Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-18 Thread Andy Evans
Gene, have you ever looked into http://www.harveytool.com/ My go-to for those types of cutters. Also, have you considered contouring your outside radius with a ball cutter and small stepovers? Andy Evans Evans Precision Tooling Incorporated On 10/18/2015 1:06 AM,

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/17/2015 09:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > So I went to Shop & Save & got the only re-usable mouse > traps they had, the other choices being sticky pads or > DeCon. Made out of thin galvanized steel these days, a > very very poor design. I've been bending parts around to > make them more

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Todd Zuercher
c-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:53:57 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42 We have some 1/8" radius pointed roundover bits at work that weren't real expensive. I can look up the manufacturer and part number Monday. Southe

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 17 October 2015 22:47:43 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 17 October 2015 00:21:32 Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > If tool compensation can really be made to work, it would simplicate > > at least 100 LOC out of this program. Already has, but I'm now > > adding more stuff to

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Todd Zuercher
them down.) - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@wdtv.com> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:47:43 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42 On Saturday 17 October 2015 00:21:32 Gene Hesket

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 17 October 2015 00:21:32 Gene Heskett wrote: [...] > If tool compensation can really be made to work, it would simplicate > at least 100 LOC out of this program. Already has, but I'm now adding > more stuff to make sure there is turn around room at the ends of the > cut sweeps. But

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Todd Zuercher
http://www.carbideprocessors.com/point-cutting-roundover-bit-3-4-dia-3-8-cut-length-1-4-shank-southeast-tool-se1568/ - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@wdtv.com> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:26:33 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] using tool t

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
quot; <ghesk...@wdtv.com> > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:47:43 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42 > > On Saturday 17 October 2015 00:21:32 Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > If tool compensa

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 17 October 2015 23:17:40 Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/17/2015 09:47 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So I went to Shop & Save & got the only re-usable mouse > > traps they had, the other choices being sticky pads or > > DeCon. Made out of thin galvanized steel these days, a > > very very poor

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Jon Elson
On 10/16/2015 11:21 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > 1: I am trying to get past the infamous, permanently programmed into LCNC > error of: > > "length of cutter compensation entry move is less than the tools radius" > > The tool diameter in the tool_table is 0.030 just for test. and the

Re: [Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-17 Thread Jason Burton
Hi Gene, Think of cutter comp like American and British roads. G41 is Brit. G42 is Yank. Climb vs conventional depend on whether the road goes around the outside of the stadium or around the inside. Best, Jason On Oct 16, 2015 11:25 PM, "Gene Heskett" wrote: > Greetings; >

[Emc-users] using tool table offsets with G41 or 42

2015-10-16 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; 1: I am trying to get past the infamous, permanently programmed into LCNC error of: "length of cutter compensation entry move is less than the tools radius" The tool diameter in the tool_table is 0.030 just for test. and the tool table entry contains no TLO, nor am I using an G41