On 03/21/2015 01:24 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > Thanks Jon you just confirmed the tool movement for me as > well. It is a bit strange for me to work like this as with > a gantry type mill you move the tool and that has the > reference normally at the bottom left. Now with the mill I > have to think about moving the tool and not the table > although the table is the moving part. It does make sense > though. I just wonder how many tools are going to the > waste bin? Just take it slow, be ready to hit "ESC" or the E-stop button if something doesn't look right.
When starting out, I made a thing with a spring-loaded metal ballpoint pen cartridge in a bar that could be mounted in the spindle. (I thought I had a picture of it, but apparently not.) I attached a level plate to the table and taped printer paper to it. Then, I could run a cutting program and trace the tool centerline. This was really useful when learning how to do G42 type cutter radius offsets. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
