 X and 20.000 Z.

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Here I have changed the Home Position under MainSpindle-1, to -6.000 in Z.  This is to correctly position the chuck so that it hold the bar stock properly in simulation.

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Click on Geometry to change the chuck/ spindle sizes.  


Now click on Simulation, and check to make sure everything looks right. 
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