About

This is a foundation class designed to provide what you need to know to safely operate the machine shop’s CNC Lathe.

We’ll cover CNC lathe basics beginning with the details of the machine, understand motion on the Z & X axes in the lathe, various cutting tools, the tool library and diameter & Z-offsets. We’ll also touch on different ways to generate g-code (the language that instructs the CNC machine what to do and where to do it), including the Centroid Interactive Conversation mode for the lathe. Finally, we’ll create some simple g-code, cut some air and if there’s enough time, cut some material.

It is best to have taken one of the manual Lathe classes ( Make a Hammer, Make a Top) before taking this class.

It is recommended that you download the Centroid CNC Lathe manual and peruse it prior to class. The manual can be found here. 

Instructor Bio:
David Hays retired from his IT services company of 25+ years. As a young man, he worked as a machinist while gaining his engineering degrees, and went on in his later years to create his own hobby machine shop that included a DIY CNC mill.

Contact: Peter Moseley metal.lead@bainbridgebarn.org