Would it work to use an electronic edge finder to aid in setting tool length and diameter offsets for a lathe? I thought about touching tool 1 to the .2" dia and setting the touch off X 0, then touching the step from the tip to the body dia. and touch off Z 0. Then change each tool and touch the same points and write down the X and Z offsets. On the left hand tools, you could butt a flat piece up againts the edge finders step to get Z 0 from the headstock side. When all done, enter the values in the lathe tool table, set tool 1 for actual cutting radius and Z 0 for the part to be cut.
I don't have an electronic edge finder to try this out but I do have a meter that beeps on continuity. I could isolate (electrical tape on bar stock?) a conductor, connect one meter lead to the isolated work, the other to the tool post (electricity wouldn't need to travel through headstock, bed, and carriage). This shouldn't need to be accurate as long as the repeatability is good, ie as long as the offsets from tool to tool were accurate. Roger Neal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
