On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:53:10 +1100, you wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:14:45AM +0000, Steve Blackmore wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:04:58 +1100, you wrote: >> >> >> >Using programmed moves to and from the manual "tool-change station" >> >seems to be quicker, as well as avoiding loss of position information. >> >> That's normal - you would move to somewhere convenient with enough >> clearance to actually change the tool. > >Then how does a need for jogging during tool change arise? That's the >bit that I don't get.
Jog down until tool touches top of job (Z0) then rezero Z axis. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users