Am 12.03.2012 um 02:52 schrieb Steve Blackmore: > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:23:06 -0500, you wrote: > >> I just included it in the Wiki. I was going to do this a while ago ... >> but like other things.. >> >> Here is the link: >> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ManualToolChangeMacro >> >> I included it on the main wiki page - look for "tool change" >> >> I believe this is accurate. Several people have used, or actively use >> this, and I haven't heard of any issues with it. >> I have not used it myself yet. But I could see where it could be very >> useful in certain circumstances. > > It's absolutely necessary if you use tools in a collet where you can't > guarantee the tool length will be the same each time you load it - makes > the tool table useless. > > Other alternative is a separate file per tool which is a very poor > solution. > > Or the smart arse answer given was "build an active tool length sensor > and probe it"...
If you had tried my suggestion instead of opining in armchair mode you would have figured this wasnt "smart arse" but actually a working example, which is trivial to change to touchoff from tool length sensor. -m > related: using a tool length switch with manual toolchange - see the example > in > > configs/sim/remap/manual-toolchange-with-tool-length-switch/ > > you need to run master for this > > - Michael > > Steve Blackmore > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try before you buy = See our experts in action! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
