John, Am 11.01.2014 um 19:57 schrieb John Alexander Stewart <ivatt...@gmail.com>:
> Hi all; > > I've got a large bit of steel milling to do, and am changing tools > mid-stream every 1mm or so of depth. (6mm end mills, 12.7mm depth) > > Is it possible that the "stop program execution" causes loss of position? > > What I'm doing is, when the end mill is close to a point where not much > milling is being done, I: > - stop the program; > - change end mills; > - zero the Z axis based on this end mill; > - edit the program so that the tool will start off where I want it; > - and, go. > > I know that there's probably a better way of pausing program operation to > do a tool change and Z axis touch off, but I can't think that to do at the > moment. > > What do *you* do, to change tools mid-stream? this is exactly what master http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=tree;f=configs/sim/axis/remap/manual-toolchange-with-tool-length-switch;h=07587d5cc91ed661e0face3b73aa4eadc7ef055b;hb=6eadae4c8ef1f5d614d06626b9e05e056d46c8f8 does actually it does a bit more - namely jog to a TLO sensor, measure, set offset and continue give it a try to get the hang of it - Michael > > Confused; > > John. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. > Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For > Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. > Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
