andy pugh wrote: > > If you don't have a tool setter, but can measure the tool-length > (maybe even just height-above-table measured with a caliper with a > suitable choice of toolchange position) then the G10 could pull a > measurement out of a textbox in a GladeVCP panel. > If the OP has a way to repeatably install tools, such as end mill holders instead of collets, then he can measure the tools in several ways and put the length offsets in the tool table. Then, the tool length can be set from the tool table when the tool is put in the spindle. See http://pico-systems.com/preset.html for one method of doing this. You can also measure the length of the tool on the machine and calculate the offset to put in the tool table.
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