On Friday 10 April 2020 08:24:11 Robert Ellenberg wrote: > Gene, > > Have you seen Tormach's TTS for R8 spindles? It has some shortcomings > but solves the repeatability problem, and has shorter tool holders > than native R8 : > > http://wiki.makeitlabs.com/training/tormach-pcnc1100-cnc-milling-machi >ne/tool-holding > > It works on any R8 spindles that has a standard depth taper (some > don't, like my old import manual mill). > yes, in fact I have a 10 pack of them but all for ER32 holders. So there goes any usable repeatability because a 10 pack always needs 40 more.
> -Rob > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 12:54 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday 09 April 2020 23:19:11 Ken Strauss wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Reinhard [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2020 11:02 PM > > > > To: EMC developers > > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Toolchange and tlo behaviour > > > > change in 2.8 > > > > > > ...seriously trimmed > > > > > > > So for me, its a wrong behaviour, allow to retain G43 without > > > > the > > > > > > possibility > > > > > > > to change toollength and tooldiameter in GCode. > > > > > > I'm probably missing something in this discussion but doesn't G10 > > > L1 and G10 L10 allow one to change a tool table entry including > > > tool length (actually X,Y,Z offsets so more than just length) and > > > the tool radius plus front angle, back angle and orientation for > > > lathe? > > > > All that is a hangover from our simpler days Ken, and as such should > > remain as it is. > > > > If you want Heidenhawn style, and have the $3k for an ATC spindle, > > add it to your tool change subroutine FILE. There are many of us > > with R8 spindles that are far better off using a touch contact jig > > to set tlo anyway because theres no practical way to measure the tlo > > without doing it in real time after changing the tool when all you > > have is an R8 spindle. Leave it be until someone invents an R8 > > spindle that can be calibrated, once per tool it can hold. That > > hasn't happened, yet. And given the error that an extra crank on the > > drawbolt can give, I'm not holding my breath. For us, the realtime > > measurement and application of tlo is the only practical way to fly. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
