When I first started playing with emc - I was making circuit boards. I was using a rotozip type head (small collet) and for me the easiest solution was to split the program up for each tool. Then I found the gcode.ulp that Chris R and Jeff E wrote. http://git.unpy.net/view/eagle.git
it is quite slick - you need a switch that the tool can touch. It works like this.... You setup your first tool. (set it for your material) This could technically be done with the probe switch also - if you know the distance between the switch and your part. Then when you run the Gcode - it first touches off the first tool to the probe switch. This is your 'reference' length. Now when the program pauses for the next tool - you replace it. The first thing it does is probe the new tool length and offset it compared to your 'reference' tool. sets the correct offset and continues on with the program. It made making circuit boards with multitude mills and drills pretty painless. sam On 9/9/2011 1:01 PM, John Prentice wrote: > Greetings >> There is the Tormach TTS scheme that might be adaptable to a tool >> changer. Maybe >> magnetic rings could hold the holder while transferring it to the spindle. >> > First I declare an interest as I do work for Tormach. > > The current design of TTS geometry allows for a tool changer. > > There is a power drawbar and changer sold for the PCNCs. How easy it would > be to fit top something else I cannot say. > > http://www.tormach.com/document_library/Datasheets/DS32279_ATC.pdf > > John Prentice > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense > Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud > computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT > space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased > reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Why Cloud-Based Security and Archiving Make Sense Osterman Research conducted this study that outlines how and why cloud computing security and archiving is rapidly being adopted across the IT space for its ease of implementation, lower cost, and increased reliability. Learn more. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51425301/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
