[Emc-users] Lathe mode tool touch off question

2020-05-26 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello to all, I've been playing and turning several pieces so far but I'm curious about what I did today. I have set 3 tools on the turret that are the ones I use more often (5 mm grooving tool and left and right VBMT facing tools). So whenever I turn a new part, I only change the G54 offset for

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe mode tool touch off question

2020-05-27 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 05:12, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > I set the Z offset for the G54 coordinate with the facing tool that was > already set and then I took a skim cut with the new unsetted tool on the > same face (Z0 position for the workpiece) and touch off the Z axis for that > tool with a

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe mode tool touch off question

2020-05-27 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
> > Perhaps it was just a very light skim cut? I doubt it, because that tool position was never used with LCNC on the lathe until yesterday. I reset the tool today and same thing happened. It appears the touch off feature is using the active coordinate system to calculate the difference at some