Well I now have the coolant looking at the tool number and switching on the appropriate solenoid, so one less thing for me to have to remember to do in CAM Next I think I will see if I can get it to choose CW or CWW spindle depending on tool number.

Hood

Just wanted to mention that the USA based Dolphin company is indeed also honoring this deal if anyone is interested.

Dave

Dave,

It's right there on the home page.

http://www.dolphincadcam.com/

http://www.zen188344.zen.co.uk/download/Hobby%20offer%20Nov%202010-4.pdf

I gave in and bought the lathe module and dongle.

Cheers,

Peter

Hi Peter,

Yes, that's the UK page, not the USA 

Thanks though-
Dave

Ha ha how the heck I missed that I dont know, must be getting old
Hood

Well did the first real job from start to finish with code from Dolphin and I must say I am extremely pleased. Now that the post processor has been set up to suit my lathe it spat out the code and never had to make a single edit.
Heres a pic of what I did today

Hood

Nice, what are they? Look a bit like tap handles.

I'm going to end up passing on this software for now.

Happy New Year, my friend-
Dave

They are for some sort of underwater testing gizmo. A transducer and some other electronic gubbins go inside and then  one of these mini subs grabs it by the handles and pushes it against the legs of an oil rig and it can tell whether its flooded or not. The body is 50mm dia and the handles are 16mm dia, so for you old fashioned guys thats 2 inch and 5/8 inch diameters approx

Hood

so for you old fashioned guys thats 2 inch and 5/8 inch diameters approx

Hood

I know how to convert..... 

You would be amazed how many dont and that is not just metric to imperial lots here cant go the other way.

Hood