The Drill Wizard is used to drill holes on a lathe using controlled spindle speed, feed rate, dwell, and optional peck drilling.

Parameter Descriptions

Name

This is the name used to describe the wizard.

It is displayed on the F5 – Conversational page.

Tool No

This is the tool number used to drill the hole.

Spindle Spin-Up Delay (ms)

This sets a delay, in milliseconds, after the spindle starts rotating and before drilling begins.

Spindle Direction

This setting determines whether the spindle rotates clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Spindle RPM

This is the spindle speed used while drilling the hole.

Drill Feedrate

This is the feed rate at which the drill advances into the material while cutting.

Bottom Dwell

This is the time, in milliseconds, that the drill pauses at the bottom of the hole at the end of the drilling cycle.

If the dwell time is set to 0, no dwell will occur.

Peck Depth

This is the distance the drill advances into the hole for each peck before retracting slightly to break chips.

The number of pecks is determined by the total hole depth, which is calculated from the difference between Z Start and Z End.

If the peck depth is equal to the total drilling depth, the hole will be drilled in a single continuous move with no pecking.

Z End

This defines the Z-axis end position for drilling.

Z End is a smaller value than Z Start.

The total drilling depth is determined by the difference between Z Start and Z End.

Z Start

This defines the Z-axis starting position for drilling.

Z Start is a larger value than Z End.

Tool Clearance

This defines the starting clearance position from which the drill begins the cutting move.

The clearance distance allows the tool to reach the programmed feed rate before contacting the material and is applied in the Z-axis direction.

Clearance is always a positive value.

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Save

This saves the wizard parameters and returns you to the F5 – Conversational page.

If any parameters are missing or incorrect, MASSO will display and highlight the affected fields.

Cancel

This cancels all changes and returns you to the F5 – Conversational page without saving.

Tab Key Navigation

On MASSO G3, users with an external keyboard can use the Tab key to move through parameters one at a time, reducing the need to use a mouse.