> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 1:45 PM
> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] Toolchange and tlo behaviour
>
> On Tuesday 07 April 2020 12:26:23 andy pugh wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 17:17, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> > > In any event I'm opposed t0 the automatic reload of the last tool. I
> > > home to a safe position, and I sure don't want the last tool used
> > > loaded leading to a crash and broken tool when I fire up linuxcnc
> > > the next day.
> >
> > So you remove the tool, but don't tell LinuxCNC?
>
> Said that way Andy, yes. I do not shut down with a holder on the post,
> nor do I home the next morning with a tool on the post. The tool table
> is enough of a puzzle by itself, so much so that I wish it could be
> named according to the job right in the gcode, a single table is a not
> something that suits every job. We may need only 5 or 6 tools to finish
> that part of the job, so a named tool table with 10 entry's seems like a
> better solution to me. And it removes forever the size limit of the
> existing setup. No reason at all that one couldn't have a named tool
> table per job. Asking to have a tool that matches the description loaded
> next. If it has to be measured because its mounted in an R8 or an ERNN,
> or has been to the grinder for sharpening, a jig to hold it and take
> measurements which I've cobbled up quite a few times out of dbl-sided
> pcb materiel is not out of the question if in the end it just works.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
Perhaps I have been spoiled by Tormach's expansion to the tool table to 999
entries in PathPilot but I definitely don't think that numerous (named?)
small tool tables is the right answer. Assuming that you use premeasured
tools (I have about 50 ready to go) requiring multiple tool tables will
create far more problems than it solves. For just two new problems:
1) Assume that I break, replace and remeasure tool #1. How do I ensure that
the newly measured length is updated in all tool tables?
2) Assume that I have two tool tables and one contains tools #1, #2, #3 and
another contains tools #1, #4, #5. How do I conveniently combine these into
a table with tools #1, #2, #5?
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