Optimizing G code is a low-cost way to improve CNC efficiency without sacrificing usability and safety. #cnctechtalk

Efficiently programmed ATCs and internalized M codes are two ways to increase CNC efficiency. Photo Credit: Thin

It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe in the machine shop, this scratch-built, heavy-duty lathe gives the lie to the latter argument — almost.

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Enlarging a hole that already has been drilled or cored. Generally, it is an operation of truing the previously drilled hole with a single-point, lathe-type tool. Boring is essentially internal turning, in that usually a single-point cutting tool forms the internal shape. Some tools are availa