On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:50:35AM -0500, Ed wrote: > > Does this mean that the tool is entered into the tool table or is it > just to make it easy to zero each tool as it is mounted? Automatic > updates to the tool table would be very nice. Ed.
It actually writes the tool table for you. Here's a procedure you might use: Load new tool with TnM6, place above a workpiece or fixture with an established Z height of zero (or any other known height, but zero for this example) Raise tool slowly until a .5 dowel pin just rolls under it (I use the jog wheel) In Touch Off, select "T" (tool table), enter 0.5 The tool table will be rewritten with the correct Z length to make the DRO show Z 0.5. A new G43 command will be issued so the DRO shows the new tool length in effect. The DRO will now show Z 0.5. For my lathe I use the spinde nose as Z reference. I roll a dowel pin between the tool and nose. To set X, I roll the pin between the tool and a 1" reference bar in a collet, or take a test cut and measure with a 1" micrometer. I find it much easier to tell AXIS "That should be 0.6233 because that's what I just measured - set the tool table accordingly" instead of trying to figure out what to subtract from what to get the number I need for the tool table. (Can you tell I think this feature is the best thing in 2.3?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
