So you'd have to hand edit code every time, whereas the proper post allows you to set where you want those coordinates to come from. You could sort of fake it with the default post except I couldn't get the turret it to go to a specified position at the end of the cycle, instead it always wanted to go to machine 0 in Z, i.e. The default lathe post is for an upper right turret, which is fine, but we have a Haas TL-1 with a traditional lower right tool post, so I had to buy a post so as to get one that truly reflects reality. It's important in the long run that your posts truly output the proper code for your machine. I'm trying to remember since it's been a few months, but I recall feeds and speeds come from the tool I believe, so you want to define a tool library for yourself where the tools are set with around the right default values.
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