On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:21:14 -0700, you wrote: >If you have been machining that long and never crashed >you are an exception.
No - Just careful. Last machine crash I saw cost $30k to fix, the two people involved were both sacked. >It is common knowledge that a new CNC lathe will >not work properly until you smash that turret into the chuck. Might be where you work, certainly not here. >How can you not use a tool table?You must have parts >that use only one tool or something. Or something - CAM takes care of the offsets, nothing in the machines tool tables, they just indicate which tool is which. >What Chris is implementing is exactly right. As long as it's not compulsory. Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
